Reorganization of the Intact Somatosensory Cortex Immediately after Spinal Cord Injury

Sensory deafferentation produces extensive reorganization of the corresponding deafferented cortex. Little is known, however, about the role of the adjacent intact cortex in this reorganization. Here we show that a complete thoracic transection of the spinal cord immediately increases the responses...

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Main Authors: Humanes-Valera, Desire, Aguilar, Juan, Foffani, Guglielmo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3726757/