Experiments on patients with phantom limbs suggest that neural connections in the adult
human brain are much more malleable than previously assumed. Three weeks after …

Arm amputees can experience the perception of movement of a phantom limb while looking
at a mirror reflection of the moving, intact arm superimposed on the perceived phantom …

The analysis of plastic changes in the nervous system is based on the assumption that the
nervous system is not a static system but rather one that changes over time. The capacity to …

Cerebral plasticity, which is the dynamic potential of the brain to reorganize itself during
ontogeny, learning, or following damage, has been widely studied in the last decade, in …

Even though the disruption of motor activity and function caused by stroke is at times severe,
recovery is often highly dynamic. Recuperation reflects the ability of the neuronal network to …

Over the last few decades, there have been considerable improvements in the outcome of
stroke patients both as regards mortality and disability. At least some of these improvements …

One of the most exciting areas of stroke research is our increasing understanding of the
brain's plasticity and the ability of rehabilitation to influence neurological recovery and …

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nippon Medical School In recent years, our
understanding of motor learning, neuroplasticity and functional recovery after the occurrence …

Recovery of the function after stroke is a consequence of many factors including resolution
of oedema and survival of the ischaemic penumbra. In addition there is a growing interest in …

Neuronal connections and cortical maps are continuously remodeled by our experience.
Knowledge of the potential capabilityof the brain to compensate for lesions is a prerequisite …