Cellular, Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury

Author:   Rajkumar Rajendram (Visiting Lecturer, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, UK) ,  Victor R. Preedy (Emeritus Professor, King's College London; Professor, King's College Hospital, London, UK) ,  Colin R. Martin (Professor of Clinical Psychobiology and Applied Psychoneuroimmunology and Clinical Director: Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
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Pages:   556
Publication Date:   11 October 2022
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Author:   Rajkumar Rajendram (Visiting Lecturer, Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, UK) ,  Victor R. Preedy (Emeritus Professor, King's College London; Professor, King's College Hospital, London, UK) ,  Colin R. Martin (Professor of Clinical Psychobiology and Applied Psychoneuroimmunology and Clinical Director: Institute for Health and Wellbeing, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   1.700kg
ISBN:  

9780128224274


ISBN 10:   0128224274
Pages:   556
Publication Date:   11 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Section 1. Setting the Scene: The Spectrum of Spinal Injury 1. Causes of spinal injury: motor vehicle accidents and beyond 2. Global aspects of traumatic spinal injury 3. Economics of traumatic spinal injury 4. Spinal cord injury and the risk of dying Section 2. Cellular and Molecular Aspects 5. Spectrum of syndromes in spinal injury Central cord syndrome and beyond 6. Neuroinflammation in spinal cord injury 7. Spinal cord injury and cellular excitotoxicity 8. Cytokines and spinal cord injury 9. Cells and spinal cord injury: a focus on glial cells 10. Regenerative response of after spinal injury: propriospinal neurons and beyond 11. Astrocytes in spinal cord injury 12. Linking spinal cord injury and remodeling of the enteric neuromuscular compartment 13. Leukocyte gene expression and spinal cord injury 14. Angiotensin-(1-7) receptor Mas and spinal cord injury 15. Coenzyme Q10, Bax/Bcl2 and Spinal cord injury 16. Signalling pathways in spinal cord injury: a focus on ERK and AKT 17. Wnt signaling in spinal cord injury 18. Gene expression and spinal cord injury: a focus on the motor cortex 19. Glucose metabolism and gene expression in spinal cord injury 20. Receptors in spinal cord injury: a focus on glutamatergic and glycinergic receptors 21. Ion channel and receptors: gene expression and in spinal cord injury Section 3. Physiological and Metabolic Effects 22. Hormonal events and spinal cord injury: a focus on vasopressin and natriuretic peptide 23. Linking sensorimotor plasticity, the motor cortex and spinal cord injury 24. Spinal cord injury-induced spasticity 25. Effects of spinal cord injury: Cerebral perfusion and autonomic cerebrovascular control 26. Skeletal muscle atrophy in spinal cord injury 27. Bone mass and spinal cord injury: risk of fracture Section 4. Behavioural and Psychological Effects 28. PTSD and spinal injury 29. Health behaviors after spinal cord injury: alcohol use and beyond 30. Oxidative stress in spinal cord injury 31. Features of endoplasmic reticulum stress: applications to spinal cord injury 32. Health behaviors, people with spinal cord injury 33. Quality of life in cervical traumatic spinal cord injury 34. Empathy in spinal cord injury 35. Daily living measures in spinal cord injury

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Dr. Rajendram is a clinician scientist whose focus is on perioperative medicine, anesthesia, and intensive care. He graduated in 2001 with a distinction from Guy's, King's, and St. Thomas Medical School in London, and began his postgraduate medical training in general medicine and intensive care in Oxford. Dr. Rajendram returned to Oxford as a consultant in general medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, before moving to the Royal Free London Hospitals as a consultant in intensive care, anesthesia, and perioperative medicine. He is currently a consultant in internal and perioperative medicine at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As a visiting lecturer in the Division of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, he has published over 100 textbook chapters, review articles, peer-reviewed papers, and abstracts. Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC is Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, at King's College London and Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King's College Hospital. He was the long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King's College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has carried out research when attached to Imperial College London, The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA and Germany. Prof. Preedy is a leading expert on the science of health and has a long-standing interest in dietary and plant-based components. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and numerous books and volumes. Dr. Martin is a Professor of Mental Health at Buckinghamshire New University. He is a Registered Nurse, Chartered Health Psychologist, and a Chartered Scientist. He has published or has in press well over 250 research papers and book chapters. He is a keen book author and editor having written and/or edited several books all of which reflect his diverse academic and clinical interests that examine in-depth, the interface between mental health and physical health. These outputs include the Handbook of Behavior; Food and Nutrition (2011), Perinatal Mental Health: A Clinical Guide (2012); Nanomedicine and the Nervous System (2012), and the major reference works Comprehensive Guide to Autism (2014), Diet and Nutrition in Dementia and Cognitive Decline (2015), Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (2016) and Metabolism and Pathophysiology of Bariatric Surgery: Nutrition, Procedures, Outcomes, and Adverse Effects (2017).

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