Functional lateralization of face, hand, and trunk representation in anatomically defined human somatosensory areas

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2820-2830

  Eickhoff, S B ^a   Grefkes, C ^b,c   Fink, G R ^a,c,d   Zilles, K ^a,d,e  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homology; Ipsilateral; SI; SII

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FACE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449124750     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhn039     Document Type: Article

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