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Revista Oficial de la Universidad Biomédica Rafael Guízar y Valencia A. C.

2006, Number 2

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Plasticidad y Restauración Neurológica 2006; 5 (2)

Is it possible to restore function with two percent surviving neural tissue?

Bach-y-Rita P

Language: English
References: 11
Page: 136-138
PDF size: 122.06 Kb.


ABSTRACT

How much surviving normal neural tissue is required for functional reorganization after a lesion? Clinical and experimental studies suggest that at little as two percent remaining tissue may be sufficient, at least in some cases, for functional reorganization. Recent sensory substitution studies with person who have been diagnosed with total vestibular loss (e.g., due to an ototoxic reaction to an antibiotic) suggest that the persisting function after removal of the substitution system may be related to the survival of a small amount of vestibular tissue.


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