Neuropathology /
Neuropathology, Volume 145, the latest release in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, includes all the major topics found in a typical neuropathology text, but differentiates itself by providing a thorough overview of the morphological background of neurological disorders for researchers and...
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
[2017]
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| Series: | Handbook of clinical neurology ;
3rd ser., v. 145. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- Neuropathology
- Copyright
- Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Contents
- Section I: Pathology of the central nervous system
- Chapter 1: Techniques in neuropathology
- Introduction
- Gross examination
- Neuroanatomy
- Light microscopy
- Histologic techniques
- Immunohistochemistry
- Electron microscopy
- Molecular biology
- Epigenetics
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 2: Banking brain tissue for research
- Human tissue for research
- The origin of collections of human tissue and fluidsTransformation of collections into biobanks
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- References
- Chapter 3: Cellular reactions of the central nervous system
- Introduction
- Neurons
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactions
- Astrocytes
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactions
- Oligodendroctyes
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactions
- Microglia
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactions
- Ependymal cells
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactionsChoroid plexus
- Definition and markers
- Pathologic reactions
- References
- Chapter 4: Raised intracranial pressure and brain edema
- Classification
- Cytotoxic edema
- Ionic edema (osmotic edema)
- Vasogenic edema
- High-altitude cerebral edema
- Interstitial edema
- Epidemiology
- Clinical phenotypes and imaging
- Traumatic brain injury
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Ischemic stroke
- Tumors
- Infections
- Chronically increased ICP
- Imaging
- Neuropathology
- Macroscopy
- Microscopy
- Pathogenesis, experimental models, and biochemistryReferences
- Chapter 5: Cerebrospinal fluid circulation and hydrocephalus
- CSF circulation
- Classification
- Chronic hydrocephalus
- Epidemiology
- Hydrocephalus in children
- Chronic hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Clinical phenotypes and imaging
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
- Chronic hydrocephalus
- normal-pressure hydrocephalus
- Long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults
- Neuropathology
- Macroscopy
- Microscopy/immunohistochemistry
- Overview of the diagnostic approachDiagnostic criteria
- Pathogenesis, experimental models, and biochemistry
- Secondary hydrocephalus
- References
- Chapter 6: Developmental and perinatal brain diseases
- Brain development
- Macroscopic examination
- Corticogenesis
- Development of the cerebellum
- Development of the spinal cord
- CNS manifestations of chromosomal change
- Forebrain patterning defects
- Neural tube defects
- Midline patterning defects
- Holoprosencephaly
- Atelencephaly/aprosencephaly
- Agenesis of the corpus callosum