Cerebral and clinical effects of short-term hand immobilisation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-704

  Weibull, Andreas ^a   Flondell, Magnus ^b   Rosén, Birgitta ^b   Björkman, Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

FMRI; Human brain; Motor; Reorganisation; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WRIST;

EID: 79951512671     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07551.x     Document Type: Article

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