Peripheral Nervous System Reconstruction Reroutes Cortical Motor Output—Brain Reorganization Uncovered by Effective Connectivity

Cortical reorganization in response to peripheral nervous system damage is only poorly understood. In patients with complete brachial plexus avulsion and subsequent reconnection of the end of the musculocutaneous nerve to the side of a phrenic nerve, reorganization leads to a doubled arm representat...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Amini, Florian Ph.S. Fischmeister, Eva Matt, Robert Schmidhammer, Frank Rattay, Roland Beisteiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.01116/full