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Understanding traumatic brain injury
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This timely book reports recent progress in research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) by leading investigators encompassing translational and clinical studies. The text covers epidemiology, pathophysiology, brain imaging, cognition, behavioral sequelae, and clinical trials of innovative treatments, including new approaches to rehabilitation. The range of TBI mechanisms represented in this cutting-edge book includes closed head trauma and blast-related injury, and the spectrum of TBI severity. Chapters offer a developmental perspective, including the effects of TBI on cognitive development in ch
| Title |
Understanding traumatic brain injury : current research and future directions / edited by Harvey S. Levin, David H. K. Shum & Raymond C. K. Chan, Vicki Anderson [and forty two others]. |
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| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
New York : Oxford University Press |
| Creation Date |
2014 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. English |
| Content |
Cover Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury: Current Research and Future Directions Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Part I Introduction 1 Recent Advances in Traumatic Brain Injury Research: Introduction 2 Traumatic Brain Injury: Some History and Some Epidemiology 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Disease : Long-term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury Part II Neuropsychological Functions 4 Attentional Problems after Traumatic Brain Injury 5 Memory Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury 6 Executive Function Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury 7 High-Level Language in Traumatic Brain Injury: Promising Metrics to Advance Brain Repair8 Disorders of Emotion and Social Cognition Following Traumatic Brain Injury Part III Outcomes and Rehabilitation 9 Measuring Outcomes Using the International Classifi cation of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Model, with Special Reference to Participation and Environmental Factors 10 Short and Long-Term Outcomes in Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury 11 Cognitive Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury 12 Community Adjustment and Re-engagement 13 The Neurobiological Basis of Pharmacological Approaches for Patients with Traumatic Brain InjuryPart IV Methodological and Technological Advances 14 Advanced Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury Part V Special Populations 15 Children and Adolescents 16 Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: Does Age Matter? 17 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 18 Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology, Comorbidities, and Neurobehavioral Outcomes Part VI Future Opportunities and Challenges 19 Future Challenges INDEX Plates |
| Extent |
1 online resource (486 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2014 |
| National Library system number |
997010710118505171 |
MARC RECORDS
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