Somatosensory cortex neuronal integrity is altered after stroke
Mihaela Carmen Cirstea
BackgroundSensorimotor remapping plays a crucial role in hand function rehabilitation after stroke. While motor remapping has been intensively investigated at various levels, from functional to metabolic, limited attention has been given to somatosensory cortical remapping. This study extends our previous work in stroke, showing functionally relevant metabolic alterations in radiologically normal-appearing or spared motor cortices, predominantly in the ipsilesional (stroke-injured) hemisphere. W