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1 online resource (xiv, 340 pages.) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Neuroscience research progress series
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Neuroscience research progress series.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; FOREWORD ; REFERENCE ; PREFACE ; CONTRIBUTORS LIST ; Chapter 1 HISTORICAL VIGNETTES ON THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYDROCEPHALUS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION ; EARLY HISTORY ; Greco-Roman Era -- circa 450 B.C. -- 600 A.D. ; The Renaissance -- Anatomical Dissection Re-Discovered and Applied to Medical Practice ; 18th Century Medicine and Hydrocephalus -- A better understanding of CSF and hydrocephalus |
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Surgical Treatment of Hydrocephalus: An Evolution in Technique CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 2 PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID: PRESSURE, FORMATION, COMPOSITION, FLOW AND REABSORPTION ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE, SHUNTING AND CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES ; REVISITING THE MONRO-KELLIE DOCTRINE ; CHOROID PLEXUS: FUNCTIONAL ANALOGY TO OTHER ORGANS ; CHOROID PLEXUS: GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE ; ONTOGENY OF CHOROID PLEXUS MATURATION AND START OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SECRETION |
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NEUROSURGICAL EVIDENCE THAT CHOROID PLEXUS IS THE CHIEF GENERATOR OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE CHOROIDAL VS. EXTRACHOROIDAL SOURCES OF FLUID IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ; MODULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE BY NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND NEUROHORMONES ; DOES CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FORMATION RATE DECREASE IN HYDROCEPHALUS? ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COMPOSITION: CHANGES WITH AGE, DISEASE AND SHUNTING ; i) Fetal life ; ii) Adulthood ; iii) Aging and Senescence ; COMPOSITION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN HYDROCEPHALUS SHUNTING SYSTEMS |
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ROUTES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW IN ADULTS: NORMAL VS. HYDROCEPHALUS i) Main CSF Flow Pathway in Health; ii) Alternate Flow Pathways in Hydrocephalus ; DRIVING FORCES FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; i) Cilia ; ii) CSF-Venous Pressure Gradients ; iii) Arterial and Respiratory Pulsations ; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW RATE: IMPACT ON BRAIN METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONS ; PATHWAYS FOR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID REABSORPTION ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 3 DYNAMICS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION |
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MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OBSERVATIONS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID MOVEMENT MODELS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW ; FLUID FLOW WITHIN THE BRAIN ; THE ANSWER TO THE TWO QUESTIONS AND THE POROELASTIC MODEL ; Limitation of Models ; Treatment of Hydrocephalus ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter 4 TYPES AND COMPONENTS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; Definition of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; PROXIMAL CATHETERS ; Ventricular Catheters of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt ; Shape ; Length ; Internal and External Diameter ; Plasticity (Stiffness) ; Tip Configuration |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cerebrospinal fluid shunts.
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Cerebrospinal fluid shunts. |
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries.
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Brain -- Wounds and injuries. |
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Brain -- Surgery.
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Brain -- Surgery. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kombogiorgas, Dimitris, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts. [Place of publication not identified] : Nova Science Pub Inc 2016 9781634844574 (OCoLC)932169714 |
| ISBN |
9781634844574 |
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1634844572 |
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9781634844826 electronic book |
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1634844823 electronic book |
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