Reprogramming the Brain

I. Basis for Cortical Re-Wiring.<br>Visual activity and cortical rewiring: activity-dependent plasticity of cortical networks.<br><br>II. Molecular Basis for Signaling in CNS and Memory.<br>TrkB mediated excitatory synaptogenesis.<br>Signal transduction mechanisms in memory disorders.<br><br>III. The Aging Brain.<br>Altered brain activity in healthy seniors: what does it mean?<br>Cortical re-organization in the aging brain.<br>Brain plasticity and functional losses in the aged: scientific bases for a novel intervention.<br>Cortical plasticity and rehabilitation.<br>Neural mechanisms of prefrontal cortical function: implications for cognitive rehabilitation.<br><br>IV. Brain Injury.<br>Recovery from aphasia following brain injury: the role of reorganization.<br>Relocation of specific visual functions following damage of mature posterior parietal cortex.<br>A SPECT study of language and brain reorganization three years after pediatric brain injury.<br>Activation of neural stem and progenitor cells after injury.<br>Cognitive neural plasticity during learning and recovery from brain damage.<br>Novel cell therapy approaches for brain repair.<br>Recovery of motor function after stroke.<br><br>V. Spinal Cord.<br>Functional plasticity following spinal cord lesions.<br>The education and re-education of the spinal cord.<br><br>VI. Prostheses and Plasticity.<br>Cochlear implants: cortical plasticity in congenital deprivation.<br>Disrupting the brain to guide plasticity and improve behavior.<br><br>VII. Pain and Tinnitus.<br>Plasticity in brain processing and modulation of pain.<br>Plasticity of pain-related neuronal activity in the human thalamus.<br>Neural platicity in Tinnitus.