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Nature Neuroscience 2, 501–502 (1 June 1999) | doi:10.1038/9145

Does use of a myoelectric prosthesis prevent cortical reorganization and phantom limb pain?

M. Lotze , W. Grodd , N. Birbaumer , M. Erb , E. Huse & H. Flor

Injury, stimulation or training can induce changes in the homuncular organization of primary somatosensory (S1) and motor cortex (M1). Phantom limb pain was identified as a perceptual correlate of this cortical reorganization.