title: Brain plasticity after ischemic episode.
abstract: Brain plasticity describes the potential of the organ for adaptive changes involved in various phenomena in health and disease. A substantial amount of experimental evidence, received in animal and cell models, shows that a cascade of plastic changes at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels, is initiated in different regions of the postischemic brain. Underlying mechanisms include neurochemical alterations, functional changes in excitatory and inhibitory synapses, axonal and dendritic sprouting, and reorganization of sensory and motor central maps. Multiple lines of evidence indicate numerous points in which the process of postischemic recovery may be influenced with the aim to restore the full capacity of the brain tissue injured by an ischemic episode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Galyna G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Skibo
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Nikonenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity