(Re)organisation of the somatosensory system after early brain lesion: A lateralization index fMRI study

Jean-Michel Lemée1, Eva Chinier2, Pauline Ali3

  • 1Département de neurochirurgie, CHU Angers, 49933 Angers, France.

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