Effects of a Rostral Motor Cortex Lesion on Primary Motor Cortex Hand Representation Topography in Primates

摘要

BackgroundSmall lesions to rostral versus caudal portions of the hand representation in the primary motor cortex (M1) produce different behavioral deficits. The goal of the present study was to determine if rehabilitative training has similar effects on functional topography of the spared M1 after rostral versus previously reported caudal M1 lesions.