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Implications of neural reuse for brain injury therapy: Historical note on the work of Kurt Goldstein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2010

Barry Lia
Barry Lia
Affiliation:
Dizziness and Balance Center, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195-6161. barrylia@uw.edu
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Abstract

This commentary suggests how the target article raises new implications for brain injury therapies, which may have been anticipated by the neurologist Kurt Goldstein, though he worked in and earlier era of fervent localization of brain function.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 2010 , pp. 281 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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References

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