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Focal Neuropathies [electronic resource].
Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Neuroscience 2022 Available
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chalk, Colin.
- Series:
- Issn Series.
- Issn Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.).
- Place of Publication:
- San Diego : Elsevier, 2024.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Focal Neuropathies
- Copyright
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Hallmarks of peripheral nerve injury and regeneration
- Introduction
- Peripheral nerve anatomy
- Nerve injuries and hallmarks of regeneration
- Wallerian and Wallerian-Like Degeneration and Path-Clearing
- Axon and myelin degeneration
- Regenerative path-clearing
- Cellular and Molecular Reprogramming of the Distal Nerve Stump
- The dynamics of SCs and macrophages
- Local Translation, Intra-Axonal Transport, and Axon Guidance
- Local translation and axon guidance
- Molecular guidance and preferential reinnervation of targets
- Intra-axonal transport
- Axon myelination
- Regenerative Priming of Neurons
- Regeneration associated genes
- Satellite glial cells and resident macrophages
- Growth suppressors and neuron loss
- Molecular Mechanisms for Nerve Regeneration and Potential Therapeutic Opportunities
- Pharmacological opportunities for nerve repair
- Nonpharmacological opportunities for nerve repair
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Reference
- Chapter 2: The role of imaging in focal neuropathies
- Introduction
- Basic Principles of Nerve Ultrasound
- Basic Principles of Magnetic Resonance Neurography
- Ultrasound or MR Neurography
- Imaging of the Median Nerve
- Imaging of the Ulnar Nerve
- Imaging in Leprosy
- Imaging of the Radial Nerve
- Imaging of the Brachial Plexus
- Imaging in Neuralgic Amyotrophy
- Imaging of the Common Fibular Nerve
- Imaging of the Tibial Nerve
- Imaging of the Sciatic Nerve, Femoral Nerve, and Lumbosacral Plexus
- Imaging of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
- Imaging in Peripheral Nerve Trauma
- Imaging of Peripheral Nerve Tumors
- Imaging in Inflammatory Neuropathies
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: The role of electrodiagnosis in focal neuropathies
- Role of EDX Testing in Mononeuropathies
- Pathophysiology of Nerve Injury Relevant to EDX Findings
- Role of NCS in Mononeuropathies
- Motor NCS
- Motor NCS in focal demyelination
- Conduction velocity slowing
- Conduction block
- Temporal dispersion
- Axon loss
- Role of Short-Segment Stimulation ``Inching ́́Motor NCS Studies
- Sensory NCS
- Limitations and Pitfalls of NCS
- Technical and physiologic pitfalls mimicking mononeuropathies
- Limitations of proximal NCS techniques
- Sensitivity in mild or intermittent symptoms
- Errors in localization
- Role of Needle Electromyography (EMG) in Mononeuropathies
- Types and Significance of Needle EMG Abnormalities
- Fibrillation potentials
- Fasciculation potentials
- Complex repetitive discharges (CRDs)
- Voluntary motor unit potentials (MUPs) in mononeuropathies
- Reduced recruitment
- MUP morphology changes
- Limitations and Pitfalls of Needle EMG
- Errors in localization
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Role of EDX in Grading Severity of Mononeuropathies
- Other Format:
- Print version: Chalk, Colin Focal Neuropathies
- ISBN:
- 9780323901093
- 0323901093
- OCLC:
- 1432602622
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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