Brain Injury and Recovery: Theoretical and Controversial Issues

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C. Robert Almli, Stanley Finger, T.E. LeVere, Donald G. Stein
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012年12月6日 - 362 頁
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.
 

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Chapter
1
Chapter
2
Recovery as Absolute and Inferential
7
Chapter
8
Chapter
15
Conclusions
25
Functional
45
Error and Reliability when Large Numbers
56
Invasion
193
Chapter 14
201
Nerve Growth Factors Functional Roles in the CNS
208
Chapter 15
215
Cellular Mechanisms
225
Chapter 16
235
Regressive Influences
241
Chapter 17
249

Summary
65
Methodological Assumptions and Empirical Origins
73
Psychological Deficits following Brain Damage
79
Chapter 6
86
Multiple Functions of Neural Systems
92
The Extent of StrokeInduced Damage
99
Mass Action and Equipotentiality Reconsidered
103
Conclusions
114
Historical Antecedents
121
Other Pursuits and Later Contributions
127
Chapter 9
133
Chapter 10
151
The Somatosensory System
157
Chapter 11
165
Conclusions
177
Historical and Contemporary
187
Is There a Critical Postoperative Period for Transplant
258
Systemic Injections of Trophic Factors Can also Promote
267
Problems and Risks in Using Embryonic Brain Tissue Grafts
269
Recent History of Functional Electrical Stimulation for Patient
275
Physiological Changes and Physical Conditioning Responses
281
Functional Electrical Stimulation and Walking
294
Summary
301
Right Hemisphere Compensation
308
Chapter 20
323
Practical Considerations
331
Arousal Emotion and Motivation after Brain Damage
337
The Problem of Motivation in Neurological Rehabilitation and
344
Sources of Controversy
351
Recovery and the Null Hypothesis
357
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