Does damage to somatosensory circuits underlie motor impairment in cerebral palsy?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 686-687

  Wilke, Marko ^a   Staudt, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 68549089043     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03332.x     Document Type: Note

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