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… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Learning modifies subsequent induction of long-term potentiation-like and long-term depression-like plasticity in human motor cortex.
Learning may alter rapidly the output organization of adult motor cortex. It is a long-held hypothesis that modification of… (More)
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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… (More)
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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… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Modulation of motor cortex excitability by median nerve and digit stimulation
We investigated the time course of changes in motor cortex excitability after median nerve and digit stimulation. Although… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reversal of reflex-induced myocardial ischemia by median nerve stimulation: a feline model of electroacupuncture.
BACKGROUND Acupuncture is reported to reduce myocardial ischemia, arrhythmias, and hypertension. To investigate the physiological… (More)
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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.
To examine whether intensive glycemic control could decrease the frequency or severity of diabetic microvascular complications… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Human cortical potentials evoked by stimulation of the median nerve. I. Cytoarchitectonic areas generating short-latency activity.
1. The anatomic generators of human median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in the 40 to 250-ms latency range were… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Human cortical potentials evoked by stimulation of the median nerve. II. Cytoarchitectonic areas generating long-latency activity.
1. The anatomic generators of human median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in the 40 to 250-ms latency range were… (More)
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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
In an earlier study (Neuroscience 8, 33-55, 1983), we found that the cortex representing the skin of the median nerve within… (More)
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Anatomical variations of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel.
In 246 hands in which the carpal tunnel was explored at operation, 29 variations in the course of the median nerve were found… (More)
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