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

Phantom pain after arm amputation is widely believed to arise from maladaptive cortical reorganization, triggered by loss of sensory input. We instead propose that chronic phantom pain experience drives plasticity by maintaining local cortical representations and disrupting inter-regional connectivi...

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Autores principales: Makin, Tamar R., Scholz, Jan, Filippini, Nicola, Henderson Slater, David, Tracey, Irene, Johansen-Berg, Heidi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3615341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23463013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2571