Finding the Intersection of Neuroplasticity, Stroke Recovery, and Learning: Scope and Contributions to Stroke Rehabilitation

Table 1

Domain knowledge from experts used for each of the three concept areas.

Concept 1: Neural Plasticity	Concept 2: Stroke Recovery	Concept 3: Learning	Concept 3: Learning cont.
Cells	Post-stroke	Experience-dependent	Activity-dependent
Synapses	Time	Experience	Adaptation
BDNF	Trajectory	Spontaneous	Transfer
Brain	Function	Implicit	Complex, complexity
Brain regions	Skill	Enriched environment	Metacognition
Neuroimaging	Impairment	Multisensory	Strategy
Learning systems	Movement	Multimodal	Problem solve
White matter	Sensation	Cross-modal	Generalise
Functional connectivity	Language	Long-term	Novel
Brain activation	Speech	Potentiation	Relearning
Reorganisation	Physical	Environment	Consolidation
Frontal	Cognition	Stimulation	Well learnt
Networks/systems	Mood	Performance	Overlearn
Brain network	Activity	Learning-dependent	Personal experience
Connection	Task	Skill learning	Environment
Behavior change	Work	Motor learning	Task complexity
Consolidation	Participation	Perceptual learning	Task switching
Experience-dependent plasticity		Sensory learning	Performance
Learning-dependent plasticity		Discrimination	Human
Activity-dependent plasticity		Generalisation	Individual
Glial cells		Reinforcement learning	Motivation
Microglia		Task-specific	Cognition/cognitive
Astrocytes		Sequence	Concentration
Gliosis		Errorful	Transmitters
Neuroimmunology		Errorless	Receptors
Blood brain barrier		Challenge point	Vision
Axons			Hearing
Dendrites			Perception
Circulation			Emotion
Neurogenesis			Mood
Progenitor cells			Fatigue
			Stress