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Sensorimotor training and cortical reorganization.

Herta Flor1, Martin Diers

  • 1Department of Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. herta.flor@zi-mannheim.de

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This review covers training methods to reorganize sensory and motor maps in the brain, aiding recovery from disorders like chronic pain and stroke. These techniques show promise in restoring brain function and improving patient outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Neuroplasticity

Background:

  • Disorders like chronic pain, tinnitus, stroke, and dystonia involve altered sensory and motor maps in the sensorimotor cortices.
  • These maladaptive changes significantly impact motor and sensory functions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review training procedures targeting maladaptive changes in sensorimotor cortices.
  • To discuss the behavioral and cortical changes associated with these training procedures.
  • To explore factors influencing these procedures and emerging developments.

Main Methods:

  • Review of training procedures including perceptual ability training, motor function training, and direct cortical stimulation.
  • Analysis of behavioral approaches and combined-modality treatments (e.g., imagery, mirror therapy, prostheses).

Main Results:

  • Training procedures have demonstrated the ability to reorganize altered sensory and motor maps.
  • Combined treatments and behavioral approaches show beneficial effects in reorganizing neural maps.
  • These interventions are associated with significant behavioral and cortical changes.

Conclusions:

  • Training procedures offer a promising avenue for reorganizing maladaptive neural maps in sensorimotor disorders.
  • Further research is needed to elucidate the precise mechanisms underlying these plastic changes and their therapeutic relevance.