The somatosensory system is capable of functional reorganization following peripheral denervation or training. Studies on human amputees with phantom limb pain provided evidence that these reorganizational changes are modulated through nociceptive input.
The Brain Research Group is part of the Low Temperature Laboratory at Helsinki University of Technology. Our goal is to characterize human brain functions by means of multichannel magnetoencephalograpic (MEG) recordings. Magnetic signals, mainly arising f
Bioelectromagnetism is a discipline that examines the electric, electromagnetic, and magnetic phenomena which arise in biological tissues. These phenomena include:
This study employed whole head magnetoencephalography and synthetic aperture magnetometry to investigate the cortical topography of the preparation and the execution of volitional and reflexive water swallowing and of a simple tongue movement. Concerning
These results suggest that neuronal and membrane functions are important for rapid auditory processing. This investigation provides a first link between the electrophysiology, as recorded by magnetoencephalography, and the neurochemistry, as assessed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, of the auditory cortex.