Scientific advances in mild traumatic brain injury
Subtitle: implications for rethinking post-concussion syndrome
By: Michael McCrea.
Contributors: American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Series: Oxford workshop series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195328295
Subjects: Brain damage; Brain -- Concussion; Brain Injuries; Post-Concussion Syndrome
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology & impact of TBI; title: Zeroing in on MTBI: epidemiology & impact; title: Challenges in defining & diagnosing MTBI; title: Advances in MTBI research methodologies; title: Biomechanics of MTBI; title: Neurophysiology of MTBI: the neurometabolic cascade; title: Neuroimaging in MTBI; title: Acute symptoms and symptom recovery; title: Acute cognitive effects and early recovery; title: Neuropsychological recovery; title: Influence of acute injury characteristics on recovery; title: Measuring neurophysiological recovery; title: Functional outcome after MTBI; title: Exceptions to the rule: potential longterm effects of MTBI; title: Defining post-concussion syndrome; title: Non-specificity of post-concussion syndrome symptoms; title: Epidemiology of post-concussion syndrome: another denominator problem; title: Post-concussion syndrome: neuropsychological disorder; title: Psychological theories of post-concussion syndrome; title: Interventional models for post-concussion syndrome; title: A practical model for clinical management of post-concussion syndrome.