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Global disinhibition and corticospinal plasticity for drastic recovery after spinal cord injury

Yamaguchi, R.; Ueno, S.; Kawasaki, T.; Chao, Z.; Mitsuhashi, M.; Isa, K.; Takei, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Takahashi, J.; Onoe, H.; Isa, T.

2023-03-15 neuroscience
10.1101/2023.03.15.532773 bioRxiv
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The induction of large-scale plasticity in the adult brain should be key for recovery from severe damage of the central nervous system. Here, drastic motor recovery was observed after subhemisection spinal cord injury in macaques that received intensive training and cortical electrical stimulation. During recovery, movement-related activity increased in ipsilesional sensorimotor areas and functional connectivity from ipsilesional to contralesional areas was strengthened. Electrical stimulation applied widely across bilateral sensorimotor areas induced muscle twitches in affected and intact forelimbs. The interhemispheric inhibition observed before injury was switched to facilitation. Furthermore, massive re-routing occurred in corticospinal axons from the contralesional motor cortex. Such global disinhibition and massive plasticity would open the workspace for the reorganization of motor networks to recruit novel areas for recovery. One Sentence SummaryGlobal disinhibition and corticospinal plasticity for drastic recovery after spinal cord injury in macaque monkeys.

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