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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSection I. Introduction 1. Defining neuroplasticity Section II. Neuroplasticity: Basic Mechanism and Assessment at System Level 2. Basic mechanisms of plasticity and learning 3. Local sleep: a new concept in brain plasticity 4. Sleep and homeostatic control of plasticity 5. Transcranial magnetic stimulation as a tool to induce and explore plasticity in humans 6. EEG as marker of brain plasticity in clinical applications 7. Tools to explore neuroplasticity in humans: Combining interventional neurophysiology with functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy 8. Metabolic imaging and plasticity Section III. Neuroplasticity in Movement Disorders 9. Parkinson’s disease: Alterations of motor plasticity and motor learning 10. Alpha-synuclein and cortico-striatal plasticity in animal models of Parkinson disease 11. Plasticity, genetics, and epigenetics in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias 12. Non-invasive neuromodulation in Parkinson's disease: Neuroplasticity implication and therapeutic perspectives 13. Plasticity, genetics and epigenetics in dystonia: An update 14. Neuroplasticity in dystonia: Motor symptoms and beyond Section IV. Brain Oscillations in Neurological Disorders 15. General principles of brain electromagnetic rhythmic oscillations and implications for neuroplasticity 16. Noninvasive brain stimulation and brain oscillations 17. Brain oscillatory dysfunctions in dystonia 18. Brain oscillations and Parkinson disease 19. Adaptive deep brain stimulation: Retuning Parkinson's disease Section V. Plasticity and Rehabilitation 20. Biomarkers of plasticity for stroke recovery 21. New tools for shaping plasticity to enhance recovery after stroke 22. Neuroplasticity of spinal cord injury and repair 23. Reward and plasticity: Implications for neurorehabilitation 24. Rehabilitation in movement disorders: From basic mechanisms to clinical strategies 25. Rehabilitation of visual perception in cortical blindness 26. The role of plasticity in the recovery of consciousness 27. Plasticity of the language system in children and adults Section VI. Inflammation, Autoimmunity, and Plasticity 28. Synaptic dysfunction in early phases of Alzheimer's disease 29. T-cells, alpha-synuclein, and Parkinson disease 30. Multiple Sclerosis: Inflammation, autoimmunity and plasticity Section VII. Plasticity in Cognitive and Psychiatric Disorders 31. Alzheimer disease and neuroplasticity 32. From chronic stress and anxiety to neurodegeneration: Focus on neuromodulation of the axon initial segment 33. Shaping plasticity with non-invasive brain stimulation in the treatment of psychiatric disorders: Present and future
