What--no replies at all?? Soomebody, somewhere must know of SOMETHING!
Frank
In <5g2i08$b35 at sjx-ixn8.ix.netcom.com> flefever at ix.netcom.com(F. Frank
LeFever) writes:
>>The serial lesion paradigm (e.g. as described in the Finger & Stein
>book on recovery from brain trauma a few years ago) typically involves
>a first and second lesion separated by rather short intervals--e.g.
>hours, days, at most 2-3 weeks. Ditto ischemic preconditioning:
>resistance to a second ischemic event relatively soon after the first
>one.
>>Does anyone know of studies (published, unpublished, old or still in
>progress) of "conditioning" or "priming" lesions followed MUCH, MUCH
>later than a second lesion?
>>I know, of course of "experiments of nature", in which humans
suffering
>a second concussion years after the first typically have more (rather
>than less) severe symptoms than one might otherwise expect. I am
>looking for animal studies.
>>I'm not fussy: I'll gladly accept studies with analyses at ANY level:
>behavioral, neurochemical, histological, etc.
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> or
> LeFever, Helen Hayes Hospital
> West Haverstraw, NY 10993, USA
>>F. Frank LeFever, Ph.D.
>New York Neuropsychology Group
>>