Acute Neuronal Injury

Denson G. Fujikawa

ISBN 10: 303008468X / ISBN 13: 9783030084684

Published by Springer International Publishing Dez 2018, 2018

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An overview of the biochemical mechanisms that produce acute nerve cell death in the brain. Covers injuries and disorders including stroke, brain and spinal cord trauma, hypoglycemic coma, and prolonged epileptic seizures. All of these lead to high concentrations of calcium in nerve cells which, in turn, causes degradation of cytoplasmic proteins, cleavage of nuclear DNA, and eventually cell death.The Second Edition contains 11 thoroughly updated chapters and 3 additional chapters that did not appear in the previous edition. 228 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Acute Neuronal Injury
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing Dez 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303008468X
• ISBN 13: 9783030084684
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 13D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 353 grams

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Synopsis

An overview of the biochemical mechanisms that produce acute nerve cell death in the brain. Covers injuries and disorders including stroke, brain and spinal cord trauma, hypoglycemic coma, and prolonged epileptic seizures. All of these lead to high concentrations of calcium in nerve cells which, in turn, causes degradation of cytoplasmic proteins, cleavage of nuclear DNA, and eventually cell death. 

The Second Edition contains 11 thoroughly updated chapters and 3 additional chapters that did not appear in the previous edition.

About the Author

Dr. Denson Fujikawa is an Adjunct Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, a member of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA and a Staff Neurologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. His interest in mechanisms of nerve cell death in the brain began during a two-year epilepsy research fellowship with Dr. Claude Wasterlain, from 1981 to 1983. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and is a member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Neurological Association, International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism and the Society for Neuroscience.