Product Description: In this book, the authors present current research in the study of brain injuries. Topics discussed include the pathogenesis of perinatal hipoxic-ischemic brain injury; the role of gap junctions and connexin hemichannels in brain injury; chronic anterior pituitary hormone deficits after traumatic brain injury; forced running exercise to inhibit neuronal degeneration in the hippocampus and improve learning and memory; noradrenergic signaling and traumatic brain injury; and, autonomic dysregulation following mild traumatic brain injury...read more

Product Description: Pocket-sized and portable, the Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury Management provides relevant clinical information in a succinct, readily accessible format. Expert authors drawn from the fields of rehabilitation medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology, physical and occupational therapy, and related areas cover the range of TBI, from concussion to severe injury...read more

Product Description: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents around the world and represents a global public health issue. Major improvements in the medical treatment of the initial injury have increased survival rates resulting in the focus shifting to consider the subsequent and longer-term cognitive, emotional and behavioral consequences for the recovering child or adolescent...read more

Product Description: Improvements in the detection of fetal and neonatal brain injuries, advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology, cellular and molecular bases of encephalopathy, and new treatment options have all combined to produce significant changes in the management of neonatal brain disorders in the past few years...read more

Product Description: Despite numerous recent studies and exciting discoveries in the field, only limited treatment is available today for the victims of acute neurological injuries. Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries provides a standardized methodology manual designed to eliminate the inconsistent preparations and variability that currently jeopardizes advances in the field...read more

Product Description: This is the first neuropsychology book to translate exciting findings from the recent explosion of research on sport-related concussion to the broader context of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and post-concussive syndrome (PCS) in the general population...read more

Product Description: In summarizing current insights and controversies over concussions in athletics, this book makes the vital point that symptom resolution does not necessarily mean injury resolution. Research shows that dysfunctional pathways continue for extended periods even after a minor concussion...read more

Product Description: Brain injuries are common in children, typically following head trauma but also complicating meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrovascular haemorrhage (stroke) and brain tumours. Many children suffer irreversible impairments and are left with major physical, educational and behavioural disabilities...read more

Product Description: Rapid progress in technology and its application to diagnosis and monitoring of brain tissue temperature and metabolism have resulted in advances in the therapy for critically brain-injured patients and breakthroughs in understanding the pathophysiology of brain damage...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Moving beyond the debate over whether and to what degree mild head injury has lasting neuropsychological sequelae, this book is predicated on the assumption that it does cause some problems in some circumstances for some people. It focuses on the practical questions of who is injured, how injuries manifest themselves, and what evaluation and treatment strategies are optimal, for families as well as patients...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Now in its updated and expanded Second Edition, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the recognition, evaluation, and treatment of neurologic illnesses and injuries in athletes. Coverage encompasses the full range of issues arising in the care of the neurologically impaired athlete, from diagnostic tests, to prevention and treatment of injuries from specific sports, to current strategies for rehabilitation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Severe head injuries are a frequent occurrence in the life of every emergency care specialist, traumatologist, neurosurgeon, and rehabilitation specialist. For example, between 30.000 to 40.000 severe head injuries occur in Germany each year...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Completely incorporates the fields of head injury, spinal injury, and basic neurotrauma research into one source. Emphasizing the treatment of patients with head and spinal cord injury, coverage includes pre-hospital and emergency department care, imaging technique, monitoring and treatment, therapeutic agents and interventions, complications, and rehabilitation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Whether they are caused by traffic accidents, incidents of violence, or occur during sports or leisure activities, as many do, head injuries can dramatically and tragically alter the victim's ability to cope with life. They also present unique problems for caregivers and families of patients...read more

Product Description: The book series Advances in Neurotraumatology, edited by the Neurotraumatology Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, described in the preceding Volume I the traumatic extracerebral collections and in Volume II the cervico-spinal injuries...read more

Product Description: Hardbound. Since the publication of the two volumes devoted to `Injuries of the Brain and Skull' in the first series of the Handbook, much has changed in the field of neurotraumatology. In the development of knowledge, the emphasis has come to lie on the pathophysiology (as reflected in metabolic effects), the development of brain oedema and brain swelling and its effect on intracranial pressure...read more