Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury - Current Research and Future Directions (Hardcover)

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 children and outcome studies in adults. Contributors from various countries provide a global perspective on this worldwide health problem. The editors have synthesized the contents in a concluding chapter. Researchers and clinicians will find this volume to be an informative, authoritative reference for current TBI research.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	February 2014
Editors:	Harvey Levin (Professor of Neurosurgery) • David Shum (Dean of Research, Health Group) • Raymond Chan (Professor of Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience)
Dimensions:	256 x 188 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-973752-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Surgery > Neurosurgery Promotions
LSN:	0-19-973752-5
Barcode:	9780199737529

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