Plasticity Flashcards

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Plasticity A01

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-BRain is plastic
-babies brains similar to ours
-Grows with age
-Infancy = rapid growth in synaptic connections
-Brain change over time
-New connections made in adulthood
-Synaptic pruining

:. Brain can change over time

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Functional recovery A01

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after injury, unaffected areas adapt and compensate for injured area
-Healthy brain takes over
-occurs quickly after trauma

Structural changes =
-Axonal sprouting
-recruitment of homologous areas
-Reformation of blood vessels

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