Donald G. Stein is Professor of Psychobiology and former Dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers University.
Brailowsky, Simon : Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico
Simon Brailowsky is Professor of Neuroscience at the National University of Mexico.
Will, Bruno : Universite Louis Pasteur
Bruno Will is Professor of Behavioral neuroscience at Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France.
Review
"A marvelous job."
--The New England Journal of Medicine
"Fascinating and helful in better understanding the brain."
--The New England Journal of Medicine
"Justifiable optimism is the theme of this carefully thought-out, clearly written book."
--Booklist
Oxford University Press Web Site, May, 2000
Summary
Over a half million people each year suffer brain-damaging injuries and diseases--but the outlook for their
eventual recovery is far more hopeful than it was just a short while ago. In Brain Repair, three internationally
renowned neuroscientists team up to offer an intriguing and up-to-the-minute introduction to the explosive advances
being made in the research, technology, and treatment of brain damage.
The key to neuroscience's most exciting discoveries to date is a theory that is rapidly gaining adherents in the
scientific community--the theory of neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity stresses that cells throughout the brain can
not only regenerate, but can adapt their function to assume critical roles once performed by damaged tissue. In
clear, accessible language, the authors show us that the brain manufactures a host of complex chemicals that actually
foster growth in damaged brain cells. We visit the laboratories where researchers are untangling the mystery of
Parkinson's disease and trying to understand what goes wrong in stroke victims, and why some, thought permanently
impaired, show remarkable improvements. In addition, they discuss how even today misguided ideas can adversely
affect how physicians treat patients. And, along the way, they detail the fascinating history of how brain structure
and functioning has been understood and studied, from prehistoric times to the present.
A best-selling volume in France and Mexico, Brain Repair provides a vividly written, wide-ranging look at the leading
edge of one of science's most exciting frontiers.