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Issue Cover (August 2015)
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/ejn.12964
Subject(s) - electroneuronography , medicine , somatosensory system , apathy , neuroscience , audiology , anesthesia , psychology , psychiatry , electrodiagnosis , disease
Cover Illustration: Cortical activation was assessed, using fMRI at 3T, 28 years after a median nerve injury. The cortical activation pattern was compared with clinical outcome and electroneurography. Patients injured before the age of 14 years had an activation pattern similar to healthy controls and an excellent clinical outcome. Those injured at age 14–20 years showed more extended activation of contralateral somatosensory areas, as well as loss of ipsilateral inhibition and poor clinical outcome. Electroneurographical parameters did not differ between the two age groups. Cerebral changes in both hemispheres may explain the superior clinical outcome following a median nerve injury in childhood. Eur. J. Neurosci ., 42 , 2022–2027.