Brain Edema XII - Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium, Hakone, Japan, November 10-13, 2002

Brain edema is a simple phenomenon - an abnormal increase of brain tissue volume by the increase of brain tissue water content. However the etiology is not simple and relating to a wide variety of neurological disorders including ischemia, trauma, tumor, hemorrhage and hydrocephalus. It is still a major cause of death in the neurological/neurosurgical ward.This volume is an up-to-date report on progress in brain edema research, diagnosis and treatment, including papers presented at the 12th International Symposium on Brain Edema and Brain Tissue Injury in 2002. Major topics include molecular biology and blood-brain barrier disorders, ischemic and traumatic brain edema, imaging and diagnosis of brain edema, treatment and radiation effect. Various papers in the rapidly growing fields of neuroimaging and molecular medicine are also included.

List of contents

General review.- Imaging.- Experimental global ischemia.- Experimental focal ischemia.- Clinical ischemia.- Experimental trauma.- Clinical trauma.- Spinal cord trauma.- Intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage.- Tumor.- Hydrocephalus.- Blood brain barrier, miscellaneous.- Blood brain barrier.- Hakone best presentation award.- Author Index.- Index of Keywords.

Summary

Brain edema is a simple phenomenon – an abnormal increase of brain tissue volume by the increase of brain tissue water content. However the etiology is not simple and relating to a wide variety of neurological disorders including ischemia, trauma, tumor, hemorrhage and hydrocephalus. It is still a major cause of death in the neurological/neurosurgical ward.
This volume is an up-to-date report on progress in brain edema research, diagnosis and treatment, including papers presented at the 12th International Symposium on Brain Edema and Brain Tissue Injury in 2002. Major topics include molecular biology and blood-brain barrier disorders, ischemic and traumatic brain edema, imaging and diagnosis of brain edema, treatment and radiation effect. Various papers in the rapidly growing fields of neuroimaging and molecular medicine are also included.

Product details

• Assisted by: A. Baethmann (Editor), Alexander Baethmann (Editor), Z. Czernicki (Editor), Zbigniew Czernicki (Editor), J. T. Hoff (Editor), J.T. Hoff (Editor), U. Ito (Editor), Umeo Ito (Editor), Y. Katayama (Editor), T. Kuroiwa (Editor), Toshihiko Kuroiwa (Editor), A. Marmarou (Editor), D. Mendelow (Editor), H. -J. Reulen (Editor), H.-J. Reulen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Wien
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9783211009192
• ISBN: 978-3-211-00919-2
• No. of pages: 612
• Weight: 1958 g
• Illustrations: XV, 612 p.
• Series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum; Acta Neurochirurgica; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; C, neurosurgery, Medicine, Neuroscience, Neurosciences