Is it possible to restore function with two percent surviving neural tissue?

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-6

  Bach y Rita, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Brain plasticity; Functional reorganization; Stroke; Vestibular loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NERVOUS TISSUE; OTOTOXICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 3242746102     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635204000336     Document Type: Article

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