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Published online 20 May 1999 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news990520-5

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Protheses for amputated brains

Amputees who regularly use myoelectric artificial limbs suffer less from the symptoms of 'phantom limb pain' than amputees who do not, according to a report in the June issue of Nature Neuroscience.

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