caa a22 4500 445353317 CHVBK 20180317142851.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00221-010-2532-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00221-010-2532-8 Studying plasticity of sensory function: insight from pregnancy [Elektronische Daten] [Y. Perez-Borrego, V. Soto-Leon, J. Aguilar, G. Foffani, M. Rotondi, S. Bestmann, A. Oliviero] Plasticity of sensory function has become an object of study because of its proposed role in the recovery of function after central nervous system damage. Normal pregnancy may provide a useful in vivo model to study the effects of progressive reduction in the abdominal skin receptor density. As such changes are confined to abdominal skin, other parts of the body are only moderately affected by pregnancy and therefore can provide a control for other changes during pregnancy. The two-point discrimination test (TPDT) of the skin is a simple test of the sensory function. We conducted the TPDT in a pregnant population longitudinally studied at different pregnancy stages and in different skin regions. In this pregnant population, we found a reduction in sensory sensibility that was not skin region specific. In particular, the increase in abdominal circumference did not produce different effects of TPDT on the belly compared to the dorsum or the hand. This suggests that the sensory system is able to compensate for the reduction in peripheral information flow through central nervous system plasticity. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Plasticity nationallicence Skin nationallicence Pregnancy nationallicence Perez-Borrego Y. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Soto-Leon V. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Aguilar J. Neurosignals Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Foffani G. Neurosignals Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Rotondi M. Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri I.R.C.C.S, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy aut Bestmann S. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Oliviero A. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 209/2(2011-03-01), 311-316 0014-4819 209:2<311 2011 209 221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2532-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2532-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perez-Borrego Y. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soto-Leon V. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aguilar J. Neurosignals Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foffani G. Neurosignals Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rotondi M. Unit of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri I.R.C.C.S, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bestmann S. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oliviero A. FENNSI Group, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Toledo, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 209/2(2011-03-01), 311-316 0014-4819 209:2<311 2011 209 221 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer