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Reorganization of the somatosensory cortex after amputation of the index finger
T Weiss1, W H Miltner, J Dillmann
1Institute of Psychology, Department of Biological and Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.
Neuroreport
|March 21, 1998
Abstract:
Cortical reorganization occurs within the primary somatosensory and the primary motor cortex after amputation of the arm or forearm. Here we report on a patient showing cortical reorganization after amputation of his right index finger. Our findings indicate that the neural networks within the area of the amputated finger in the somatosensory cortex (SI) were invaded by neighbouring structures, i.e. of neural cell assemblies that subserve the thumb and middle finger of his right hand.