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Brain Injury and Recovery

Theoretical and Controversial Issues

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Editors:
  1. Stanley Finger

    1. Psychology Department and Neural Sciences Program, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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  2. T. E. Levere

    1. The Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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  3. C. Robert Almli

    1. Programs in Occupational Therapy and Neural Sciences, Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Preventive Medicine, and Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA

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  4. Donald G. Stein

    1. Rutgers University, Newark, USA

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Toward a Definition of Recovery of Function

    • C. Robert Almli, Stanley Finger
    Pages 1-14

  3. Neural System Imbalances and the Consequence of Large Brain Injuries

    • T. E. LeVere
    Pages 15-28

  4. Bases of Inductions of Recoveries and Protections from Amnesias

    • Donald R. Meyer
    Pages 29-44

  5. Neural Spare Capacity and the Concept of Diaschisis

    • Robert B. Glassman, Aaron Smith
    Pages 45-69

  6. Kurt Goldstein and Recovery of Function

    • Gabriel P. Frommer, Aaron Smith
    Pages 71-88

  7. Assumptions about the Brain and Its Recovery from Damage

    • Robert L. Isaacson
    Pages 89-102

  8. Mass Action and Equipotentiality Reconsidered

    • Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw
    Pages 103-116

  9. Margaret Kennard and Her “Principle” in Historical Perspective

    • Stanley Finger, C. Robert Almli
    Pages 117-132

  10. Infant Brain Injury

    • N. Davis LeVere, Susan Gray-Silva, T. E. LeVere
    Pages 133-150

  11. Arguments against Redundant Brain Structures

    • Ulf Norrsell
    Pages 151-163

  12. Another Look at Vicariation

    • Mary D. Slavin, Scott Laurence, Donald G. Stein
    Pages 165-179

  13. Hughlings Jackson’s Theory of Localization and Compensation

    • Samuel H. Greenblatt
    Pages 181-190

  14. The Parcellation Theory and Alterations in Brain Circuitry after Injury

    • Sven O. E. Ebbesson
    Pages 191-199

  15. Trophic Hypothesis of Neuronal Cell Death and Survival

    • Fred H. Gage, Silvio Varon
    Pages 201-214

  16. Sensory Cortical Reorganization following Peripheral Nerve Injury

    • Robert W. Dykes, Raju Metherate
    Pages 215-234

  17. Is Dendritic Proliferation of Surviving Neurons a Compensatory Response to Loss of Neighbors in the Aging Brain?

    • Paul D. Coleman, Dorothy G. Flood
    Pages 235-247

  18. Practical and Theoretical Issues in the Uses of Fetal Brain Tissue Transplants to Promote Recovery from Brain Injury

    • Donald G. Stein
    Pages 249-272

  19. Functional Electrical Stimulation and Its Application in the Rehabilitation of Neurologically Injured Individuals

    • Jerrold S. Petrofsky
    Pages 273-305

  20. Recovery of Language Disorders

    • Andrew Kertesz
    Pages 307-321
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About this book

The idea for the present volume grew from discussions that the four of us had among ourselves and with our colleagues at recent scientific meetings. All of us were impressed by the wealth of empirical data that was being generated by investigators interested in brain damage and recovery from both behavioral and biological orientations. Nevertheless, we were concerned about the relative paucity of attempts to evaluate the data provided by new technologies in more than a narrow context or to present new theories or reexamine time-honored ideas in the light of new findings. We recognized that science is guided by new technologies, by hard data, and by theories and ideas. Yet we were forced to conclude that, although investi­ gators were often anxious to publicize new methods and empirical fmdings, the same could not be said about broad hypotheses, underlying concepts, or in­ ferences and speculations that extended beyond the empirical data. Not only were many scientists not formally discussing the broad implications of their data, but, when stimulating ideas were presented, they were more likely to be heard in the halls or over a meal than in organized sessions at scientific meetings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Psychology Department and Neural Sciences Program, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

    Stanley Finger

  • The Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

    T. E. Levere

  • Programs in Occupational Therapy and Neural Sciences, Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Preventive Medicine, and Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA

    C. Robert Almli

  • Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Donald G. Stein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Brain Injury and Recovery

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Controversial Issues

  • Editors: Stanley Finger, T. E. Levere, C. Robert Almli, Donald G. Stein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0941-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8256-3Published: 30 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-0941-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 362

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neurosciences

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