Body Distortions

Question 1

Yoshita + Yamada 2006

Answer 1

Thalamic lesions cause paraesthesia

Question 2

Lo + Williams 2012

Answer 2

Fingertip pain caused by somatosensory cortex - diffusion-weighted MRI

Question 3

Ramachandran

Answer 3

Phantom limbs - reorganisation of somatosensory cortex - new evidence implicated PNS

Question 4

Patient EP

Answer 4

Supernumerary phantom limb - copies left hand with time lag, frontal + motor activation

Question 5

Grandola et al. 2012

Answer 5

Subcortical lesions prevent sensory input being processed (thalamus, basal ganglia, amygdala)

Question 6

Thalamic lesions cause paraesthesia

Answer 6

Yoshita + Yamada 2006

Question 7

Fingertip pain caused by somatosensory cortex - diffusion-weighted MRI

Answer 7

Lo + Williams 2012

Question 8

Phantom limb dude

Answer 8

Ramachandran

Question 9

Supernumerary phantom limb - copies left hand with time lag, frontal + motor activation

Answer 9

Patient EP

Question 10

Subcortical lesions prevent sensory input being processed (thalamus, basal ganglia, amygdala)

Answer 10

Grandola et al. 2006

Question 11

Biran et al. 2006

Answer 11

Alien hand syndrome - disinhibited motor functions

Question 12

Alien hand syndrome - disinhibited motor functions

Answer 12

Biran et al. 2006