Plasticity

Plasticity

The brain's ability to reorganise itself by forming new neural pathways in response to changes in the environment.

Neural Pathways

Routes through which information travels in the brain, passing from one neuron to another via synapses.

Functional Recovery

The brain's potential to regain lost functions after damage, often through rewiring and reorganisation.

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)

A method that involves restricting the use of the unaffected limb to encourage the use and re-learning of the affected limb after brain damage.

Cortical Reorganisation

Changes in the brain's organisation and function, often as a result of therapy or rehabilitation, leading to improved or regained functions.

Aphasia

Loss of ability to understand or express speech, often caused by brain damage such as stroke.

Intensive Therapy

Treatment that requires patients to train for several hours a day, often for consecutive weeks, to be effective in promoting functional recovery.

Mild to Moderate Strokes

Stroke where there is less damage to the brain, making it easier to regain lost functions compared to more severe strokes