The 'disinhibited' brain

The complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), also known as Morbus Sudeck, is characterized by "disinhibition" of various sensory and motor areas in the brain. Scientists have now demonstrated for the first time that with unilateral CRPS excitability increases not only in the brain area processing the sense of touch of the affected hand. In addition, the brain region representing the healthy hand is simultaneously "disinhibited."

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