It appears that stimulation of the end of the amputated limb can induce phantom sensation. The hypothesis proposed for this phenomenon is that neuroplasticity changes the innervation pattern from the limb to the brain. If there is some type of innervation of the stump of the limb, this stimulation can produce reinnervation and subsequently a phantom limb.
(Saadah, et. al, 1994)
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