Plasticity in the developing brain: implications for rehabilitation

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-101

  Johnston, Michael V ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF glutamate; Constraint; Long term potentiation; Plasticity; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISABILITY; EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE MUTATION; HEMIPARESIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 67049160799     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.64     Document Type: Review

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