Symmetric Sensorimotor Somatotopy

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 3; no. 1; p. e1505
• Main Authors: Overduin, Simon A., Servos, Philip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.01.2008; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activation; Aircraft; Animals; Brain research; Cortex (motor); Cortex (somatosensory); Electrophysiology; Experiments; Fingers; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hairless; Human subjects; Humans; Image resolution; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mapping; Monkeys; Neuroimaging; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Sensory Systems; Neurosciences; Sensorimotor system; Somatosensory cortex; Somatosensory Cortex - physiology; Spectrum analysis; Stimulation; Symmetry; Topography

Functional imaging has recently been used to investigate detailed somatosensory organization in human cortex. Such studies frequently assume that human cortical areas are only identifiable insofar as they resemble those measured invasively in monkeys. This is true despite the electrophysiological ba...