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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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Main Authors: Makin, Tamar R., Scholz, Jan, Filippini, Nicola, Henderson Slater, David, Tracey, Irene, Johansen-Berg, Heidi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3615341/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23463013
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2571
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