Normalisation of brain connectivity through compensatory behaviour, despite congenital hand absence.

Previously we showed, using task-evoked fMRI, that compensatory intact hand usage after amputation facilitates remapping of limb representations in the cortical territory of the missing hand (Makin et al., 2013a). Here we show that compensatory arm usage in individuals born without a hand (one-hande...

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Main Authors: Hahamy, A, Sotiropoulos, S, Henderson Slater, D, Malach, R, Johansen-Berg, H, Makin, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications 2015