Do children really recover better? Neurobehavioural plasticity after early brain insult

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2197-2221

  Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c   Spencer Smith, Megan ^a,c   Wood, Amanda ^a,d,e  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain injury; child; neurobehaviour; plasticity; recovery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DENERVATION; DIASCHISIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY;

EID: 80051988431     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr103     Document Type: Review

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