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Article Dans Une Revue Experimental Neurology Année : 2010

Differential tactile and motor recovery and cortical map alteration after C4–C5 spinal hemisection

Marina Martinez
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Maxime Delcour
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Yoh'I Zennou-Azogui
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Christian Xerri
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Jacques-Olivier Coq
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Jean-Michel Brezun
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After incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), the adult central nervous system is spontaneously capable of substantial reorganizations that can underlie functional recovery. Most studies have focused on intraspinal reorganizations after SCI and not on the correlative cortical remodeling. Yet, differential studies of neural correlates of the recovery of sensory and motor abilities may be conducted by segregating motor and somatosensory representations in distinct and topologically organized primary cortical areas. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of a cervical (C4-C5) spinal cord hemisection on sensorimotor performances and electrophysiological maps in primary somatosensory (S1) and motor (M1) cortices in adult rats. After SCI, an enduring loss of the affected forepaw tactile sensitivity was paralleled by the abolishment of somatosensory evoked responses in the deprived forepaw area within the S1 cortex. In contrast, severe motor deficits in unilateral forelimb were partially restored over the first postoperative month, despite remnant deficits in distal movement. The overall M1 map size was drastically reduced in SCI rats relative to intact rats. In the remaining M1 map, the shoulder and elbow movements were over-represented, consistent with the behavioral recovery of proximal joint movements in almost all rats. By contrast, residual wrist representations were observed in M1 maps of half of the rats that did not systematically correlate with a behavioral recovery of these joint movements. This study highlights the differential potential of ascending and descending pathways to reorganize after SCI.
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hal-03955803 , version 1 (25-01-2023)

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Marina Martinez, Maxime Delcour, Michael Russier, Yoh'I Zennou-Azogui, Christian Xerri, et al.. Differential tactile and motor recovery and cortical map alteration after C4–C5 spinal hemisection. Experimental Neurology, 2010, 221 (1), pp.186-197. ⟨10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.10.022⟩. ⟨hal-03955803⟩

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