Abstract
This chapter posits the possibility of producing, by means of monoenergetic deuterons, narrow lesions within the cerebral cortex in which all nerve cells are destroyed. Such lesions, which are referred to as laminar lesions, can be restricted to a single cortical layer and can be placed at any desired depth within the cortex. If a laminar lesion is produced, the zone of total destruction of nerve cells sooner or later contains nerve fibers in great numbers. The available evidence appears conclusive that many or all nerve fibers in the laminar lesion must be new sprouts which invade the zone of maximal radiation damage from the adjacent normal sectors. According to the findings presented here, it seems possible that massive growth of nerve fibers into and across the laminar lesion may represent a regeneration phenomenon.
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