Gray matter changes following limb amputation with high and low intensities of phantom limb pain

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1038-1048

  Preißler, Sandra ^a   Feiler, Johanna ^a   Dietrich, Caroline ^a   Hofmann, Gunther O ^b,c   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a   Weiss, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

amputation; chronic pain; morphometry; phantom limb pain; visual stream

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY FEEDBACK; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; AMPUTATION STUMPS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHANTOM LIMB;

EID: 84875884273     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs063     Document Type: Article

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