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How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recover

  • Written by Michael O'Sullivan, Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
How injuries change our brain and how we can help it recoverNew brain cells can form after injury. from www.shutterstock.com

This is part of our series on Changing the Brain, about what’s happening in our brain in various mental states and how we can change it for the better and worse. You can read the other articles here.


Injury to the adult brain is all too common. A brain injury will often show up...