| Description |
xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. The nature and mechanisms of plasticity / Mengia-S. Rioult-Pedotti and John P. Donoghue -- 2. Techniques of transcranial magnetic stimulation / John C. Rothwell -- 3. Developmental plasticity of the corticospinal system / Janet Eyre -- 4. Practice-induced plasticity in the human motor cortex / Joseph Classen and Leonardo G. Cohen -- 5. Skill learning / Edwin M. Robertson, Hugo Theoret and Alvaro Pascual-Leone -- 6. Stimulation-induced plasticity in the human motor cortex / Joseph Classen and Ulf Ziemann -- 7. Lesions of cortex and post-stroke 'plastic' reorganization / Paolo M. Rossini and Joachim Liepert -- 8. Lesions of the periphery and spinal cord / Michael J. Angel, Nick Davey, Peter Ellaway and Robert Chen -- 9. Functional relevance of cortical plasticity / Pablo Celnik and Leonardo G. Cohen -- 10. Therapeutic uses of rTMS / Chip Epstein and John C. Rothwell -- 11. Rehabilitation / David Gow, Chris Fraser and Shaheen Hamdy |
| Summary |
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive and painless technique that has opened up completely new and fascinating avenues to study neural plasticity. First, TMS can be used to detect changes in excitability or connectivity of the stimulated cortex which may have occurred through processes such as learning or recovery from a lesion. Second, repeated TMS by itself can induce changes in excitability and connectivity of the stimulated cortex which may be used therapeutically in neurological and psychiatric disease. Third, TMS can induce short-lasting 'virtual lesions' which may directly test the functional relevance of brain plasticity. Current knowledge of all these exciting possibilities is brought together in this book, written by the world's leading experts in the field. The book is an essential compendium on plasticity of the human brain for clinical neurophysiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Neuroplasticity.
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Magnetic brain stimulation.
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| Author |
Boniface, Simon J., 1964-
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Ziemann, Ulf.
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| LC no. |
2002031559 |
| ISBN |
0521807271 |
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