Against cortical reorganisation

TR Makin, JW Krakauer - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Neurological insults, such as congenital blindness, deafness, amputation, and stroke, often
result in surprising and impressive behavioural changes. Cortical reorganisation, which …

Emerging principles in functional representations of touch

L Tamè, MR Longo - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
The somatosensory system is fundamental to the formation and maintenance of coherent
mental representations of the human body. Traditional concepts of somatosensation have …

Beyond body maps: Information content of specific body parts is distributed across the somatosensory homunculus

D Muret, V Root, P Kieliba, D Clode, TR Makin - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
The homunculus in primary somatosensory cortex (S1) is famous for its body part selectivity,
but this dominant feature may eclipse other representational features, eg, information …

Stability of motor representations after paralysis

C Guan, T Aflalo, CY Zhang, E Amoruso, ER Rosario… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Neural plasticity allows us to learn skills and incorporate new experiences. What happens
when our lived experiences fundamentally change, such as after a severe injury? To …

[HTML][HTML] The 3D structural architecture of the human hand area is nontopographic

J Doehler, A Northall, P Liu, A Fracasso… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The functional topography of the human primary somatosensory cortex hand area is a
widely studied model system to understand sensory organization and plasticity. It is so far …

[HTML][HTML] What has vision science taught us about functional MRI?

MM Himmelberg, JL Gardner, J Winawer - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
In the domain of human neuroimaging, much attention has been paid to the question of
whether and how the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has …

Skin type and nerve effects on cortical tactile processing: a somatosensory evoked potentials study

M Guidotti, C Beaurieux… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) studies typically characterize short-latency
components following median nerve stimulations of the wrist. However, these studies rarely …

Moving in on human motor cortex. Characterizing the relationship between body parts with non-rigid population Response Fields

W Schellekens, C Bakker, NF Ramsey… - PLOS Computational …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
For cortical motor activity, the relationships between different body part representations is
unknown. Through reciprocal body part relationships, functionality of cortical motor areas …

A generative adversarial active learning method for mechanical layout generation

K Li, W Ye - Neural Computing and Applications, 2023 - Springer
Layout generation is frequently encountered in the field of mechanical design. The direct
application of generative adversarial network, which was originally used to generate pixel …

Somatotopic mapping of the fingers in the somatosensory cortex using functional magnetic resonance imaging: a review of literature

D Janko, K Thoenes, D Park, WR Willoughby… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple studies have demonstrated finger somatotopy in humans and other primates using
a variety of brain mapping techniques including functional magnetic resonance imaging …