Shifting of cortical somatosensory areas in a man with amelia

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2365-2368

  Kamping, Sandra ^a   Lütkenhöner, Bernd ^a   Knecht, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenitally missing arms; Cortical reorganization; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Somatosensory system

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBRYOPATHY; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PHANTOM PAIN; PHOCOMELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECTROMELIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIP; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 8444249643     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200410250-00013     Document Type: Article

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