A little man of some importance.
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 29088352.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/brain/awx270 and PMC identifier 5841206.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Eighty years ago, Penfield and Boldrey introduced the homunculus in a paper published in <i>Brain</i>. In a reappraisal of the iconic aide-mémoire, Marco Catani reanalyses the original data, and argues that through its extended network the homunculus holds the key to the precise coding that results in coordinated activation of peripheral muscles.
Medical subject headings
- Brain
- Brain Mapping
- Medical Illustration