Functional recovery in neurological disease / editor, Stephen G. Waxman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waxman, Stephen G.

Series:

Advances in neurology ; v. 47.

Advances in neurology ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases.

Nervous system.

Nervous system--Regeneration.

Central Nervous System Diseases--rehabilitation.

Central Nervous System--physiology.

Central nervous system--Physiology.

Central nervous system diseases--Rehabilitation.

Medical Subjects:

Central Nervous System Diseases--rehabilitation.

Central Nervous System--physiology.

Local Subjects:

Central nervous system--Physiology.

Central nervous system diseases--Rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

xxi, 617 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Raven Press, [1988]

Contents:

Functional recovery in diseases of the nervous system

Clinical aspects of PNS regeneration

Membrane organization and myelin remodeling in regenerting axons

Voltage gradients and ionic currents in injured and regenerated axons

Regeneration of pyramidal tract axons

Glial scar: its bearing on axonal elongation and transplantation approaches to CNS repair

Residual motor functions in spinal cord injury

Clinical course and electrophysiology of multiple sclerosis

Biophysical mechanisms of impulse conduction in demyelinated axons

Remyelinatin in the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous sysem

Immunological basis for functional recovery in neurologic diseases

Clinical observations on recovery from storke

What do we learn from recovery from aphasia?

Anatomical organization of multiple motor areas in the frontal lobe: implications for recovery of function

Synaptic plasticity and functional stabilization in the hippocampal formation: possible role in Alzheimer's disease

Physiological aspects of synaptic plasticity: the Ia/motoneuron connection as a model

Patterns of sprouting and implications for recovery of function

Recruitment of ineffective synapses after injury

Spasticity as an adaptation to pyramidal tract injury

Control of locomotion in vertebrates: spinal and supraspinal mechanisms

Neuronal replacement by intracerebral neural implants in animal models of neurodegenerative disease

Growth factors

Gangliosides as a possible treatment affecting neuronal repair processes

Role of thyrotropin-releasing hormone and opiate receptor antagonists in limiting central nervous system injury

Stimulation of neuronal regeneration and development by steady electrical fields

Providing motor control for the handicapped: a fusion of modern neuroscience, bioengineering, and rehabilitation

Prospects for a cognitive orthosis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Functional recovery in neurological disease.

ISBN:

0881673277

9780881673272

OCLC:

16130728