Digit somatotopy within cortical areas of the postcentral gyrus in humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2341-2351

  Nelson, Aimee J ^a   Chen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area 1; Area 3b; Digits; FMRI; Somatosensory; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THUMB; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THUMB;

EID: 58149197165     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm257     Document Type: Article

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