The neurosciences and the practice of aviation medicine
By: [edited] by Anthony N. Nicholson
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Surrey, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780754672920; 9780754691891
Subjects: Brain; Aviation medicine; Diseases; Aerospace Medicine; Physiopathology; Brain Diseases
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wakefulness, awareness, and consciousness / Anthony N. Nicholson; title: Circadian system and diurnal activity / Russell G. Foster; title: Aircrew and alertness / Anthony N. Nicholson & Michael B. Spencer; title: Spatial orientation and disorientation / J.R. Rollin Stott; title: Cerebral circulation and gravitational stress / Anthony N. Nicholson; title: Oxygen delivery and acute hypoxia : physiological and clinical considerations / Jane Ward; title: Hypobaric hypoxia : adaptation and acclimatization / John H. Coote & James S. Milledge; title: Profound hypoxia : extreme altitude and space / Anthony N. Nicholson; title: The neurological examination : aeromedical considerations / Michael D O'Brien; title: Investigation of sleep and wakefulness in aircrew / Anthony N. Nicholson; title: Excessive daytime sleepiness : clinical considerations / Thomas C. Britton, Andrew R.C. Cummin & Anthony N. Nicholson; title: The diagnosis of epilepsy / Matthew C. Walker; title: Syncope : physiology, pathophysiology, and aeromedical implications / David A. Low & Christopher J. Mathias; title: Hypoglycaemia and hypoglycaemia awareness / Simon R. Heller; title: Headache : diagnosis and management / Thomas C. Britton; title: Traumatic brain injury and aeromedical licensing / Garth S. Cruickshank; title: Neuro-ophthalmology / Gordon T. Plant; title: Vestibular and related oculomotor disorders / Nicholas J. Cutfield & Adolfo M. Bronstein; title: Disorders of hearing / Linda M. Luxon & Ronald Hinchcliffe.