phantom limb造句

phantom limb sensation

seemed to hear faint phantom bells; the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb.

Dr Flor and her colleagues studied people who suffer from a form of phantom limb known as a telescoping phantom.

Sometimes they even send it when there's no body part-phantom limb pain, which amputees feel in their missing arms or legs, is neuropathic.

Long before Ramachandran began his work on phantom limb syndrome, it had been noted that the brain areas associated with genitalia and feet are adjacent to each other in the brain's body image map.

Most also suffer an excruciating pain in these sensory ghosts, which are known as phantom limbs.

Neuroscientist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran worked with patients who had so-called phantom limbs, including Tom, a man who had lost one of his arms.

After a few weeks of such daily treatment sessions, each lasting 15 minutes, about half of patients report that their phantom limbs and the pain associated with them have disappeared.