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Sensory representation abnormalities that parallel focal hand dystonia in a primate model

David T. Blake Coleman Laboratory, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, and Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Nancy N. Byl Department of Physical Therapy, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Steven Cheung Coleman Laboratory, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, and Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Purvis Bedenbaugh Deparment of Neuroscience, University of Florida, USA
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Srikantan Nagarajan Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, USA
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Michelle Lamb Department of Physical Therapy, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Michael Merzenich Coleman Laboratory, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience, and Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Pages 347-357 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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