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Science 19 August 1983:
Vol. 221. no. 4612, pp. 771 - 773
DOI: 10.1126/science.6879175
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Science, Vol 221, Issue 4612, 771-773
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Recovery of normal topography in the somatosensory cortex of monkeys after nerve crush and regeneration

JT Wall, DJ Felleman, and JH Kaas

After median nerve fibers to glabrous skin on the hands of monkeys were crushed and allowed to regenerate, normal topographical organization was recovered in the representation of the hand in primary somatosensory cortex. Similar recovery of normal cortical organization may underlie the sensory restoration that usually follows nerve crush injury in humans.


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