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