Decrease of thalamic gray matter following limb amputation

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1100

Draganski, B. ; Moser, T. ; Lummel, N. ; Gänssbauer, S. ; Bogdahn, U. ; Haas, F. ; May, A.

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Abstract

Modern neuroscience has elucidated general mechanisms underlying the functional plasticity of the adult mammalian brain after limb deafferentation. However, little is known about possible structural alterations following amputation and chronic loss of afferent input in humans. Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM), based on high-resolution magnetic resonance images, we investigated the brain ...