Processing in prefrontal cortex underlies tactile direction discrimination: An fMRI study of a patient with a traumatic spinal cord lesion

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 483, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-200

  Lundblad, Linda C ^a,b   Olausson, Håkan W ^a,b   Malmeström, Clas ^b   Wasling, Helena Backlund ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anterior insular cortex; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Psychophysics; Tactile directional sensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOUCH;

EID: 77956274678     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.07.087     Document Type: Article

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