Neural substrates of sound-touch synesthesia after a thalamic lesion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 13696-13702

  Beauchamp, Michael S ^a   Ro, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Multisensory integration; Somatosensory; Stroke; Tactile; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND TOUCH SYNESTHESIA; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THALAMUS;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TOUCH;

EID: 58149375277     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3872-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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