Edited by
Aage Moller, The University of Texas at Dallas, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, Dallas, TX, USA
Description
The brain is plastic and it can change its function to adapt to changing demands of various kinds. The brain can also re-organize and
change its function to better utilize its resources when parts of the brain have been damaged through injuries and diseases. This means
that the brain is not “hard wired” but can be reprogrammed when needed. This book describes different aspects of how the plasticity can
become activated and how it can benefit the individual person.
This book provides in-depth coverage of many important aspects of neural
plasticity and how it applies to trauma, including strokes and disorders of the central nervous system that affect memory and cognition.
The book also discusses how neural plasticity is involved in aphasia, pain and tinnitus. The roles of neural plasticity in motor rehabilitation
and in adaptation to prostheses such as cochlear and cochlear nucleus implants are also topics of the book.
Included in series
Progress in Brain Research
Audience:
Neuroscientists.
