Brain Repair

by Donald G. Stein, Bruno Will, Simón Brailowsky

Book Overview

Sixty years ago, the Nobel laureate Santiago Ramon y Cajal stated that "in the adult brain, nervous pathways are fixed and immutable; everything may die, nothing may be regenerated." Cajal's influence has been legendary--and conventional wisdom still holds that the human brain cannot repair itself. Today, however, remarkable discoveries from laboratories around the world offer a much more optimistic prognosis. In Brain Repair, three internationally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195076427
• ISBN13: 9780195076424
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Neurology for the Layman

This is a great book for the layman wanting to understand a detailed overview of the most recent advances in brain repair. It has been the long held opinion that the brain does not heal itself. Doctors Stein, Brailowsky and WIll spell out their studies that indicate that there is hope for brain repair after all. Their studies focus on Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, this short volume should not be taken as a "how to" for you to treat your loved one at home, nor is it filled with new treatments for you to take to your neurologist. While their experiments stop short of providing final answers, they do give us hope that our loved ones may one day find relief. I get the impression that this book is meant more as a plea for funding for their ongoing research. And I hope they find plenty of underwriting. If you have a loved one who is suffering from brain injury, this is a great book to get a complete grasp on what they are up against without painting a totally bleak picture, as most medical articles and textbooks often do. That said, the hope they inspire may actually be for the next generation. But read it still for the best education you can get without going to med school.

A wonderfully insightful book

Although I read this book for a class I was fascinated by it. Regardless of your level of expertise this is a great book. Dr. Stein's book provides an insight into the field of brain repair that is quite unique. It presents a history of brain repair and the current status of it as well as future issues that plague such research. Well written and provides a gateway to future reading. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!