Motor recovery after early brain damage. A case of brain plasticity.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Motor recovery after early brain damage. A case of brain plasticity.
BACKGROUND Motor recovery is remarkable when the brain is damaged early in life. We describe a case of early damage to the right hemisphere with remarkable reorganization and plastic functional changes, studied by computed neuroimaging. CASE DESCRIPTION A 31-year-old man had a left-sided hemiplegia at the age of 12, followed by good motor recovery despite a large right cortical-subcortical le...
متن کاملP153: Evaluating the Effect of Lactobacillus Acidophilus Probiotic Supplementation on Sensory-Motor Recovery After a Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of death which affects millions of people around the world. TBI is also associated with various neurological impairments. After the primary mechanical injury at the moment of a TBI event, several cellular and molecular processes are activated within the brain tissue as the secondary injury. An important mechanism involved in the secondary injury of...
متن کاملA form of motor cortical plasticity that correlates with recovery of function after brain injury.
To investigate functional mechanisms underlying cortical motor plasticity in the intact and injured brain, we used "behaviorally relevant," long-duration intracortical microstimulation. We now report the existence of complex, multijoint movements revealed with a 500-msec duration intracortical stimulation in rat motor cortex. A consistent topographic distribution of these complex motor patterns...
متن کاملRehabilitation of brain damage: brain plasticity and principles of guided recovery.
Rehabilitation of the damaged brain can foster reconnection of damaged neural circuits; Hebbian learning mechanisms play an important part in this. The authors propose a triage of post-lesion states, depending on the loss of connectivity in particular circuits. A small loss of connectivity will tend to lead to autonomous recovery, whereas a major loss of connectivity will lead to permanent loss...
متن کاملEarly brain injury and plasticity: rEorganization and functional rEcovEry
One of the most remarkable observations in developmental neuroscience is the plasticity of the developing brain. Although recent findings suggest that the developing brain possesses substantial compensatory potential, the mechanisms of reorganization and its limitations remain largely unknown. This review includes studies elucidating the complexities of brain reorganization in response to early...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.25.2.514