Definition of neuroplasticity
: plasticity 4
Updated on: 13 Apr 2018
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That's why a therapy that turbocharges this process of building back neuroplasticity after a stroke could be uniquely welcome.
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Recovery interventions, such as food supplements and sleep, lead to increasing capacity and decreasing resistance from the body by reorganizing the biological signaling mechanisms, a process known as retrograde neuroplasticity.
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Antidepressants, for instance, are also known to increase neuroplasticity, the ability of neurons to change and adapt to what’s asked of them, and something that’s impaired in people with depression.
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That number improved by 33% after 10 sessions that included playing games aimed at increasing brain activity and neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to form new neural connections and recover from injury.
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Anu found the answer in the Eaton Arrowsmith Academy in Vancouver, which focuses on the neuroplasticity of the brain — essentially training the brain to function at a new level.
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This cellular regeneration is known as neuroplasticity.
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As the concept of adult neuroplasticity encroached on the dogma of critical periods, a new generation of neuroscientists seized on sensory-substitution devices as a valuable tool with which to probe human brain development and organization.
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The key to DARPA’s project is neuroplasticity, a field of study the military is trying to catch up on.
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First Known Use of neuroplasticity
1975
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medical Definition of neuroplasticity
: plasticity 4
- … neuroplasticity, the capacity of the brain to develop and change throughout life, something Western science once thought impossible.
- —Time, 8 May 2006
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