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Sensations from Surgically Transferred Glabrous Skin; Central Versus Peripheral Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

R.W. Dykes ,
J.K. Terzis  and
B. Strauch
R.W. Dykes*
Affiliation:
Microsurgical Research Laboratories Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
J.K. Terzis
Affiliation:
Microsurgical Research Laboratories Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
B. Strauch
Affiliation:
Microsurgical Research Laboratories Department of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec and the Department of Plastic Surgery, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
*
Microsurgical Research Laboratories, Dept. of Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Ave. West, Montreal H3A 1A1 Canada.
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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.

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , November 1979 , pp. 437 - 439
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1979

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