Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Laskowitz, Daniel; Grant, Gerald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant source of death and permanent disability, contributing to nearly one-third of all injury related deaths in the United States and exacting a profound personal and economic toll. Despite the increased resources that have recently been brought to bear to improve our understanding of TBI, the developme

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498766579
• Artikelnr.: 44366597

Autorenporträt

Edited by Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS, professor of neurology, anesthesiology & neurobiology; and director, Neurovascular Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA Gerald A. Grant, MD, FACS, division chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery; vice chair for pediatric neurosurgery and associate program director; and associate professor, Department of Neurosurgery; Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, California, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Epidemiology. Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury. Diffuse Axonal Injury.
Blood-Brain Barrier Pathophysiology following Traumatic Brain Injury.
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Neuronal Injury following
Traumatic Brain Injury. Neuroinflammation. Neurosteroids and Traumatic
Brain Injury: Translating Biomarkers to Therapeutics; Overview and Pilot
Investigations in Iraq and Afghanistan Era Veterans. Neuroplasticity after
Traumatic Brain Injury. Genetic Influences in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Modeling Post-Traumatic Epilepsy for Therapy Development. Translational
Principles of Neuroprotective and Neurorestorative Therapy Testing in
Animal Models of Traumatic Brain Injury. Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain
Injury and Their Relationship to Pathology. Advanced Neuroimaging of Mild
Traumatic Brain Injury. Epilepsy after Traumatic Brain Injury. Intracranial
Pressure Monitoring and Management. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Relationship to Traumatic Brain Injury and Approach to Treatment. Traumatic
Brain Injury and Potential for Neuromodulation. Enhanced Functional Outcome
from Traumatic Brain Injury with Brain-Machine Interface Neuromodulation:
Neuroprosthetic Scaling in Relation to Injury Severity. Neurocognitive and
Psychiatric Symptoms following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.