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Effect of Experience on Recovery Following CNS Lesions

Dr. Herdman is Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 32 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201 (USA). When this article was written, she was Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Department of Physical Therapy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Recovery of function following central nervous system lesions can be attributed to several changes in the nervous system that occur with time following the initial injury. This article reviews research demonstrating that if the subjects were required to perform specific tasks on a daily basis, recovery was facilitated. Pyramidal tract, cerebellar, and central visual lesions are discussed. Although most of the studies cited deal with research on monkeys, examples are given in the visual system of applying the established monkey paradigm to human subjects, which resulted in an increase in the functional recovery.

Key Words: Central nervous system • Functional recovery • Task performance

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