Finger representations in human primary somatosensory cortex as revealed by high-resolution functional MRI of tactile stimulation

NeuroImage

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Schweizer, Renate ^a   Voit, Dirk ^a   Frahm, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD contrast; Brain; Functional MRI; Human; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 45849115467     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.04.184     Document Type: Article

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