Normalized activation in the somatosensory cortex 30 years following nerve repair in children: An fMRI study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2022-2027

  Chemnitz, Anette ^a   Weibull, Andreas ^b   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Andersson, Gert ^b   Dahlin, Lars B ^a   Björkman, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MRI; Cortical plasticity; Functional recovery; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE MEDIAN NERVE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND INJURY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; BLOOD; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OXYGEN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939263205     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12917     Document Type: Article

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