Dr Lara Boyd says post-stroke brain may be more excitable for about 30–60 days

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"One thing that we understand is that immediately after the injury, the brain is less inhibited, which means it's more excitable, and that excitability seems to lend itself to more neuroplastic change. Now, this window of excitability after stroke, for example, seems to last 30 to 60 days perhaps."

Dr Lara Boyd says research suggests that immediately after a brain injury such as stroke, the brain can become “less inhibited” and therefore more “excitable”, a state she says may support greater neuroplastic change. She adds that this post-stroke window of excitability “seems to last 30 to 60 days perhaps”, while stressing that capacity for reorganisation does not end but may diminish over time.