Open AccessComparative study of the reorganization in bilateral motor and sensory cortices after spinal cord hemisection in mice
Author(s) -
Junhao Deng,
Hui-Min Xie,
Yan Han,
Zhan Peng,
Jiajia Zhao,
Yanmei Zhou,
Chao Chen,
Kexue Zhang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuroreport/neuroreport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1473-558X
pISSN - 0959-4965
DOI - 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001694
Subject(s) - dendritic spine , spinal cord , motor cortex , sensory system , neuroscience , cortex (anatomy) , anatomy , sensorimotor cortex , neuroplasticity , sensory cortex , biology , stimulation , hippocampal formation
The effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on sensorimotor cortex plasticity have not been well studied. Therefore, to explore the reorganization after SCI, we dynamically monitored postsynaptic dendritic spines of pyramidal neurons in vivo.