Functial Recovery^

Question 1

Functual Recovery

Answer 1

unaffected brain regions can take over for the regions affected by trauma
neural plasticity

Question 2

Spontaneus Recovery

Answer 2

functual recovery occurs quickly after trauma and slow down over time
may need rehab

Question 3

The Brain During Recovery

Answer 3

develops new synaptic connections around damaged area
the unmasking of secondary neural pathway
- not usually used for functions
- takes place to keep functioning properly

Question 4

Axonal Sprouting

Answer 4

the growth of new nerve endings that link to other undamaged nerve cells to create new neural pathways

Question 5

Denervation Supersensitivity

Answer 5

axons with similar roles are stimulated to a higher degree
- to make up for the ones lost due to trauma
Neg side effect
- oversensitivity to certain stimuli
= pain

Question 6

Recruitment of Homologous Areas on the Opposite Side of the Brain

Answer 6

the equivalent area on the opposite hemisphere takes over
until the damaged area recovers

Question 7

Real World Application

Answer 7

+ study the process involved with functional rec
findings from axonal growth has lead to therapies being developed
- constraint= induced movement therapy for those who had a stroke

Question 8

Cognitive Reserve

Answer 8

how educated an individual is can affect their rate of recovery- Schneider et al
: more educated = higher rate of disability free recovery
: 40% of DFR had over 16 years edu.20% had less that 12 years
Can’t generalise
- some cant have access to long edu

Question 9

Stem Application

Answer 9

Benerjee et al
- treated those with total anterior circulation stroke with stem cells
- every patients in trail recovered VS 4% that usually recovers without stem

Question 10

VS Smaller Samples

Answer 10

it had only 5 patients
no control group
- not generalisable as it needs a bigger sample