Brain Injury
- Injuries to the brain have for a long time been mapped, and kept with related information on loss of function, effectiveness of various forms of rehabilitation, and in some cases remarkable adaptation and recovery. see: Acquired brain injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Stroke, Brain damage, Frontal lobe injury and also the Federal Interagency Traumatic Brain Injury Research (FITBIR) database
- Coma, Brain death, Coma scale, Persistent vegetative state, etc.
- Long term disability and rehabilitation efforts are frequently associated with brain injury, disease, and related surgical and other interventions. See, for example: Cognitive rehabilitation therapy, Rehabilitation (neuropsychology), and Cognitive Remediation Therapy.
Read more about this topic: Human Brain Mapping
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