Cerebral Reorganization of Function After Brain Damage - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195120264 ISBN 13: 9780195120264

Publisher: OUP USA, 2000

Synopsis

This book integrates neuroscience research on neuroplasticity with clinical investigation of reorganization of function after brain injury, especially from the perspective of eventually translating the findings to rehabilitation. Historical foundationw in neuroplasticity research are presented to provide a perspective for recent findings. Leading investigators synthesize their work with research from other laboratories to provide a current update on neuroanatomic features which enhance enuroplasticity and provide a substrate for reorginaization of function. The capacity for recovery from brain injury associated with focal lesions as compared to diffuse cerebral insult is discussed. Interventions such as environmental enhancement and drugs to enhance reorganizatioin of function after brain injury have been studied in animalmodels and in human studies. Methodologies to study neurophysiological measures, trancranial magnetic stimulation, and computational modeling. Implications of neuroplasticity research for innovations in rehabilitation of persons with brain injury are critically reviewed.

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Review

"The purpose of this book is to provide an update of important neuroplasticity research and to identify how this work can be translated into practical gains in the clinical setting. This is an important goal and is largely achieved."--anadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 44, No 2, April 2001 Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195120264
• ISBN 13: 9780195120264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 412
• Editor: Levin Harvey S., Grafman Jordan