Reaffirming the link between chronic phantom limb pain and maintained missing hand representation

Phantom limb pain (PLP) is commonly considered to be a result of maladaptive brain plasticity. This model proposes that PLP is mainly caused by reorganisation in the primary somatosensory cortex, presumably characterised by functional degradation of the missing hand representation and remapping of o...

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Main Authors: Kikkert, S, Johansen-Berg, H, Tracey, I, Makin, TR
Format: Journal article
Published: Elsevier 2018