eli5 what happens to the parts of the brain dedicated to limbs when a person loses that limb

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If a person loses an arm, what happens to the part of the brain responsible for control of this arm?

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Sometimes, it kind of freaks out and convinces the body that the limb is still there and it is in pain. If that doesn’t happen, that part doesn’t atrophy or anything, it’s most just gets taken over by some other function. Your brain is good at allocating resources.

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