Fig. 4.

Changes in motor representations in the rostral forelimb area of rats after a controlled cortical impact in the caudal forelimb area. In this study, while the total (combined) rostral forelimb area did not change, distal representations were reduced in area, while proximal representations were enlarged. Several examples using microstimulation techniques in animals suggest that remote reorganization supports learning of compensatory movement patterns rather than recovery of the lost movement patterns. Modified from Nishibe et al. (2010) and reproduced with permission.