Cross-hemicord spinal fiber reorganization associates with cortical sensory and motor network expansion in the rat model of hemicontusion cervical spinal cord injury
Mihailovic J, Sanganahalli B, Hyder F, Chitturi J, Elkabes S, Heary R, Kannurpatti S. Cross-hemicord spinal fiber reorganization associates with cortical sensory and motor network expansion in the rat model of hemicontusion cervical spinal cord injury. Neuroscience Letters 2023, 820: 137607. PMID: 38141752, PMCID: PMC10797561, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryCervical spinal cord injuryDiffusion tensor imagingCord injurySpinal cordCervical spinal cordState functional connectivitySpinal cord samplesSpinal cord diffusion tensor imagingMagnetic resonance imagingBrain functional MRIInjury epicenterSpinal reorganizationPost-SCINeuroplastic changesCord samplesCortical sensoryRat modelTraumatic injuryMD changeMotor networkNervous systemResonance imagingSingle-subject levelFunctional MRI