Name
Abstract | ||
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The representation of the human body in the human cerebellum is still relatively unknown, compared to the well-studied homunculus in the primary somatosensory cortex. The investigation of the body representation in the cerebellum and its somatotopic organisation is complicated because of the relatively small dimensions of the cerebellum, compared to the cerebrum. Somatotopically organised whole-body homunculi have previously been reported in both humans and rats. However, whether individual digits are represented in the cerebellum in a somatotopically organised way is much less clear. In this study, the high spatial resolution and high sensitivity to the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal of 7T fMRI were employed to study the BOLD responses in the human cerebellum to the stroking of the skin of individual digits, the hand and forearm. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2013 | 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.041 | NeuroImage |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Cerebellum,Somatosensory,fMRI,High resolution | Cerebrum,Anatomy,Neuroscience,Thumb,Numerical digit,Psychology,Homunculus,Forearm,Somatosensory system,Stimulus (physiology),Cerebellum | Journal |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
67 | 1053-8119 | 6 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.43 | 10 | 7 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wietske van der Zwaag | 1 | 27 | 1.67 |
| Remy Kusters | 2 | 6 | 0.77 |
| Arthur Magill | 3 | 6 | 0.43 |
| Rolf Gruetter | 4 | 239 | 18.69 |
| Roberto Martuzzi | 5 | 6 | 0.43 |
| Olaf Blanke | 6 | 6 | 0.43 |
| José P. Marques | 7 | 203 | 12.07 |