Functional recovery after trauma

Regenerative developments in brain functions arise from the brain plasticity, its ability to change structurally and functionally following trauma.

Wall - identified dormant synapses in the brain. Ineffective synapses as unactivated; however, increasing the role of input can open them. Leads to connections to regions of the brain that are not normally activated

Can be implanted into the brain to replace dead cells. Or they could secrete growth factors that rescue the cells

Tajin - rates with brain injury. One group recieved stem cells and the other didn’t. After three months, the stem cell group showed greater development

Huttenlocher - Functional plasticity reduces with age

Schnieder - those with a college degree were 7X more likely to have recovered after a year.