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Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
dc.contributor Sur, Mriganka
dc.creator Cramer, Steven C.
dc.creator Sur, Mriganka
dc.creator Dobkin, Bruce H.
dc.creator O’Brien, Charles
dc.creator Sanger, Terence D.
dc.creator Trojanowski, John Q.
dc.creator Rumsey, Judith M.
dc.creator Hicks, Ramona
dc.creator Cameron, Judy
dc.creator Chen, Daofen
dc.creator Chen, Wen G.
dc.creator Cohen, Leonardo G.
dc.creator deCharms, Christopher
dc.creator Duffy, Charles J.
dc.creator Eden, Guinevere F.
dc.creator Fetz, Eberhard E.
dc.creator Filart, Rosemarie
dc.creator Freund, Michelle
dc.creator Grant, Steven J.
dc.creator Haber, Suzanne
dc.creator Kalivas, Peter W.
dc.creator Kolb, Bryan
dc.creator Kramer, Arthur F.
dc.creator Lynch, Minda
dc.creator Mayberg, Helen S.
dc.creator McQuillen, Patrick S.
dc.creator Nitkin, Ralph
dc.creator Pascual-Leone, Alvaro
dc.creator Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia
dc.creator Schiff, Nicholas
dc.creator Sharma, Anu
dc.creator Shekim, Lana
dc.creator Stryker, Michael
dc.creator Sullivan, Edith V.
dc.creator Vinogradov, Sophia
dc.date 2019-05-31T20:37:51Z
dc.date 2019-05-31T20:37:51Z
dc.date 2011-06
dc.date 2011-01
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:12:21Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:12:21Z
dc.identifier 0006-8950
dc.identifier 1460-2156
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121189
dc.identifier Cramer, Steven C. et al. "Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications." Brain 134, 6 (June 2011): 1591-1609
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/279149
dc.description Neuroplasticity can be defined as the ability of the nervous system to respond to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, function and connections. Major advances in the understanding of neuroplasticity have to date yielded few established interventions. To advance the translation of neuroplasticity research towards clinical applications, the National Institutes of Health Blueprint for Neuroscience Research sponsored a workshop in 2009. Basic and clinical researchers in disciplines from central nervous system injury/stroke, mental/addictive disorders, paediatric/developmental disorders and neurodegeneration/ageing identified cardinal examples of neuroplasticity, underlying mechanisms, therapeutic implications and common denominators. Promising therapies that may enhance training-induced cognitive and motor learning, such as brain stimulation and neuropharmacological interventions, were identified, along with questions of how best to use this body of information to reduce human disability. Improved understanding of adaptive mechanisms at every level, from molecules to synapses, to networks, to behaviour, can be gained from iterative collaborations between basic and clinical researchers. Lessons can be gleaned from studying fields related to plasticity, such as development, critical periods, learning and response to disease. Improved means of assessing neuroplasticity in humans, including biomarkers for predicting and monitoring treatment response, are needed. Neuroplasticity occurs with many variations, in many forms, and in many contexts. However, common themes in plasticity that emerge across diverse central nervous system conditions include experience dependence, time sensitivity and the importance of motivation and attention. Integration of information across disciplines should enhance opportunities for the translation of neuroplasticity and circuit retraining research into effective clinical therapies. Keywords: neuroplasticity; retraining; therapeutics; clinical assessment
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dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr039
dc.relation Brain
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 2.5
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5
dc.source Oxford
dc.title Harnessing neuroplasticity for clinical applications
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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