Plasticity

Question 1

Plasticity A01

Answer 1

-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

Question 2

Functional recovery A01

Answer 2

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