| Description |
xvii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. Mechanisms of Brain Damage -- 1. Death and Survival in the Nervous System -- 2. Axotomy and Mechanical Damage -- 3. Metabolic Damage -- 4. Inflammation and Demyelination -- 5. Infection -- 6. Neurodegenerative Disease -- Sect. II. Damage Limitation -- 7. Neuroprotection -- 8. Steroids -- 9. Trophic Factors -- 10. Control of Inflammation -- Sect. III. Intrinsic Mechanisms of Recovery -- 11. Peripheral Nerve Regeneration -- 12. Failure of CNS Regeneration -- 13. Anatomical Plasticity -- 14. Biochemical Plasticity -- 15. Remyelination -- Sect. IV. Clinical Assessment of Brain Damage -- 16. Coma -- 17. Motor, Sensory, and Autonomic Function -- 18. Cognition -- 19. Psychiatric Assessment -- Sect. V. Pharmacology and Rehabilitation -- 20. Pharmacological Management -- 21. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation -- Sect. VI. Structural Repair -- 22. Axon Regeneration in the CNS -- 23. Primary Neuronal Transplantation -- 24. Glial Transplantation -- 25. Stem Cells |
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26. Gene Therapy -- App. 1. Alzheimer's Disease -- App. 2. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neurone Disease -- App. 3. Creutfedt-Jakob Disease (CJD) -- App. 4. Epilepsy -- App. 5. Huntington's Disease -- App. 6. Multiple Sclerosis -- App. 7. Parkinson's Disease -- App. 8. Spinal-cord Injury -- App. 9. Stroke |
| Notes |
Digital reprint paperback, 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Brain damage -- Treatment.
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Brain damage.
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Cell transplantation.
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Nerve grafting.
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Nervous system -- Regeneration.
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Brain Damage, Chronic.
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Cell Transplantation.
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| Author |
Dunnett, S. B. (Stephen B.)
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Rosser, Anne E.
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| LC no. |
00054850 |
| ISBN |
0198523378 (paperback: digital reprint) |
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0198523386 |
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