Cerebral reorganization of function after brain damage [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Harvey S. Levin, Jordan Grafman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782490703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0-19-772966-5; 1-280-75990-9; 9786610759903; 0-19-802820-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LevinHarvey S; GrafmanJordan
• Disciplina: 616.8043; 617.48103
• Soggetti: Neuroplasticity; Brain damage - Patients - Rehabilitation; Brain - Wounds and injuries - Patients - Rehabilitation; Brain - Wounds and injuries - Complications
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; 1. Historical Notes on Reorganization of Function and Neuroplasticity; I. Neuroscience Research on Neuroplasticity and Reorganization of Function; 2. Neuropsychological Indices of Early Medial Temporal Lobe Dysfunction in Primates; 3. Cognitive Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury: Results of Posttraumatic Experimental Interventions; 4. Growth of New Connections and Adult Reorganizational Plasticity in the Somatosensory System; 5. Neuroanatomic Basis for Reorganization of Function After Prefrontal Damage in Primates; 6. Reorganization of Function After Cortical Lesions in Rodents7. Rapid Reorganization of Subcortical and Cortical Maps in Adult Primates; 8. Motor Rehabilitation, Use-Related Neural Events, and Reorganization of the Brain After Injury; 9. Role of Neuroplasticity in Functional Recovery After Stroke; II. Developmental Studies of Neuroplasticity; 10. Spatial Cognitive Development Following Prenatal or Perinatal Focal Brain ; Injury; 11. Neuroplasticity Following Traumatic Diffuse versus Focal Brain Injury in Children: Studies of Verbal Fluency; 12. Cerebral Reorganization in Children with Congenital Hemiplegia: Evidence from the Dichotic Listening Test13. Reorganization of Motor Function in Cerebral Palsy; III. Techniques for Studying Neuroplasticity in Humans; 14. The Developmental Disorders: Does Plasticity Play a Role?; 15. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Tool for Detecting Changes in the Organization of the Human Motor System After Central and Peripheral Lesions; 16. Methodological Issues in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of Plasticity Following Brain Injury; 17. Neuroimaging of Functional Recovery; 18. Computational Modeling of the Cortical Response to Focal DamageIV. Synthesis and Implications for Rehabilitation; 19. Conceptual Issues Relevant to Present and Future Neurologic Rehabilitation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
• Sommario/riassunto: This work integrates neuroscience research on neuroplasticity with the clinical investigation of the reorganization of function after brain injury, especially from the perspective of eventually translating the findings to rehabilitation.