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...

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Main Authors: Kikkert, S, Kolasinski, J, Jbabdi, S, Tracey, I, Beckmann, C, Johansen-Berg, H, Makin, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications 2016