Improved sensibility of the foot after temporary cutaneous anesthesia of the lower leg

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Björkman, Anders ^a   Weibull, Andreas ^a   Svensson, Jonas ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Deafferentation; Lower extremity; Sensibility; Touch thresholds

Indexed keywords

EMLA; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FEMALE; FOOT SENSIBILITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; LIDOCAINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRILOCAINE; SENSATION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149236787     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831b4486     Document Type: Article

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