Publication year: 2011 Source: Journal of Communication Disorders, Volume 44, Issue 5, September-October 2011, Pages 503-514 Bryan Kolb, Arif Muhammad, Robbin Gibb Brain plasticity refers to the capacity of the nervous system to change its structure and ultimately its function over a lifetime. There have been major advances in our understanding of the principles of brain plasticity and behavior in laboratory animals and humans
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Searching for factors underlying cerebral plasticity in the normal and injured brain