Background
Sabel, Bernhard August Maria was born on November 7, 1957 in Trier, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Hans and Ursula (Berekoven) Sabel.
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Although there are over 400,000 people each year in the United States alone who suffer from traumatic injury to the central nervous system (CNS), no phar macological treatment is currently available. Considering the enormity of the problem in terms of human tragedy as well as the economic burden to families and societies alike, it is surprising that so little effort is being made to develop treatments for these disorders. Although no one can become inured to the victims of brain or spinal cord injuries, one reason that insufficient time and effort have been devoted to research on recovery is that it is a generally held medical belief that nervous system injuries are simply not amenable to treatment. At best, current therapies are aimed at providing symptomatic relief or focus on re habilitative measures and the teaching of alternative behavioral strategies to help patients cope with their impairments, with only marginal results in many cases. Only within the last decade have neuroscientists begun to make serious inroads into understanding and examining the inherent "plasticity" found in the adult CNS. Ten years or so ago, very few researchers or clinicians would have thought that damaged central neurons could sprout new terminals or that intact nerve fibers in a damaged pathway could proliferate to replace inputs from neurons that died as a result of injury.
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(Although there are over 400,000 people each year in the U...)
Although there are over 400,000 people each year in the United States alone who suffer from traumatic injury to the central nervous system (CNS), no phar macological treatment is currently available. Considering the enormity of the problem in terms of human tragedy as well as the economic burden to families and societies alike, it is surprising that so little effort is being made to develop treatments for these disorders. Although no one can become inured to the victims of brain or spinal cord injuries, one reason that insufficient time and effort have been devoted to research on recovery is that it is a generally held medical belief that nervous system injuries are simply not amenable to treatment. At best, current therapies are aimed at providing symptomatic relief or focus on re habilitative measures and the teaching of alternative behavioral strategies to help patients cope with their impairments, with only marginal results in many cases. Only within the last decade have neuroscientists begun to make serious inroads into understanding and examining the inherent "plasticity" found in the adult CNS. Ten years or so ago, very few researchers or clinicians would have thought that damaged central neurons could sprout new terminals or that intact nerve fibers in a damaged pathway could proliferate to replace inputs from neurons that died as a result of injury.
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educator psychologist neuroscientist
Sabel, Bernhard August Maria was born on November 7, 1957 in Trier, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Hans and Ursula (Berekoven) Sabel.
Bachelor, U. Trier, l978; Master of Arts, U. Düsseldorf, l982; Doctor of Philosophy, Clark University, l984; Doctor medical habilitatus, private-dozent, U. Munich, l988.
Postdoctoral associate and fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, l984-86;
research scientist Institute Medical Psychology, U. Munich, 1986-1992;
professor, chairman medical psychology, U. Magdeburg (Germany) Medical School, since 1992. Board directors ProNeura, Inc., New York, 1996. Visiting neuroscientist Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 1991.
Chairman science advisory board, board directors Center Neurosci., Innovation and Technology, Magdeburg.
(Although there are over 400,000 people each year in the U...)
(Although there are over 400,000 people each year in the U...)
Member Center Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, Worcester, 1978-1986, Revere String Quartet, Boston, 1984-1986. Member Society for Neurosci., International Brain Research Organisation, International Neurochem. Society, European Neurosci.
Association, Neurosci. Association (Germany), Controlled Release Society, German Society Medical Psychology, European Brain and Behavior Society, International Business Club (board directors 1988-1989).
Married Elizabeth Ho-Jeong Kang, May 25, 1982. Children: Torsten, Daniela.