Brain Damage, Brain Repair

Name: Brain Damage, Brain Repair
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ISBN: 9780198523383

ISBN-10: 0198523386

ISBN-13: 9780198523383

Edition: 2001

Authors: James W. Fawcett, Anne E. Rosser, Stephen B. Dunnett

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Description:

This book describes the various conditions that lead to damage to the nervous system, and the ways in which they may be ameliorated. It covers the burgeoning science of reconstruction of the nervous system, through transplantation and regeneration.

Book details

List price: $91.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 482
Size: 7.68" wide x 9.96" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English



List of contributors


List of abbreviations



Mechanisms of Brain Damage



Death and Survival in the Nervous System



Axotomy and Mechanical Damage



Metabolic Damage



Inflammation and Demyelination



Infection



Neurodegenerative Disease



Damage Limitation



Neuroprotection



Steroids



Trophic Factors



Control of Inflammation



Intrinsic Mechanisms of Recovery



Peripheral Nerve Regeneration



Failure of CNS Regeneration



Anatomical Plasticity



Biochemical Plasticity



Remyelination



Clinical Assessment of Brain Damage



Coma



Motor, Sensory, and Autonomic Function



Cognition



Psychiatric Assessment



Pharmacology and Rehabilitation



Pharmacological Management



Neuropsychological Rehabilitation



Structural Repair



Axon Regeneration in the CNS



Primary Neuronal Transplantation



Glial Transplantation



Stem Cells



Gene Therapy



Specific Diseases



Alzheimer's Disease



Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neurone Disease



Creutfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)



Epilepsy



Huntington's Disease



Multiple Sclerosis



Parkinson's Disease



Spinal-cord Injury



Stroke


Reference List


Subject Index