Sensory Restoration in Cortical Level After a Contralateral C7 Nerve Transfer to an Injured Arm in Rats

Abstract

The cortical reorganization occurred only in the ipsilateral hemisphere, which is different from the motor cortex reorganization using the same model as that described in a previous study. This reorganization pattern offers an interpretation of the unique sensory recovery process after the transfer of the C7 nerve to the contralateral median nerve, but also provides the basis for further sensory restoration in clinical practice.