Open AccessBirth and death of a phantom
Author(s) -
Dieguez Sebastian,
Kaeser Mélanie,
Roux Camille,
Cottet Jérôme,
Ani JeanMarie,
Schmidlin Eric
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of clinical and translational neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.824
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2328-9503
DOI - 10.1002/acn3.495
Subject(s) - supernumerary , phantom limb , medicine , imaging phantom , physical medicine and rehabilitation , stroke (engine) , motor cortex , primary motor cortex , upper limb , stimulation , anatomy , nuclear medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Patients with supernumerary phantom limb report experiencing an additional limb duplicating its physical counterpart, usually following a stroke with sensorimotor disturbances. Here, we report a short‐lasting case of a right upper supernumerary phantom limb with unusual visuomotor features in a healthy participant during a pure Jacksonian motor seizure unexpectedly induced by continuous Theta‐Burst Stimulation over the left primary motor cortex. Electromyographic correlates of the event followed the phenomenological pattern of sudden appearance and brutal dissolution of the phantom, adding credit to the hypothesis that supernumerary phantom limb results from a dynamic resolution of conflictual multimodal information.