Brain Activity Associated With Phantom Limbs, Study Shows

Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 21:35 in Biology & Nature

Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralyzed on one side following a stroke. Referred to as supernumerary phantom limb, patients can usually perceive these limbs as a vivid somatosensory presence of an extra limb, but generally cannot see or intentionally move them.

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