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"The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt in the event of damage - in many cases shifting responsibility for specific cognitive functions to other non-damaged brain regions. This 'plasticity' can be crucial in aiding recovery from stroke, trauma, and peripheral damage such as eye or ear damage. Over the past thirty years our view of cortical plasticity has evolved greatly. Early studies suggested that changes to cortical function due to peripheral lesions could only occur during development and that these plastic changes were specific to a particular temporal window or ""critical period"". Over time, it has been demonstrated that cortical modifications as a consequence of either peripheral or central lesions can induce adaptive, or beneficial, changes in cortical function in an effort to preserve or enhance function. More recently, studies have identified that many of these adaptive changes, once thought only possible in the developing brain, are also possible in the mature or developed brain. At present, many laboratories are defining the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeutic strategies may be developed in order to maximiSe the ""reprogramming"" capabilities of the cerebrum. 'Reprogramming the Cerebral Cortex' describes these exciting studies and examines adaptive cortical plasticity in a variety of systems (visual, auditory, somatomotor, cross-modal, language and cognition). The book leads the reader through the complexities and promise of neuroplasticity, and presents insights into current and future research and clinical practice. It is unique in looking at the beneficial capabilities of cerebral cortex plasticity, upon which many proactive and therapeutic strategies may be developed. The book will be a valuable resource for behavioural, systems, computational and cognitive neuroscientists, as well as clinicians and neuropsychologists."

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Author:   Stephen Lomber (Associate Professor of Neuroscience & Psychology, Department of Physiology & Pharamcology, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada) ,  Jos Eggermont (Campbell McLaurin Chair for Hearing Deficiencies, Department of Phyiology and Biophysics, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.952kg
ISBN:  

9780198528999

ISBN 10:   019852899
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   12 October 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Vision 1: Bogdan Dreher: Reprogramming of striate and extrastriate visual cortices following retinal lesion 2: W Burke: Visual cortex reprogramming following retinal lesions or artificial scotomas: perceptual effects and neural circuitry 3: Ulf T Eysel & Thomas Mittmann: Remodelling of cortical connections and enhanced long-term potentiation after lesions of the visual cortex 4: Stephen G Lomber & Bertram R Payne: Reorganization of cerebral functions following primary visual cortex damage during infancy 5: Hillary R Rodman: Behavioral and neural alterations following V1 damage in immature primates 6: Krystel R Huxlin: Neurological changes underlying motion percpetion plasticity after lesions of extrastriate visual cortex in adult cats Audition 7: Jos J Eggermont: A time-line of auditory cortical reorganization after noise-induced hearing loss 8: Robert V Harrison: Development, maintenance and plasticity of tonotopic projections from cochlea to auditory cortex 9: James F Willott: Central auditory plasticity in mouse models of progressive sensorineural hearing loss 10: Andrej Kral, Rainer Hartmann & Rainer Klinke: Recruitment of the auditory cortex in congenitally deaf cats 11: Curtis W Ponton: Critical periods for human cortical development: an ERP study in children with cochlear implant Somatomotor 12: Randolph J Nudo & Ines Eisner-Janowicz: Neuronal plasticity after stroke: evidence from animal models of postinjury recovery 13: Wolf Muellbacher & Mark Hallett: Reprogramming surviving motor cortex after stroke 14: Nick Ward & Richard S J Frackowiack: Cerebral reprogramming underlying functional recovery following stroke 15: Jon H Kaas & Yvonne Rothemund: Reorganization of somatosensory and motor cortex followinig peripheral nerve or spinal cord injury in primates 16: Bryan Kolb & Robbin Gibb: Critical periods for functional recovery after cortical injury during development 17: Eric M Rouiller, Thierry Wannier, Eric Schmidlin & Yu Liu: Reprogramming the motor cortex for functional recovery after neonatal or adult unilateral lesion of the corticospinal system in the macaque monkey 18: Hasini Reddy: Adaptive functional changes in the cerebral cortex during multiple sclerosis 19: Herta Flor & Caroline Koeppe: Cortical reprogramming: significance for phantom phenomena and clinical implications Cross-modal 20: Jessica R Newton, Ania J Majewska, Charlene Ellsworth & Mriganka Sur: Reprogramming cortex: the consequences of cross-modal plasticity during development 21: Josef P Rauschecker: Adaptive plasticity and sensory substitution in the cerebral cortex 22: Lofti B Merabet, Amir Amedi & Alvaro Pascual-Leone: Activation of the visual cortex by Braille reading in blind subjects 23: Dave Saint-Amour, Jean-Paul Guillemot, Maryse Lassonde & Franco Lepore: Sound localization in early-blind human subjects: evidence for adaptive cortical plasticity Cognition 24: Joan Stiles, Pamela Moses & Brianna M Paul: The longitudinal study of spatial cognitive development inchildren with pre- or perinatal focal brain injury: evidence for cognitive compensation and for the emergence of alternative profiles of brain organization

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This book is an abundance of useful and intriguing information. Doody's Notes

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