Abstract
Plasticity is the ability of cells to alter any aspect of their phenotype (their ‘gene expression’ — the physical, biochemical and physiological coding determined genetically and environmentally), at any stage in their development, in response to abnormal changes (intracellular or extracellular) in their state or environment (Brown and Hardman, 1987).
... that to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
(Cardinal Newman)
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Laidler, P. (1994). Neuromuscular plasticity. In: Stroke Rehabilitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3470-3_4
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