Title Neuropathology / edited by Gabor G. Kovacs and Irina Alafuzoff

Published Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 145 Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 145. 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 Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nervous system -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Nervous System Diseases -- pathology Nervous System -- pathology Neuropathology MEDICAL -- Neurology. Nervous system -- Diseases Genre/Form handbooks. Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels. Form Electronic book Author Kovacs, Gabor G., 1969- Alafuzoff, Irina ISBN 9780128026151 0128026154

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