Motor cortex representation of the upper-limb in individuals born without a hand

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Reilly, Karen T ^a,b   Sirigu, Angela ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARM MALFORMATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CASE REPORT; DISABLED PERSON; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PHANTOM; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; AGNOSIA; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; SENSATION; STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLES; PHANTOM LIMB; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REST; SENSATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79954528806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018100     Document Type: Article

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