Halth Issue: Brain Injury

Injury's not the end, human brain can rewire itself Melbourne:  Australian scientists have claimed that the human brain has the ability to "rewire itself" and the findings could revolutionize the way brain injuries are treated in the future.         The Hobart-based Menzies Research Institute has been investigating how the brain  responds to trauma, particualarly what occusrs within the cerebral cortex or the outer layer of grey matter.         "The most unique finding that we've found is that another group of thiese nerve cells are actually able to remodel their processes and change their shape in order to respond to the injury," Tracey Dickson, a senior researcher at the institute, said.           It appears the cerebral cortex was capable of significant remodelling following injury, she said, Dickson said that the changes happen in healthy parts of the brain.           "Previously a lot of people have thought that once you've had an injury to your brain, there's not much that can happen," ABC news quoted her assaying. The research is now focused on trying to identify ways in which the healing response could be boosted, creating a new therapy to treat brain injury.