Contralateral and Ipsilateral Interactions in the Somatosensory Pathway in Healthy Humans.

ABSTRACT: Hyper-adaptability, the ability to adapt to changes in the internal environment caused by neurological disorders, is necessary to recover from various disabilities, such as motor paralysis and sensory impairment. In the recovery from motor paralysis, the pre-existing neural pathway of the ipsilateral descending pathway, which is normally suppressed and preserved in the course of development, is activated to contribute to the motor control of the paretic limb. Conversely, in sensory pathways, it remains unclear whether there are compensatory pathways which are beneficial for the recovery of sensory impairment due to damaged unilateral somatosensory pathways, such as thalamic hemorrhage. Here, we investigated the interaction between the left and right somatosensory pathways in healthy humans

SUBMITTER: Ishii D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415971 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature