Real Patient Journeys
Recovery stories place the experiences of patients and families alongside the science of neurological care.
Publication · Part 1
Rebooting the Brain
The Journey of Hope
By Dr. Sharan Srinivasan and Dr. Prathiba Sharan — a book about neurological recovery, neurorehabilitation and the people whose lives give that work meaning.
What is Rebooting the Brain?
Recovery science, told through human journeys.
Rebooting the Brain: The Journey of Hope explores recovery after neurological injury and illness from an Indian perspective. It brings together clinical knowledge, real patient journeys, and the experiences of families and caregivers living through stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions.
The authors explain how neuroplasticity, early intervention and continuous multidisciplinary rehabilitation inform the work of rebuilding function. The book’s focus is not a promise of a particular outcome, but a clearer understanding of the sustained clinical, emotional and practical work that neurological recovery can require.
Why this book?
Clinical Knowledge
Complex ideas about the brain, disability and functional recovery are presented for both clinical and non-clinical readers.
Neurorehabilitation
The book looks beyond acute treatment to early, continuous and multidisciplinary rehabilitation.
Hope & Recovery
Its central message is realistic hope: supporting participation, resilience and greater functional independence.
Who is this book for?
Written for every side of recovery.
The book is intended for people living through neurological disability, those who support them, and readers learning how medicine and rehabilitation meet in practice.
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Patients
People navigating stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease or other neurological conditions.
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Families & Caregivers
Readers seeking context for the practical and emotional realities of a long rehabilitation journey.
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Doctors & Neurosurgeons
Clinicians and aspiring doctors interested in the human impact of neurological care beyond acute treatment.
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Rehabilitation Professionals
Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and multidisciplinary teams working toward functional recovery.
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Medical Students
Students looking for an accessible connection between neuroplasticity, early intervention and real-world care.
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Curious Readers
Anyone interested in brain recovery, human resilience and the experiences behind neurological rehabilitation.
Explore what’s inside
Three sections of one recovery story.
Rather than listing every chapter, these groups map the book’s progression from purpose and personal history to neuromodulation and advanced neurorehabilitation.
Section A
Introduction / Journey of Hope
The opening connects the purpose of PRS Neurosciences, the wider cost of disability and Dr. Sharan’s path into neurosurgery.
- Prologue: Exploring New Frontiers
- Disability and neurological recovery
- A childhood dream and lifelong mission
Section B
Neuromodulation
A tour of functional neuroscience and conditions in which brain and spinal-cord circuits shape movement, sensation and function.
- Brain and spinal-cord circuits
- The Guitar Surgeon, dystonia and Parkinson’s disease
- Spasticity and chronic pain
- Neurotechnology
Section C
Advanced Neurorehabilitation
Patient-centred chapters examine serious neurological injury and the sustained work involved in rebuilding everyday function.
- Stroke and Stroke Warriors
- Head injury / traumatic brain injury
- Spinal cord injury
- Rehabilitation journeys and systems
Watch & explore
Beyond the book.
The official chapter list connects readers to companion videos. This curated selection opens lightweight YouTube playlists in a new tab.
The Guitar Surgeon
A chapter-linked playlist about the focal hand dystonia story featured in the book.
Parkinson’s Disease
Companion viewing for the chapter on Parkinson’s disease and movement-related symptoms.
Stroke Warriors
A chapter-linked playlist centred on stroke recovery stories and rehabilitation journeys.
About the authors
Clinical experience, shared perspective.
Co-author · Functional Neurosurgeon
Dr. Sharan Srinivasan
A Bengaluru-based stereotactic and functional neurosurgeon and Founder & CMD of PRS Neurosciences. His work spans functional neurosurgery, neuromodulation and neurorehabilitation; the book also traces the personal journey that shaped this clinical mission.
Dr. Prathiba Sharan
A medical doctor and neuropsychologist with more than 20 years of experience. Her work in neurorehabilitation brings psychological, cognitive and caregiver dimensions into the book’s account of recovery and multidisciplinary care.
What experts say
Perspectives from medicine, neuroscience and innovation.
Concise paraphrases of selected endorsements published on the official book website.
He describes the narrative as a close view of Dr. Sharan’s professional mission, including its challenges, persistence and continuing journey.
He highlights the book’s engaging storytelling and its accessible explanation of rehabilitation after brain or spinal-cord injury.
He points to its real-life narratives, functional-neurosurgery perspective and discussion of practical and ethical questions faced by caregivers.
Read before you buy
Get the prologue.
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Part 2 · Coming soon
NeuroJustice
The official book site identifies a forthcoming second part exploring the meeting point of functional neuroscience, law and disability compensation. No release date has been announced there.
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