title: A theory of the serial lesion effect.
abstract: The serial lesion effect is explained as a result of differentiation contingent upon induction by a spared residue. The induction can only take place when the lesion is made since the intact structures repress differentiation when some critical mass is reached. A distinction between the process giving rise to reorganization and reorganization as an outcome is made.
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D013997:Time Factors