Abnormal tactile discrimination and somatosensory plasticity in familial primary hyperhidrosis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-334

  Leon Sarmiento, Fidias E ^a,b   Hernandez, Hernan G ^a,b,c   Schroeder, Natalia ^a  

^a Neurological Surgery Services   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Hyperhidrosis; Sensory plasticity; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL PRIMARY HYPERHIDROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47249123297     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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