Zdenek Straka

Nov 28, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Raffaele Tucciarelli |Laura Bird |Zdenek Straka |Maggie Szymanska

AbstractSome of the most dramatic examples of neuroplasticity in the human brain follow congenital sensory deprivation, though we have limited understanding of the plasticity mechanisms driving such large-scale remapping. Hand loss due to congenital limb differences (CLD) offers a unique temporal dissociation of developmental neuroplasticity mechanisms: While sensory deprivation is congenital, compensatory motor behaviours develop progressively across childhood.