In human, a chronic sensorimotor perturbation (SMP) through prolonged body immobilization alters motor task performance through a combination of peripheral and central factors. Studies performed on a rat model of SMP have shown biomolecular changes and a reorganization of sensorimotor cortex through events such as morphological modifications of dendritic spines (number, length, functionality). However, underlying mechanisms are still unclear. It is well known that phosphorylation regulates a wide field of synaptic activity leading to neuroplasticity. Another post‐translational modification that interplays with phosphorylation is O‐GlcNAcylation. This atypical glycosylation, reversible, and dynamic, is involved in essential cellular and physiological processes such as synaptic activity, neuronal morphogenesis, learning, and memory. We examined potential roles of phosphorylation/O‐GlcNAcylation interplay in synaptic plasticity within rat sensorimotor cortex after a SMP period. For this purpose, sensorimotor cortex synaptosomes were separated by sucrose gradient, in order to isolate a subcellular compartment enriched in proteins involved in synaptic functions. A period of SMP induced plastic changes at the pre‐ and post‐synaptic levels, characterized by a reduction in phosphorylation (synapsin1, α‐amino‐3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazoleproprionic acid receptors (AMPAR) GluA2) and expression (synaptophysin, PSD‐95, AMPAR GluA2) of synaptic proteins, as well as a decrease in MAPK/ERK42 activation. Expression levels of O‐GlcNAc transferase/O‐GlcNAcase enzymes was unchanged but we observed a specific reduction of synapsin1 O‐GlcNAcylation in sensorimotor cortex synaptosomes. The synergistic regulation of synapsin1 phosphorylation/O‐GlcNAcylation could affect pre‐synaptic neurotransmitter release. Associated with other pre‐ and post‐synaptic changes, synaptic efficacy could be impaired in somatosensory cortex of SMP rat. Thus, phosphorylation/O‐GlcNAcylation interplay appears to be involved in synaptic plasticity by finely regulating neural activity.