Sensations referred to a patient's phantom arm from another subjects intact arm: Perceptual correlates of mirror neurons

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1233-1234

  Ramachandran, Vilayanur S ^a   Rogers Ramachandran, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHANTOM LIMB; SENSATION; UPPER EXTREMITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 42749087016     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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