Missing Hand Maps Revealed in Amputees during Phantom Digits Movement (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Missing Hand Maps Revealed in Amputees during Phantom Digits Movement

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Black arrow indicate preference for digits 1-5: thumb (red); index (yellow); middle (green); ring (blue) and little finger (purple) in two-handed controls (A) and amputees (B). Participants performed single digit flexion and extension movements with their non-dominant (controls) or phantom hand (amputees) in a travelling wave paradigm. Qualitatively similar digit topographies were found in each amputee and controls. White arrows indicate the central sulcus. A = anterior; P = posterior.

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Kikkert et al, Revealing the neural fingerprints of a missing hand

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