Brain damage, brain repair
By: by James W. Fawcett, Anne E. Rosser, and Stephen B. Dunnett ; with additional contributions from Harry Baker ... [et al.].
Contributors: Fawcett, James W., 1950-; Rosser, Anne E.; Dunnett, S. B.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Brain Damage, Chronic -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-456) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Death and survival in the nervous system; title: Ch. 2. Axotomy and mechanical damage; title: Ch. 3. Metabolic damage; title: Ch. 4. Inflammation and demyelination; title: Ch. 5. Infection; title: Ch. 6. Neurodegenerative disease; title: Ch. 7. Neuroprotection; title: Ch. 8. Steroids; title: Ch. 9. Trophic factors; title: Ch. 10. Control of inflammation; title: Ch. 11. Peripheral nerve regeneration; title: Ch. 12. Failure of CNS regeneration; title: Ch. 13. Anatomical plasticity; title: Ch. 14. Biochemical plasticity; title: Ch. 15. Remyelination; title: Ch. 16. Coma; title: Ch. 17. Motor, sensory, and autonomic function; title: Ch. 18. Cognition; title: Ch. 19. Psychiatric assessment; title: Ch. 20. Pharmacological management; title: Ch. 21. Neuropsychological rehabilitation; title: Ch. 22. Axon regeneration in the CNS; title: Ch. 23. Primary neuronal transplantation; title: Ch. 24. Glial transplantation; title: Ch. 25. Stem cells; title: Ch. 26. Gene therapy; title: App. 1: Alzheimer's disease; title: App. 2: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease; title: App. 3: Creutfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); title: App. 4: Epilepsy; title: App. 5: Huntington's disease; title: App. 6: Multiple sclerosis; title: App. 7: Parkinson's disease; title: App. 8: Spinal-cord injury; title: App. 9: Stroke.