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Brain Plasticity: Limitations and Possibilities

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We present a brief review of the biological limitations, associated with regeneration of the brain and transplantation of stem cells into it, as well as factors influencing brain plasticity after injury, including epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. Noninvasive transcranial microelectrostimulation provides a potential multisystems stimulus for the endogenous mechanisms of recovery of the brain.

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Translated from Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S. S. Korsakova, Vol. 117, No. 1, Iss. 2, For the Practicing Doctor, pp. 8–13, January, 2017.

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Kharchenko, E.P., Tel’nova, M.N. Brain Plasticity: Limitations and Possibilities. Neurosci Behav Physi 48, 603–607 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-018-0606-4

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