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Informationen zum Autor Jürg Kesselring is Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Rehabilitation Centre, Valens, Switzerland. Giancarlo Comi is Professor of Neurology, Chairman of the Department of Neurology, and Director of the Institute of Experimental Neurology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. Alan J. Thompson is Vice-Dean and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Neurology, Programme Director for the Neurological Disorders theme of UCL Partners (Academic Health Science Centre), and Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre. He is the Garfield Weston Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, and is head of the Neurorehabilitation research group in the Institute of Neurology's Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, London, UK. Klappentext A comprehensive text on recovery of function and neurorehabilitation in multiple sclerosis, written and edited by leading experts. Zusammenfassung Multiple sclerosis is the most common neurological disease in younger adults and leads to severe limitations of activities and social participation. Edited by leading clinicians and researchers! this book focuses on recovery mechanisms and therapeutic interventions. An important resource for clinicians/therapists treating patients with MS! neurophysiologists and healthcare advisors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Basic Mechanisms: 1. Conduction studies in multiple sclerosis Kai M. Rösler and Christian W. Hess; 2. The physiopathology of multiple sclerosis Giancarlo Comi; 3. Synaptic changes in multiple sclerosis. Do they occur? How effectively can they be analyzed? Vincenzo Zimarino, Maddalena Ripamonti, Marcello Belfiore, Mattia Ferro and Antonio Malgaroli; 4. Sodium channel expression and function in multiple sclerosis Lakshmi Bangalore, Joel A. Black, Michael D. Carrithers and Stephen G. Waxman; 5. Basic mechanisms of functional recovery Björn Zörner and Martin E. Schwab; 6. The adult human oligodendrocyte precursor cell: a key player in myelin repair Julia M. Rist and Robin J. M. Franklin; 7. Tissue regeneration and repair in multiple sclerosis: the role of neural stem cells Stefano Pluchino, Roberto Furlan, Luca Muzio and Gianvito Martino; 8. Schwann cells as a potential cell-based therapy for multiple sclerosis Violetta Zujovic and Anne Baron-Van Evercooren; Part II. Assessment of Mechanisms and Disease Status: 9. MRI to study white matter damage in multiple sclerosis Marco Rovaris, Annalisa Pulizzi and Massimo Filippi; 10. MRI to assess gray matter damage in multiple sclerosis Massimo Filippi, Federica Agosta and Maria A. Rocca; 11. Application of fMRI in multiple sclerosis Massimo Filippi and Maria A. Rocca; 12. fMRI in focal CNS damage Patrizia Pantano and Eytan Raz; 13. Electrophysiological assessment in multiple sclerosis Letizia Leocani and Giancarlo Comi; 14. fMRI monitoring of therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis Massimo Filippi and Maria A. Rocca; Part III. Rehabilitation - General Aspects: 15. How to measure the effects of rehabilitation Stefan J. Cano and Alan J. Thompson; 16. Value and limits of rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis Serafin Beer; 17. Prognosis in neurorehabilitation Angelo Ghezzi and Annalisa Rizzo; 18. Clinical trials to test rehabilitation Alessandra Solari; Part IV. Rehabilitation - Sectorial Interventions: 19. Spasticity in multiple sclerosis Mauro Zaffaroni; 20. Cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis Dawn W. Langdon; 21. Disorders of mood and affect in multiple sclerosis Anthony Feinstein and Omar Ghaffar; 22. Bladder dysfunction in multiple sclerosis Clare J. Fowler and Gustav Kiss; 23. Ataxia and imbalance in multiple sclerosis Luigi Tesio; 24. Sexual problems in multiple sclerosis Per Olov Lundberg; 25. Bulbar problems in multiple sclerosi...
