Sensations from Surgically Transferred Glabrous Skin; Central Versus Peripheral Factors
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 6 (4) , 437-439
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100023842
Abstract
SUMMARY: In reinnervatedskin transferred from the foot to the hand, sensory thresholds approach normal values — an observation not predicted by the theoretical relationship between innervation density and tactile acuity. Therefore, we suggest that innervation density is not the major factor determining tactile acuity. Rather, the hand region of the central somesthelic map may be specialized to provide a calibre of function unavailable to other regions.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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