Functional recovery after trauma Flashcards

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Mechanisms for recovery

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

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Neuronal unmasking

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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

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Stem Cells

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

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A03: Research support for animal studies

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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

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A03: Age differences

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Huttenlocher - Functional plasticity reduces with age

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A03: Education is a factor

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

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