Perinatal brain damage in children. Neuroplasticity, early intervention, and molecular mechanisms of recovery

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue , 2011, Pages 139-154

  Cioni, Giovanni ^a,b   D'Acunto, Giulia ^b   Guzzetta, Andrea ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Congenital lesion; Environmental enrichment; Newborn; Reorganization

Indexed keywords

BOOK; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONVALESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 79953841494     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53884-0.00022-1     Document Type: Chapter

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