[3] The loss of the damaged structure disrupts the function of the remaining intact systems and causes a physiological imbalance.
Regarding dysfunctional diaschisis, some function may be restored with gradual readjustment of the intact but suppressed areas through intervention and the brain's natural neuroplasticity.
Von Monakow's concept of neurophysical changes in distant brain tissue to the focal lesion led to a widespread clinical interest.
The primary mechanism of diaschisis is functional deafferentation,[7] which is the loss of the input of information from the part of the brain that is now damaged.
[citation needed] Currently the term diaschisis has a more positive connotation, describing the period of rapid recovery of function immediately following brain insult.