Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , January 2006

The activation of the cortical hand area by toe tapping in two bilateral upper-extremities amputees with extraordinary foot movement skill

  • Xiaojing Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City 310016, Zhejiang Province, China
    • Department of Radiology, Wujing Hospital, Hangzhou City 310053, Zhejiang Province, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou City 310016, Zhejiang Province, China. Tel.: +86 13516800020; fax: +86 571 86032876.
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  • Shizheng Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City 310016, Zhejiang Province, China
    • ,
  • Hai Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City 310016, Zhejiang Province, China
    • ,
  • Yizhang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City 310006, Zhejiang Province, China

Received 2 August 2005 ,Accepted 8 October 2005.

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PII: S0730-725X(05)00318-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.10.024

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , January 2006

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