Neuroscience and Touch after Stroke

Dear Colleagues,

One in two people lose the sense of touch after stroke. It is like the hand is blind. If we are to address this problem using restorative approaches to rehabilitation, we need to both advance our understanding of the neuroscience of touch and how we might help stroke survivors regain a sense of touch using approaches founded on neuroplasticity and learning.

The aim of this special issue is to advance the neuroscience of touch and recovery of somatosensation after stroke. We invite researchers in the field to contribute their collective research and knowledge to address this somewhat hidden problem. We welcome submissions from pre-clinical and applied fields of research so that we can identify and synthesise core knowledge and approaches to advance the field. Reviews and original research papers on: processing of somatosensory information; neuroimaging of touch and somatosensation; neuoplasticity of touch; perceptual learning; impairment of touch, proprioceptive and haptic object recognition after stroke; recovery of somatosensation after stroke; and restorative approaches to rehabilitation are encouraged. Clinical studies and studies that employ technologies such as neuroimaging, magnetoencephalography and artificial intelligence, to achieve new insights are suited to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Leeanne Carey
Guest Editor

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