Revealing the neural fingerprints of a missing hand

Revealing the neural fingerprints of a missing hand

The hand area of the primary somatosensory cortex contains detailed finger topography, thought to be shaped and maintained by daily life experience. Here we utilise phantom sensations and ultra high-field neuroimaging to uncover preserved, though latent, representation of amputees’ missing hand. We...

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Main Authors: Sanne Kikkert, James Kolasinski, Saad Jbabdi, Irene Tracey, Christian F Beckmann, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Tamar R Makin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-08-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
plasticity
somatotopy
motor control
sensory deprivation
functional MRI
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/15292

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/15292

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