Acute improvement of contralateral hand function after deafferentation

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1861-1865

  Björkman, Anders ^a   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Van Westen, Danielle ^a   Larsson, Elna Marie ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Grip strength; Hand; Perception of touch; Tactile discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALGIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 4444329943     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200408260-00005     Document Type: Article

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