Reorganization of the Human Somatosensory Cortex in Hand Dystonia

Background and Purpose: Abnormalities of finger representations in the somatosensory cortex have been identified in patients with focal hand dystonia. Measuring blood flow with positron emission tomography (PET) can be use to demonstrate functional localization of receptive fields. Methods: A vibrat...

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Main Authors: Maria Jose Catalan, Kenji Ishii, William Bara-Jimenez, Mark Hallett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Movement Disorder Society 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Movement Disorders
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Online Access:http://e-jmd.org/upload/jmd-5-1-5-2.pdf