Phantom limb pain, cortical reorganization and the therapeutic effect of mental imagery

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2181-2191

  MacIver, K ^a,b   Lloyd, D M ^b   Kelly, S ^a   Roberts, N ^c   Nurmikko, T ^a  

^a Clinical Sciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical reorganization; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mental imagery; Phantom limb pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LIP; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTEES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LIP; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM LIMB; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 49449116538     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn124     Document Type: Article

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