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After a damaging injury, major or minor, does the human brain have the ability to repair itself? Can Brain cells regenerate? Do whole areas of damage ever fully recover? Only a few decades ago the prevailing notion was that the adult brain was made up of fixed or 'hard-wired' nervous pathways
where nothing could regenerate. In many places, conventional wisdom still holds to this idea. Now, in Brain Repair, three internationally renowned neuroscientists team up to offer an intriquing and up-to-date introduction to the exciting advances being made in the research, technology, and treatment
of brain damage.
In the United States alone, over a half million people each year will suffer a brain injury -- but the outlook for their eventual recovery is far more hopeful now than it was just a short while ago. The key to neuroscience's most exciting discoveries to date is based on the concept of
neuroplasticity, which stresses that cells throughout the brain can not only regenerate, but can adapt their function to assume critical roles once performed by damaged tissue. In clear and understandable language, the authors show us that the damaged brain can manufacture a number of complex
chemicals that actually foster the repair and growth of damaged neurons. The authors describe work where researchers are untangling the mystery of Parkinson's disease or who are trying to understand what goes wrong in stroke victims and what can be done to help these patients recover. In addition,
Stein, Brailowsky, and Will discuss how sometimes misguided ideas about brain function can lead to inappropriate medical treatment. Along the way, the authors describe the fascinating history of how brain structure and functioning have been understood and studied, from prehistoric times to the
present.
A best-selling volume in France and Mexico, this new version of Brain Repair provides a vividly written, wide-ranging look at the leading edge of one of science's most exciting frontiers.
where nothing could regenerate. In many places, conventional wisdom still holds to this idea. Now, in Brain Repair, three internationally renowned neuroscientists team up to offer an intriquing and up-to-date introduction to the exciting advances being made in the research, technology, and treatment
of brain damage.
In the United States alone, over a half million people each year will suffer a brain injury -- but the outlook for their eventual recovery is far more hopeful now than it was just a short while ago. The key to neuroscience's most exciting discoveries to date is based on the concept of
neuroplasticity, which stresses that cells throughout the brain can not only regenerate, but can adapt their function to assume critical roles once performed by damaged tissue. In clear and understandable language, the authors show us that the damaged brain can manufacture a number of complex
chemicals that actually foster the repair and growth of damaged neurons. The authors describe work where researchers are untangling the mystery of Parkinson's disease or who are trying to understand what goes wrong in stroke victims and what can be done to help these patients recover. In addition,
Stein, Brailowsky, and Will discuss how sometimes misguided ideas about brain function can lead to inappropriate medical treatment. Along the way, the authors describe the fascinating history of how brain structure and functioning have been understood and studied, from prehistoric times to the
present.
A best-selling volume in France and Mexico, this new version of Brain Repair provides a vividly written, wide-ranging look at the leading edge of one of science's most exciting frontiers.
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About the Author:
Donald Stein is Asa G. Candler Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Bruno Will is a Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France. Simon Brailowsky is Professor of Neuroscience at the National
University of Mexico.
Language Notes:
University of Mexico.
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2099
- ISBN 10 0195180909
- ISBN 13 9780195180909
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages304
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