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. 2012 Jul:2012:9.
Epub 2012 Jul 30.

The neurobiology of brain injury

The neurobiology of brain injury

Marcela Pekna et al. Cerebrum. 2012 Jul.

Abstract

In a complementary article, Dr. Mark J. Ashley discusses frontline rehabilitation methods that can improve brain injury recovery outcomes. Here, Marcela Pekna and Milos Pekny explain what happens within the brain after injury and how scientists' growing awareness of the brain's capacity for repair could lead to better treatment options.

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