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Phantom Limb Syndrome: Video Analysis

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In this video Dr. Vilayanur Ramachandran explains how the brain works and he began investigation about the “phantom limb syndrome”.
Describe each disorder in detail, including symptoms/ disabilities and identify the brain areas/pathways associated with each disorder.
Derek Steen had a motorcycle accident thirteen years ago, and he lost his left arm. Dr. Ramachandran was testing him Derek on his arm that no longer exist. Dr. Ramachandran starts to touch Derek’s body and ask him what he feels. When Dr. Ramachandran start to touch Derek’s left check, Derek feels a rubbing on the phantom of his left arm. When they scan Derek’s brain his right hemisphere brain shows green and red spots, and that’s shows that everything is normal on this side, on

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