ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019
Disconnected Body Representation: Neuroplasticity Following Spinal Cord Injury.
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- Remapping Body Representation Using Virtual Reality in Chronic Neuropathic Pain: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Development of the SCI-BodyMap-Measuring Mental Body Representations in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol for Item Generation, Reliability, and Validity Testing.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- A neurotrophin functioning with a Toll regulates structural plasticity in a dopaminergic circuit.eLife · 2024Article
- An Overview of the Body Schema and Body Image: Theoretical Models, Methodological Settings and Pitfalls for Rehabilitation of Persons with Neurological Disorders.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- The effect of dorsal column lesions in the primary somatosensory cortex and medulla of adult rats.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2023Article
- Role of Immersive Virtual Reality in Motor Behaviour Decision-Making in Chronic Pain Patients.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Feasibility of using remotely delivered Spring Forest Qigong to reduce neuropathic pain in adults with spinal cord injury: a pilot study.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Peripherally-induced Movement Disorders: An Update.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Review
- Integrated Neuroregenerative Techniques for Plasticity of the Injured Spinal Cord.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Body Representation in Patients with Severe Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study on the Promising Role of Powered Exoskeleton for Gait Training.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Finding the Way to Improve Motor Recovery of Patients with Spinal Cord Lesions: A Case-Control Pilot Study on a Novel Neuromodulation Approach.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Rethinking the Body in the Brain after Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The role of arousal and motivation in emotional conflict resolution: Implications for spinal cord injury.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Combined Influences of Exercise, Diet and Sleep on Neuroplasticity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Embodiment Comfort Levels During Motor Imagery Training Combined With Immersive Virtual Reality in a Spinal Cord Injury Patient.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Body representation underlies response of proprioceptive acuity to repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Identifying Body Awareness-Related Brain Network Changes After Cognitive Multisensory Rehabilitation for Neuropathic Pain Relief in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury: Protocol of a Phase I Randomized Controlled Trial.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2022Article
- A Therapeutic Matrix: Virtual Reality as a Clinical Tool for Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Rebuilding Body-Brain Interaction from the Vagal Network in Spinal Cord Injuries.Brain sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Neuroplastic changes in somatotopic organization within the motor and somatosensory systems have long been observed. The interruption of afferent and efferent brain-body pathways promotes extensive cortical reorganization. Changes are majorly related to the typical homuncular organization of sensorimotor areas and specific "somatotopic interferences". Recent findings revealed a relevant peripheral contribution to the plasticity of body representation in addition to the role of sensorimotor cortices. Here, we review the ways in which structures and brain mechanisms react to missing or critically altered sensory and motor peripheral signals. We suggest that these plastic events are: (i) variably affected across multiple timescales, (ii) age-dependent, (iii) strongly related to altered perceptual sensations during and after remapping of the deafferented peripheral area, and (iv) may contribute to the appearance of secondary pathological conditions, such as allodynia, hyperalgesia, and neuropathic pain. Understanding the considerable complexity of plastic reorganization processes will be a fundamental step in the formulation of theoretical and clinical models useful for maximizing rehabilitation programs and resulting recovery.
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