Functional MRI indicates consistent intra-digit topographic maps in the little but not the index finger within the human primary somatosensory cortex

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2138-2143

  Schweisfurth, Meike A ^a,b   Schweizer, Renate ^a   Frahm, Jens ^a  

^a Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Human; Index finger; Intra digit somatotopy; Little finger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INDEX FINGER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957459978     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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