Resting-state brain network remodeling after different nerve reconstruction surgeries: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study in brachial plexus injury rats.

ABSTRACT: JOURNAL/nrgr/04.03/01300535-202505000-00031/figure1/v/2024-07-28T173839Z/r/image-tiff Distinct brain remodeling has been found after different nerve reconstruction strategies, including motor representation of the affected limb. However, differences among reconstruction strategies at the brain network level have not been elucidated. This study aimed to explore intra-network changes related to altered peripheral neural pathways after different nerve reconstruction surgeries, including nerve repair, end-to-end nerve transfer, and end-to-side nerve transfer. Sprague-Dawley rats underwent complete left brachial plexus transection and were divided into four equal groups of eight: no nerve repair, grafted nerve repair, phrenic nerve end-to-end transfer, and end-to-side transfer with a graft sutu

SUBMITTER: Xiang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624879 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature