These results further suggested that a clock network utilizes active compensatory mechanisms rather than simple redundancy to confer robustness and maintain function.

Physical, occupational and speech therapies and exercise may help maintain function but will not slow the course of neurodegeneration.

In addition to these physiological processes, the body possesses a number of compensatory mechanisms to maintain function in the presence of residual paralysis.

This team provides a variety of services to help patients regain or maintain function.

Organisms may also express specific proteins called heat shock proteins that may act as molecular chaperons and help the cell maintain function under periods of extreme stress.