Based upon neurophysiologic, neuroanatomic, and neuroimaging studies conducted over
the past two decades, the cerebral cortex can now be viewed as functionally and structurally …

Rehabilitation of the damaged brain can foster reconnection of damaged neural circuits;
Hebbian learning mechanisms play an important part in this. The authors propose a triage of …

Background and Purpose—d-Amphetamine administration increases behavioral recovery
after various cortical lesions including cortical ablations, contusions, and focal ischemia in …

The spatial neglect syndrome, defined by asymmetric attention and action not attributed to
primary motor or sensory dysfunction and accompanied by functional disability, is a major …

The ketogenic diet has been shown to have unique properties that make it a more suitable
cerebral fuel under various neuropathological conditions (eg, starvation, ischemia, and …

Therapeutic hypothermia significantly improves survival without disability in near‐term and
full‐term newborns with moderate to severe hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy. However …

Intermittent, chronically delivered electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve (VNS) is an FDA-
approved procedure for the treatment of refractory complex/partial epilepsy in humans …

The objective of this paper is to review the current literature regarding the use of vagus
nerve stimulation (VNS) in preclinical models of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as …

The present study characterized the behavioral effects of the selective α2-adrenoceptor
antagonist, atipamezole, in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia. Atipamezole (1 mg/kg, sc) …

A focal injury within the cerebral cortex results in functional reorganization within the spared
cortex through time-dependent metabolic and physiological reactions. Physiological …