An approach to localizing corneal pain representation in human primary somatosensory cortex.

The cornea has been a focus of animal electrophysiological research for decades, but little is known regarding its cortical representation in the human brain. This study attempts to localize the somatotopic representation of the cornea to painful stimuli in human primary somatosensory cortex using f...

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Main Authors: Eric A Moulton, Lino Becerra, Perry Rosenthal, David Borsook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3433421?pdf=render