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Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 52-59 , January 2009

Neuropathic pain and primary somatosensory cortex reorganization following spinal cord injury

  • P.J. Wrigley

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, Australia
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  • S.R. Press

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, Anderson Stuart Building, F13, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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  • S.M. Gustin

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, Australia
    • Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, Anderson Stuart Building, F13, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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  • V.G. Macefield

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW 1797, Australia
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  • S.C. Gandevia

      Affiliations

    • Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia
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  • M.J. Cousins

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, Australia
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  • J.W. Middleton

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2065, Australia
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  • L.A. Henderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, Anderson Stuart Building, F13, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9351 7063; fax: +61 2 9351 6556.
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  • P.J. Siddall

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, Australia

Received 6 April 2008 ,Revised 18 August 2008 ,Accepted 14 October 2008.

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PII: S0304-3959(08)00624-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.10.007

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