Q & A with... Alvaro Pascual-Leone

Q. What is the focus of your work at BIDMC?

A. My training is in neurology and neurophysiology. For more than 20 years I have dedicated my career to studying the "plastic" nature of the brain -- its ability to change and adapt as we go through our daily lives. Brain plasticity is the reason for development and learning, the cause of disease, and a mechanism of functional recovery. The challenge is to learn enough about the mechanisms of plasticity in order to manipulate them, suppressing some changes and enhancing...