After manipulations of the periphery that reduce or enhance input to the somatosensory
cortex, affected parts of the body representation will contract or expand, often over many …

Previous experiments have shown that the reorganization of the hand representations in
areas 3b and 1 of somatosensory cortex of monkeys can be extensive or limited, depending …

Reorganization of somatosensory cortex after peripheral nerve damage typically has been
attributed to cortical plasticity. Here we provide evidence that much of the large-scale cortical …

Injuries of peripheral inputs from the body cause sensory dysfunctions that are thought to be
attributable to functional changes in cerebral cortical maps of the body. Prevalent theories …

Somatotopic maps in the cortex and the thalamus of adult monkeys and humans reorganize
in response to altered inputs. After loss of the sensory afferents from the forelimb in monkeys …

The dynamic nature of sensory representations in the tions of the face. The reactivated
cortex extended some adult brain gives us the lifelong potential to adapt to 10–14 mm …

Adult brains undergo large-scale plastic changes after peripheral and central injuries.
Although it has been shown that both the cortical and thalamic representations can …

It is now clear that the adult mammalian somatosensory system is capable of very significant
functional reorganization after peripherul-nerve or spinal-cord injury. When, by sectioning …

This review covers recent progress in three major areas of investigation in somatosensory
systems: development, developmental plasticity and functional reorganization. Important …

The occurrence of cortical plasticity during adulthood has been demonstrated using many
experimental paradigms. Whether this phenomenon is generated exclusively by changes in …