The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders
This book provides an integrated review of current research on neural plasticity and reorganization after early cerebral insults. Addressing both animal studies and a variety of diverse clinical populations, including children with congenital brain malformations, focal lesions, autism, and pervasive developmental disorders, this book summarizes many of the major advances on neural plasticity made in these areas over the past several years. Characterized by a broad historical perspective including contributions from some of the earliest researchers on environmental factors and brain organization, the book advances the reader form the laboratory to application in several human populations. Many of the components of the book explicitly address relationships of animal and human models, showing that the laboratory and the clinic are overlapping settings, not isolated chambers as they are often perceived. The understanding of neural plasticity and both biological and environmental factors that influence brain reorganization after early cerebral insult has major implications for treatment. The book outlines many of the potential applications for treatment of early brain disorders. The contributors include basic neuroscientists, cognitive neuroscientists, and clinician-researchers who work together to bridge gaps among disciplines. The book should facilitate collaborative research and applications in the critical areas of neural plasticity and brain reorganization. Advancement of knowledge of factors that prevent and enhance brain reorganization after early cerebral insult is a key to unraveling the mysteries of the developmental disorders characteristic of children and which influence their development through adulthood.
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The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders
This book provides an integrated review of current research on neural plasticity and reorganization after early cerebral insults. Addressing both animal studies and a variety of diverse clinical populations, including children with congenital brain malformations, focal lesions, autism, and pervasive developmental disorders, this book summarizes many of the major advances on neural plasticity made in these areas over the past several years. Characterized by a broad historical perspective including contributions from some of the earliest researchers on environmental factors and brain organization, the book advances the reader form the laboratory to application in several human populations. Many of the components of the book explicitly address relationships of animal and human models, showing that the laboratory and the clinic are overlapping settings, not isolated chambers as they are often perceived. The understanding of neural plasticity and both biological and environmental factors that influence brain reorganization after early cerebral insult has major implications for treatment. The book outlines many of the potential applications for treatment of early brain disorders. The contributors include basic neuroscientists, cognitive neuroscientists, and clinician-researchers who work together to bridge gaps among disciplines. The book should facilitate collaborative research and applications in the critical areas of neural plasticity and brain reorganization. Advancement of knowledge of factors that prevent and enhance brain reorganization after early cerebral insult is a key to unraveling the mysteries of the developmental disorders characteristic of children and which influence their development through adulthood.
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The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders

The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders

The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders

The Changing Nervous System: Neurobehavioral Consequences of Early Brain Disorders

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This book provides an integrated review of current research on neural plasticity and reorganization after early cerebral insults. Addressing both animal studies and a variety of diverse clinical populations, including children with congenital brain malformations, focal lesions, autism, and pervasive developmental disorders, this book summarizes many of the major advances on neural plasticity made in these areas over the past several years. Characterized by a broad historical perspective including contributions from some of the earliest researchers on environmental factors and brain organization, the book advances the reader form the laboratory to application in several human populations. Many of the components of the book explicitly address relationships of animal and human models, showing that the laboratory and the clinic are overlapping settings, not isolated chambers as they are often perceived. The understanding of neural plasticity and both biological and environmental factors that influence brain reorganization after early cerebral insult has major implications for treatment. The book outlines many of the potential applications for treatment of early brain disorders. The contributors include basic neuroscientists, cognitive neuroscientists, and clinician-researchers who work together to bridge gaps among disciplines. The book should facilitate collaborative research and applications in the critical areas of neural plasticity and brain reorganization. Advancement of knowledge of factors that prevent and enhance brain reorganization after early cerebral insult is a key to unraveling the mysteries of the developmental disorders characteristic of children and which influence their development through adulthood.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198028451
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 07/15/1999
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston

Table of Contents

Part I SHAPING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM1. Wiring the Brain: Activity Dependent and Activity Independent Development of Synaptic Circuits, Philip G. Nelson, Roger Davenport2. Effects of Differential Experience on Brain and Cognition Throughout the Life Span, Mark R. Rosenzweig3. Experience and Plasticity in Brain Structure: Possible Implications of Basic Research Finding For Developmental Disorders, William T. Greenough, James E. Black, Anna Klintsova, Kathy E. Bates, Ivan Jeanne WeilerPart II MECHANISMS OF REORGANIZATION4. Structural Changes Underlying Long-Term Memory, Craig H. Bailey5. The Role of Intrinsic Circuitry in Motor Cortex Plasticity, Asaf Keller6. Immature Visual Cortex Lesions: Global Rewiring, Neural Adaptations, and Behavioral Sparing, Bertram R. PaynePart III NEURODEVELOPMENTAL COURSE OF EARLY BRAIN DISORDERS7. The Role of the Corpus Callosum in the Cognitive Development of Children with Congenital Brain Malformations, H. Julia Hannay, Jack M. Fletcher, Michael E. Brandt8. Functional Consequences of Congenital Cerebellar Dysmorphologies and Acquired Cerebellar Lesions of Childhood, Maureen Dennis, C. Ross Hetherington, Brenda J. Spiegler, Marcia A. Barnes9 Recovery from Acquired Reading and Naming Deficits Following Focal Cerebral Resection, Barry Gordon, Dana Boatman, Ronald P. Lesser, John Hart, Jr.10. Plasticity, Localization and Language Development, Elizabeth Bates11. Neuroplasticity: Evidence from Unilateral Brain Lesions in Children, Dorothy M. Aram12. Continuity and Change in the Development of Children with Autism, Marian Sigman and Norman Kim13. Biological and Behavioral Heterogeneity in Autism: Role of Pleiotropy an Epigenesis, Eric Courchesne, Rachel Yeung Courchesne, Karen PiercePart IV INTERVENTIONS14. Issues in Developing Effective Interventions, Susan J. Landry15. Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Listening Training and Language Abilities, Michael M. Merzenich, Gabrielle Saunders, William M. Jenkins, Steven Miller, Bret Peterson, Paula TallalPart V CONCLUSIONS16. Development, Learning, and Neuroplasticity: Where We Are Now, Bennett A. Shaywitz
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