Reversal of cortical reorganization in human primary motor cortex following thumb reconstruction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Ni, Zhen ^a   Anastakis, Dimitri J ^b   Gunraj, Carolyn ^a   Chen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEAFFERENTATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; REST; SENSORY CORTEX; THUMB; THUMB AMPUTATION; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; TOE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPLANTATION; THUMB; TIME FACTORS; TOES; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049093596     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00732.2009     Document Type: Article

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