Studying plasticity of sensory function: Insight from pregnancy

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-316

  Perez Borrego, Y ^a   Soto Leon, V ^a   Aguilar, J ^a   Foffani, G ^a   Rotondi, M ^b   Bestmann, S ^a,c   Oliviero, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plasticity; Pregnancy; Skin

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN TEST; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952438287     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2532-8     Document Type: Article

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