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Vision restoration therapy shown to improve brain activity in brain injured patients

08-14-2007 · EurekAlert!

Columbia University Medical Center researchers have demonstrated using functional magnetic resonance imaging, that brain activity was increased in stroke and traumatic brain injury survivors who underwent Vision Restoration Therapy, a rehabilitative treatment that helps these patients recover lost vision. The data will be published online in the peer-reviewed journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair on Aug. 14, 2007.

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