Whole-body mapping of spatial acuity for pain and touch

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 917-924

  Mancini, Flavia ^a,b   Bauleo, Armando ^a,c   Cole, Jonathan ^d   Lui, Fausta ^c   Porro, Carlo A ^c   Haggard, Patrick ^b   Iannetti, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLABROUS SKIN; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL ACUITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPINE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; WHOLE BODY MAPPING;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903741917     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24179     Document Type: Article

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