Referred facial sensation on the hand after full face transplantation

UYSAL H., ÖZKAN Ö., Barcin E., Senol U., TOMBAK K., ÖZKAN Ö.

NEUROLOGY, cilt.86, sa.9, ss.836-839, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 86 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002409
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.836-839
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective:Using a single patient case study, we aimed to look at the interaction between full face transplantation and subsequent somatosensory representation in the cortex.Methods:We present a patient with full face transplantation who has recovered primary sensory modalities. The patient also has facial sensations such as touch perception in sensory examinations of the hands and fingers.Results:fMRI findings show interactions between the cortical representations of the face and hand.Conclusion:This phenomenon is one of the well-known referred sensations and reveals how face transplantation relates to cortical plasticity.