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Brain Science - A Model for Functional Recovery

Angelika Steger
ETH Zurich
Talk
AG 1, AG 3, AG 5, MMCI  
MPI Audience
English

Date, Time and Location

Thursday, 26 August 2010
13:00
30 Minutes
E1 4
024
Saarbrücken

Abstract

Vestibular dysfunction signicantly affects balance, posture,

and gait. In last years hundreds of patients suffering from
loss of neural vestibular tissue were helped with vestibular
sensor substitution devices. Surprisingly, balancing benefits
can be retained for days or even weeks after removing the device.
In this talk we offer an explanation for this surprising aftereffect.
More precisely, we show that some fundamental and widely accepted
concepts of neuronal behavior - that we will introduce in the talk -
are sufficient to explain these effects.

Contact

Konstantinos Panagiotou
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Konstantinos Panagiotou, 08/24/2010 16:45 -- Created document.