Neurorehabilitation and neural repair
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Neurorehabil Neural Repair · Nov 2007
Sensorimotor cortical plasticity during recovery following spinal cord injury: a longitudinal fMRI study.
Although the consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI) within the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system have been studied extensively, the influence of SCI on supraspinal structures during recovery remains largely unexplored. ⋯ This study provides the first report of the temporal progression of cortical sensorimotor representational plasticity during recovery following traumatic SCI in humans and suggests an association between movement-related fMRI activation and motor recovery postinjury. These findings have implications on current and future rehabilitative interventions for patients with SCI.