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Author:   James W. Fawcett (, Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, UK) ,  Anne E. Rosser (, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK) ,  Stephen B. Dunnett (, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.931kg
ISBN:  

9780198523376

ISBN 10:   0198523378
Pages:   484
Publication Date:   17 October 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I: Mechanisms of Brain Damage 1: Death and survival in the nervous system 2: Axotomy and mechanical damage 3: Metabolic damage 4: Inflammation and demyelination (with Neil Scolding) 5: Infection (with Roger Barker) 6: Neurodegenerative disease (with Harry Baker) Section II: Damage Limitation 7: Neuroprotection 8: Joe Herbert: Steroids 9: Growth factors 10: Control of inflammation Section III: Intrinsic mechanisms of recovery 11: Peripheral nerve regeneration 12: Failure of CNS regeneration 13: Anatomical plasticity 14: Biochemical plasticity 15: Robin Franklin: Remyelination Section IV: Clinical Assessment of Brain Damage 16: Coma (with Barbara Wilson) 17: Motor, sensory and autonomic failure (with Charlotte Behan) 18: Cognition (with Andrew Lawrence and B J Sahakian) 19: Neuropsychiatry (with German Berrios and Eugene Paykel) Section V: Pharmacology and Rehabilitation 20: Pharmacological management (with Roger Barker) 21: Ian Robertson & Barbara Wilson: Neuropsychological rehabilitation Section VI: Structural Repair 22: Axon regeneration in the CNS 23: Primary neuronal grafts 24: Robin Franklin: Glial grafts 25: Stem cells 26: Gene therapy (with Stacey Efsthathiou) Appendix - specific diseases

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If you are looking for a compilation of texts addressing the potential force(s) to cause disruption of the brain machinery, your search is done. Despite the fact of any matter related to mind is a complicated subject, the author's trades made this book an easy reading. As consequence, even a junior investigator can run over each passage and get the necessary knowledge to go deeper in the subject. There is also a very useful bibliography list provided in the end. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 27 Brain repair is now a huge and very fast-moving field. This book provides an excellent foundation not only for those involved in the further development of therapies for repairing the damaged brain, but increasingly for those involved in applying these therapies in the clinical setting. It will play its part in the difficult but promising task of translating basic science into real clinical benefit. Journal of Neurology It is both easy and very stimulating to read, and it contains a vast amount of information ... an excellent book. Brain, 125 Within the rapidly expanding specialty of neuroscience, it is seldom that one encounters a book that so elegantly compiles new and old information to address a subject that has hitherto been poorly covered ... should be recommended to all those with an interest in repair and regeneration of the nervous system, and to neurosurgeons and neurologists in training. The Lancet ... an excellent and authoriative source book on what, for most people, is the most important question about the nervous system - how to repair the damage inflicted by the ever more violent ways of peace and war and the depredations of age ... One is surprised that the need for such a work has not been recognised before. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 96

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