Neural networks are not rigidly wired but rather highly plastic structures, the functional architecture of which can be actively reorganized in response to external or internal events. Lesions of such networks induce plastic processes which in time may lead to a recovery of the initially disrupted function. This type of neural plasticity is the main focus of the book, which presents a broad spectrum of experimental paradigms for lesion-induced plasticity as in the spinal cord, the vestibular, oculomotor, visual and olfactory system, the cerebellum and the cerebral cortex, including recent methodological developments. Concepts and perspectives in understanding neural plasticity are reported in reviews and original research reports and are thoroughly discussed.

I Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Lesion-Induced Plastic Processes

II CNS Development and Lesions
III Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Spinal Cord
IV Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Vestibular System
V Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Cerebellum and Oculomotor System
VI Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Visual System
VII Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Somatosensory Cortex, Motor Cortex, Basal Ganglia
VIII Lesions to Specific CNS Subsystems: Auditory System, Olfactory System
IX Pharmacology of CNS Injury.