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Dewey Class	617.482044 (DDC 22)
Title	Restorative neurology of spinal cord injury ([Ebook]) / Milan R. Dimitrijevic, Byron A. Kakulas, W. Barry McKay, and Gerta Vrbova
Added Personal Name	Dimitrijevic, Milan R.
	Kakulas, Byron A.
	McKay Barry, W.
	Vrbova, Gerta
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2012
Physical Details	1 online resource
ISBN	9780199918768
Note	Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2012 ; Print publication date: 2011
Summary Note	Following injury or disease, neural circuitry can be altered to varying degrees leading to highly individualized characteristics that may or may not resemble original function. In addition, lost or partially damaged circuits and the effects of biological recovery processes coupled with learned compensatory strategies create a new neuroanatomy with capabilities that are often not functional or may interfere with daily life. To date, the majority of approaches used to treat neurological dysfunction have focused on the replacement of lost or damaged function, usually through the suppression of surviving neural activity and the application of mechanical assistive devices. This book offers a different and novel approach. Focusing on the spinal cord and its role in motor control, it details the clinical and neurophysiological assessment process and methods developed throughout the past half century by basic and clinical scientists. Then, through the use of specialized clinical and neurophysiological testing methods, conduction and processing performed within the surviving neural circuitry is examined and characterized in detail. Based on the results of such assessment, treatment strategies, also described in this book, are applied to augment, rather than replace, the performance of surviving neural circuitry and improve the functional capacity of people who have experienced injury to their spinal cords.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in HTML format.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscribing institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746507.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Neurology . Spinal Cord Injuries . Authors: Dimitrijevic, Milan R. . Kakulas, Byron A. . McKay Barry, W. . Vrbova, Gerta . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Classification: 617.482044 (DDC 22) .

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