Table of Contents

Foreword byMary Ellen Cheung:
1: Arthur Benton and Daniel Tranel: Historical Notes on the Reorganization of Function and Neuroplasticity
PART I: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH ON NEUROPLASTICITY AND REORGANIZATION OF FUNCTION
2: Jocelyne Bachevalier and Ludise Malkova: Neuropsychological Indices of Early Medical Temporal Lobe Dysfunction in Primates
3: Robert J. Hamm, Meredith D. Temple, Deanna L. Buck, S. Michelle DeFord, and Candace L. Floyd: Cognitive Recovery from Traumatic Brain injury: Results of Post-Traumatic Experimental Interventions
4: E.R. Ergenzinger and T.P. Pons: Growth of New Connections and Adult Reorganizational Plasticity in the Somatosensory System
5: Helen Barbas: Neuroanatomic Basis for Reorganization of Function After Prefrontal Damage in Primates
6: Bryan Kolb and Ian Q. Whishaw: Reorganization of Function After Cortical Lesions in Rodents
7: J. Xu and J.T. Wall: Rapid Reorganization of Subcortical and Cortical Maps in Adult Primates
8: Timothy Schallert, Sondra Bland, J. Leigh Humm, Jennifer Tillerson, Reuben Gonzales, Lawrence Williams, Jaroslaw Aronowski, and James Grotta: Motor Rehabilitation, Use-related Neural Events, and Reorganization of the Brain After Injury
9: Randolph J. Nudo, Scott Barbay, and Jeffrey A. Kleim: Role of Neuroplasticity in Functional Recovery After Stroke
PART II DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES OF NEUROPLASTICITY
10: Joan Stiles: Spatial Cognitive Development Following Pre- or Perinatal Focal Brain Injury
11: Harvey S. Levin, James Song, Sandra B. Chapman, and Harriet Harward: Neuroplasticity Following Traumatic Diffuse vs. Focal Brain Injury in Children: Studies of Verbal Fluency
12: Göran Carlsson and Kenneth Hugdahl: Cerebral Reorganization in Children With Congenital Hemiplegia: Evidence From Dichotic Listening Test
13: L.J. Carr: Reorganization of Function After Brain Injury
PART III TECHNIQUES FOR STUDYING NEUROPLASTICITY IN HUMANS
14: Pauline A. Filipek: The Developmental Disorders: Does Plasticity Play a Role?
15: Eric M. Wasserman, Leonardo G. Cohen, and Mark Hallett: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Tool for Detecting Change in the Organization of the Human Motor System After Central and Peripheral Lesions
16: Timothy C. Rickard: Methodological Issues in fMRI Studies of Plasticity Following Brain Injury
17: Randy L. Buckner and Steven E. Petersen: Neuroimaging of Functional Recovery
18: James A. Reggia, Sharon Goodall, Ken Revett, and Eytan Ruppin: Computational Modeling of the Cortical Response to Focal Damage
PART IV: SYNTHESIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION
19: Paul Bach-y-Rita: Conceputal Issues in Neuroplasticity and Reorganization of Function After Brain Injury

Reviews

"The purpose of this book is to provide an update of important neuroplasticity research and to identify how this work can be translated into practical gains in the clinical setting. This is an important goal and is largely achieved."--anadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 44, No 2, April 2001
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease