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In the continuous effort to further improve neurosurgery, intraoperative information on structure and function of the brain has become an important tool which potentially will result in an improved outcome of neurosurgical procedures.

Progress in basic and clinical immunology within the last two decades has provided profound insight into the immune system and its role in preventing endogenous and exogenous damage. In contrast, disbalances within this system can result in autoimmune disorders which may affect diverse organs and result in distinct clinical pictures.

Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) differ from all other pathology affecting the central nervous system by their high-flow arteriovenous shunts.

Electroactive materials are playing an ever increasing role in science and technology. At present the wide range of applications for these materials include electrodes and membranes for electrochemical energy conversion and storage, electroceramic devices and sensors, organic diodes, magnetic and optical devices, and photoresists.

Quality in an invasive discipline such as neurosurgery comprises evidence based medicine, cost effectiveness and also risk control. Basic aspects such as principles of risk and safety management, the human factor as well as standards of neurosurgical patient care, proficiency of staff and residents, and industrial quality standards were discussed.

Ein Screening auf angeborene endokrine und metabole Störungen ermöglicht die Früherkennung von Krankheiten wie Hypothyreose, AGS (adrenogenitales Syndrom), Phenylketonurie, Galaktosämie, Biotinidasemangel, Cystische Fibrose oder Homocystinurie. Je nach Land und politischen Bestimmungen unterscheiden sich jedoch die routinemäßig durchgeführten Untersuchungen.Dieses Handbuch beschreibt praxisbezogen die biochemischen Grundlagen, die Grundsätze der Labor- und Bestätigungsdiagnostik sowie Therapiemöglichkeiten zu insgesamt zwölf Krankheiten. Darüber hinaus werden präanalytische Fragen, wie Zeitpunkt und Art der Blutentnahme oder mögliche Störfaktoren, umfassend behandelt. Der allgemeine Teil geht auf ethische und psychosoziale Aspekte des Screenings ein.Ein Verzeichnis der Screeningzentren und jener Labors, die für die Bestätigungsdiagnostik Dienste anbieten, sowie ein Adressenverzeichnis von Elterngruppen und Informationsquellen im Internet komplettieren dieses Buch.

Brain edema is found in a wide variety of clinical disorders including stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage, head injury, brain tumors and hydrocephalus.

Presents twenty-six invited speakers' data on the pathogenesis of prion diseases in humans and animals, on molecular mechanisms involved in the transmissibility across species barriers, on animal and in-vitro models currently available for the detection and quantification of infectivity and on the characterization of prion strains.

Dementia is a major health problem that becomes increasingly common with advancing age. Thus, this volume provides a timely overview of most recent developments in dementia research and treatment strategies of dementia disorders.

7th International Winter Conference on Neurodegeneration

Contains reviews and original research work on Down Syndrome focussing on brandnew results in neurobiology, in particular results on gene hunting (subtractive hybridization, differential display) and neurochemistry. This book provides data such as a subtractive library of Down Syndrome brain showing cDNAs.

Progress has been made in the field of neurochemical monitoring for the acutely injured brain. Abnormalities in the analytes measured have been noted, and the next phase is to determine the effects of therapeutic interventions upon these parameters. This is an overview of the field.

Expert clinicians and basic scientists with a special interest in Parkinson's disease review the current state of science and clinical therapeutics of the disease.

This volume contains the most recent works on intracranial pressure and neuromonitoring in brain injury selected from 300 abstracts submitted to the 10th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure.

Ageing and dementia are closely related conditions. Increasing age of general population causes increasing incidence of dementing disorders in later life, although cognitive impairment is not necessarily a consequence of advancing age. This book presents the papers of the International Symposium on Ageing and Dementia, October 17-19, 1997 in Graz.

An annotated and edited translation of the original Spanish text with the additions of the French version by Pedro Pasik and Tauba Pasik

What is arterial dissection? What is Moyamoya angiopathy? What is the state-of-the-art of AVM treatment? Readers will find answers to these questions in this book. They will also be informed about the state-of-the-art treatment in the daily stroke therapy.

This book deals with basic and clinical aspects of monoamine oxidase (MAO) subtypes A and B highlighting its importance in neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Neurorehabilitation together with functional neurosurgery are steadily growing fields. In order to encapsulate such concepts, the fourth official scientific meeting of the Neurorehabilitation and Reconstructive Neurosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) was held in Seoul.

This Acta Neurochirurica supplement distills the accomplishments of the Joint Convention of the Academia Eurasania Nuerochirurgica and the German Academy of Neurosurgery held in Bamberg, Germany from Sept. The main focus is "Medical Technologies for Neurosurgery," including: imaging, image processing, robotics, workflow analysis and ethics.

This book gives a comprehensive overview on current clinical and basic research issues related to Parkinson's disease and its related disorders. The book is the result of the 16th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Related disorders congress 2005.

88 short papers originating from the 12th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring held in August 2004 in Hong Kong present experimental as well as clinical research data on invasive and non-invasive intracranial pressure and brain biochemistry monitoring.

In July 2004 specialists in neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neurology and neurointensive care discussed recent trends at the 2nd Swiss Japanese Joint Conference on Cerebral Stroke Surgery, held in Zurich, Switzerland.

All professionals who care for patients with neurosurgical disease, such as neurosurgeons, radiosurgeons, radiologists, radiation oncologists and neurologists will find the book highly useful for the management of patients with benign and malignant brain lesions in a multidisciplinary setting.

The editors, distinguished clinicians and geneticists, assembled an internationally renowned group of collaborators, many of them the experts who first described a particular disorder or established its present accepted definition.

Increasing success of arthroplasty of joints like the hip and knee along with concerns about the long-term outcomes of ankle arthrodesis has renewed interest in ankle arthroplasty.

Schenkelhalsfrakturen treten verstärkt bei älteren Menschen auf. Der kostenintensive Ersatz des Hüftgelenks ist dabei meistens die Therapie der ersten Wahl. Die nicht-invasive Therapie der Osteosynthese ist eine kostengünstigere Alternative, die zudem auch zur schnelleren Rehabiliation der Patienten führt. In diesem Bildatlas werden anatomische Grundlagen, epidemiologische Daten, biomechanische und diagnostische Merkmale sowie therapeutische Möglichkeiten für jeden Unfallchirurgen, Orthopäden nachvollziehbar und umfassend dargestellt. Eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Beschreibung der minimalinvasiven Osteosynthese, sowie zahlreiche anatomische und technische Details lassen diese Methode als zeitgemäße kostensparende Therapie in einem neuen Licht erscheinen. Umgang mit Komplikationen sowie Nachbehandlung und Rehabilitation werden ebenso behandelt. Mit mehr als 50 Jahren Erfahrung in der Osteosynthese von Schenkelhalsfrakturen liefert die Arbeitsgruppe um Prof. Manninger hiermit einen umfassenden Atlas.

Substance-related disorders pose an increasing challenge not only to the field of psychiatry but also to public health. In this volume international experts present reviews of the latest research covering many areas ranging from neurobiology to psychological management, as well as different drugs, from alcohol to ecstasy.