The role of motor network reorganization during rehabilitation

rehabilitation”. Reviewer: Samit Chakrabarty, University of Leeds, UK. Comments to the author: This article makes certain assumptions that are based on selective reading of the literature and has a feeling of being highly speculative. 2 major assumptions that I disagree with; a. motor network suggests only cortical is involved, unless one states it to be the cortical motor networks and b. role of corticospinal in dexterity in rodents.

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