Research Links

Effects of Brain Damage

http://empresas.mundivia.es/braincenter/Braintrauma.htm
Trauma to the brain.

http://nanonline.org/nandistance/mtbi/modules/patho/pathophysiology.html
Images of brains with various types of damage.

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/lmp/neuro/histo.htm
Pathology of neurons and glia. Includes good diagrams.

http://www.indiana.edu/~iuepsyc/p326/murder.htm
How to murder a neuron.

http://edcenter.med.cornell.edu/CUMC_PathNotes/Neuropathology/Neuropath_I/INTRO.html
Neuropathological responses to damage, including a histology of neurons.

http://www.mritutor.org/mriteach/358.html
MRI images of a brain experiencing Wallerian degeneration following a lesion.

http://www.uwo.ca/pathol/MedsI/Q3/cns.html
Neuronal degeneration and plasticity.

http://www.placidity.net/neuro/page/12sect/0.shtml
Neural plasticity. Includes good diagrams.

http://esynopsis.uchc.edu/S465.htm
Description of edema to the brain following damage.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/lacrc/hy-ano.htm
Hypoxic-anoxic brain injury.

Recovery of Function

http://www.cfs.inform.dk/Hjerne/genderbrain06.html
An article on the effect of gender on recovery of function.

http://www.ucpa.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/4/24/24-6610/465
Reorganization of brain functioning.

http://www.stanford.edu/~kmjake/neoctx/neoctx.htm
Plasticity in the neocortex.

http://www.nyu.edu/classes/azmitia/lectures/lecture13/
Plasticity following damage. Includes a diagram of collateral sprouting.

http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/other/profmed/slides/pm011399/
"Rebuilding a Nervous System", a slideshow from the University of Florida.

http://204.202.137.115/sections/living/DailyNews/alzheimersgenetherapy010411.html
An ABC Daily News article on the use of nerve growth factor in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

http://www.ucpa.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/4/24/24-6607/135
A United Cerebral Palsy article, "How Does the Brain Heal?"

http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Lashley/neural.htm
Web-published version of Karl Lashley's "Basic Neural Mechanisms in Behavior."

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html
Interesting discussion on the "we use only ten percent of our brains" myth.

http://www.uth.tmc.edu/uth_orgs/pub_affairs/news/releases/nudo.html
An article on the reorganization of the cortex following rehabilitation (with images of cortical activity).

http://www.dendrites.com/articles/mobility.htm
An article on the brain's ability to relearn tasks.

Therapy and Recovery of Function

http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/109/109_statement.htm
The National Institute of Health's statement on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.

http://www.neuroscience.cnter.com/pss/COGREHAB/Article.htm
Cognitive functioning and rehabilitation.

http://www.cyberedge.com/vru_papers/rizzo.htm
An article on the use of virtual reality in cognitive rehabilitation.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/smartd.html
Drugs to improve cognitive abilities.

Brain Tissue Transplantation

http://whyfiles.org/093learn/5.html
A basic look at stem cells.

http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.sinden.html
Article on neural transplantation and recovery of cognitive function.

http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/bbs/Archive/bbs.stein.html
Article on the treatment of brain dysfunction using fetal brain tissue transplants.

http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/imageguided/papers/neural.html
An article on neural transplantation to treat stroke patients.

http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/oisacson.htm
Fetal neural transplantation as treatment of Parkinson's disease.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v285n13/ffull/jmn0404-1.html
An article on stem cell use in rats with spinal damage.

http://www.apnet.com/inscight/05291997/graphb.htm
An article on growing neural cells in the laboratory.

Brain Injury Recovery

http://empresas.mundivia.es/braincenter/Braininjury.htm
Functional recovery following brain injury.

Other Sites of Interest

http://www.neurosci-online.com/E-Neuroscience/Clinical-N/Neuroencrinology/Brain_Trauma/brain_trauma.html
Links related to brain trauma.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/toxin1.html
Toxins that damage or affect the nervous system.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/aging.html
The effects of aging on the nervous system.

http://www.findarticles.com/m1200/1998_Oct_31/53227231/p1/article.jhtml
A Science News article on new neural growth in the adult brain.

http://depts.washington.edu/rehab/resources/bi-9-1alcohol.shtml
An article on the negative effects of alcohol during recovery from brain damage.