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Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: an fMRI-study

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Title
Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: an fMRI-study
Published in
BMC Neuroscience, August 2004
DOI 10.1186/1471-2202-5-28
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Danielle van Westen, Peter Fransson, Johan Olsrud, Birgitta Rosén, Göran Lundborg, Elna-Marie Larsson

Abstract

The primary sensory cortex (S1) in the postcentral gyrus is comprised of four areas that each contain a body map, where the representation of the hand is located with the thumb most laterally, anteriorly and inferiorly and the little finger most medially, posteriorly and superiorly. Previous studies on somatotopy using functional MRI have either used low field strength, have included a small number of subjects or failed to attribute activations to any area within S1. In the present study we included twenty subjects, who were investigated at 3 Tesla (T). We focused specifically on Brodmann area 3b, which neurons have discrete receptive fields with a potentially more clearcut somatotopic organisation. The spatial distribution for all fingers' peak activation was determined and group as well as individual analysis was performed.

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Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
United Kingdom 1 1%
Italy 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 65 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 24%
Researcher 17 24%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 10%
Student > Master 5 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 7%
Other 13 19%
Unknown 6 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 23%
Psychology 12 17%
Neuroscience 8 11%
Engineering 5 7%
Physics and Astronomy 5 7%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 16 23%
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