Pediatric Neurosurgery. Surgery of the Developing Nervous System

Developing Nervous System

■ Abstract The nervous system of higher organisms exhibits extraordinary cellular diversity owing to complex spatial and temporal patterning mechanisms. The role of spatial patterning in generating neuronal diversity is well known; here we discuss how neural progenitors change over time to contribute to cell diversity within the central nervous system (CNS). We focus on five model systems: the ...

Biochemistry of the Developing Nervous System

In the past decade interest in the chemistry of the nervous system has been intensified as the enormous possibilities in this field have become appreciated. In recent years several books have been published dealing with the chemistry of the brain, some of them new editions of earlier publications. Large numbers of neurochemical investigations are scattered through the scientific journals concer...

The Surgery of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Quick Assessment of the Nervous System

آیا شما از جمله افرادی هستید که به دلیل عدم اطمینان از بررسی صحیح سیستم عصبی، از بیماران اعصاب دوری می کنید؟ در واقع اعصاب یکی از ساده ترین سیستم های بدن ما است. متاسفانه در اکثر موارد مشکلات ناشی از آموزش بررسی سیستم عصبی، باعث ترس از آن می شود. اگر باور داشته باشید که در شیفت شب یک بخش، قادر به تشخیص افزایش فشار داخل جمجمه در بیمار کهنسال مبتلا به سکته مغزی هستید و نتایج بررسی شما به معنای حف...

Surgery of the Sympathetic Nervous System

This article reviews the innervation of the arterial system of the lower extremity, lumbar sympathectomy in vascular surgery, lumbar sympathectomy for digital gangrene and in the prevention of major amputation of the lower extremity and substance P's role in neurogenic inflammatory modulation. Long-term results of lumbar sympathectomy and direct arterial bypass surgery have also been reviewed. ...