A man loses his right hand in a farm accident, four year later, he has episodes of severe pain in the missing hand (phantom limb pain). A detailed PET scan study of his cerebral cortex might be expected to show

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Expansion of the right hand area in his right somatic sensory area I

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Expansion of the right hand area in his left somatic sensory area I

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Projection of fibre from neighboring sensory areas into the right hand area of his right somatic sensory area I

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Projection of fibers from neighbouring sensory areas into the right hand area of his left somatic sensory area I

A man loses his right hand in a farm accident, four year later, he has episodes of severe pain in the missing hand (phantom limb pain). A detailed PET scan study of his cerebral cortex might be expected to show

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