Restoring sensory circuit function after spinal cord injury (SCI) is essential for recovery of movement, yet current interventions predominantly target motor pathways. Integrated cortical sensorimotor networks, disrupted by SCI, are critical for perceiving, shaping, and executing movement. Corticocortical connections between primary sensory (S1) and motor (M1) cortices are critical loci of functional plasticity in response to learning and injury. Following SCI, in the motor cortex, corticocortical circuits undergo dynamic remodeling; however, it remains unknown how rehabilitation shapes the plasticity of S1-M1 networks or how these changes may impact recovery of movement.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.787690DOI Listing

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