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Structure of median nerve

Known as: Nervus medianus, nerve median, Median Nerves 
A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the median nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord… 
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Cubital fossaPeripheral NervesSpinal nerve structureUpper arm
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Right median nerve

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Review
2001
Review
2001
The Revised CONSORT Statement for Reporting Randomized Trials: Explanation and Elaboration
The RCT is a very beautiful technique, of wide applicability, but as with everything else there are snags. When humans have to… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Induction of plasticity in the human motor cortex by paired associative stimulation.
Current models of motor cortical plasticity, developed in studies on experimental animals, emphasize the importance of the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Long-term results of the Kumamoto Study on optimal diabetes control in type 2 diabetic patients.
OBJECTIVE To examine whether intensive glycemic control could decrease the frequency or severity of diabetic microvascular… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population.
CONTEXT Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a cause of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and is an important cause of work… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a randomized prospective 6-year study.
Review
1991
Review
1991
Potentials evoked in human and monkey cerebral cortex by stimulation of the median nerve. A review of scalp and intracranial recordings.
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are generated in afferent pathways, subcortical structures and various regions of… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Topographic reorganization of somatosensory cortical areas 3b and 1 in adult monkeys following restricted deafferentation
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Progression of change following median nerve section in the cortical representation of the hand in areas 3b and 1 in adult owl and squirrel monkeys
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Tactile sensibility in the human hand: relative and absolute densities of four types of mechanoreceptive units in glabrous skin.
1. Single unit impulses were recorded with percutaneously inserted tungsten needle electrodes from the median nerve in conscious… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The sense of flutter-vibration: comparison of the human capacity with response patterns of mechanoreceptive afferents from the monkey hand.
IT WAS OUR PURPOSE in the studies described in the intact, behaving organism are therefore this paper to combine two experimental… 
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