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The 11 pages that link to Phantom limb, each with the reason it gives.

• PainBroader topic: Phantom limb pain can occur without the painful limb being physically present.

• Sensory neuronRelated: Sensory pathways can continue generating or interpreting signals after the limb and its receptors are gone.

• NociceptorRelated: Phantom limb pain shows that pain can persist without nociceptors in the missing limb.

• Somatosensory systemRelated: It shows that bodily sensation depends on central neural representations as well as peripheral input.

• AmputationRelated: The nervous system can continue producing sensations associated with the removed body part.

• Body schemaRelated: It shows that felt limb presence can persist despite changes to the physical body.

• SomatosensationRelated: It demonstrates that body sensation depends on neural representations, not only intact limbs.

• TouchRelated: It demonstrates that bodily sensation can persist without skin contact from the absent limb.

• FingerNarrower topic: Some people continue to feel sensations associated with an amputated finger.

• Sensory nervous systemRelated: It shows that sensory experience can persist after the peripheral input changes.

• MutilationRelated: It can follow the loss of a limb through mutilation or other causes.