Phantom pain is associated with preserved structure and function in the former hand area

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Makin, Tamar R ^a   Scholz, Jan ^a,b   Filippini, Nicola ^a,c   Henderson Slater, David ^d   Tracey, Irene ^a   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; LIMB; NEUROLOGY; PERCEPTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; PHANTOM PAIN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTEES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC PAIN; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; PHANTOM LIMB; SENSATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875888357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2571     Document Type: Article

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