User:SLS03/PhantomLimb

Editing Plan: We plan on adding a section on the neural basis of Phantom Limb Syndrome, as shown below. Including information about the pathways and regions associated with this syndrome and how they can be targeted in treatment. We also plan to remove any unnecessary or inaccurate information. In addition to this, we will expand the introduction section, which is currently very short and vague. We already have two sources from academic journals found on PubMed and will be including content from Ramachandran's book, he created the mirror box method as a treatment for this disorder. These changes should demystify the disorder and provide a scientific explanation for the disorder.

Neural Basis of Phantom Limb Syndrome:

Pain, temperature, touch, and vibration are carried in the central nervous system via the anterolateral and spinothalamic tracts, carrying incoming sensory information and sending motor information. Incoming sensory information travels along the anterolateral pathway and arrives at the primary sensory cortex, located in the postcentral gyrus in the parietal lobe; also the location of the sensory homunculus. In phantom limb syndrome, there is sensory input indicating pain from a part of the body which is no longer existent- this phenomenon is still not fully understood, but there are several mechanisms which may be able to explain this phenomenon:

Price Comments This looks good. Try to make some progress on one of the parts that you are planning to change in the next couple of weeks. Then reassess the amount that you want to be doing. I am wondering if this could be too much. Also, how are you dividing the work? Paul C Price (talk) 17:28, 28 October 2019 (UTC)