Ciba Foundation Symposium 34 - Outcome of Severe Damage to the Central Nervous System

Copyright © 1975 Ciba Foundation

Ciba Foundation Symposium 34 - Outcome of Severe Damage to the Central Nervous System

Editor(s): Ruth Porter, David W. Fitzsimons

Published Online: 30 MAY 2008

Print ISBN: 9789021940380

Online ISBN: 9780470720165

DOI: 10.1002/9780470720165

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Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages I–IX)

    2. Chapter 1

      Opening Remarks (pages 1–2)

      F. Plum

    3. Chapter 2

      Scale, Scope and Philosophy of the Clinical Problem (pages 3–22)

      Bryan Jennett

    4. Chapter 3

      Mechanisms of Functional Loss and Recovery in Spinal Cord Damage (pages 23–34)

      W. I. McDonald

    5. Chapter 4

      Signs of Plasticity and Reconnection in Spinal Cord Damage (pages 35–64)

      P. D. Wall

    6. Chapter 5

      Recovery of Motor Function After Lesions in Motor Cortex of Monkey (pages 65–84)

      Perry Black, Ronald S. Markowitz and Salvatore N. Cianci

    7. Chapter 6

      Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (pages 85–96)

      M. E. Raichle

    8. Chapter 7

      Assessment of Severe Damage to the Brain by Multiregional Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow (pages 97–120)

      David H. Ingvar and Manuel Gadea Ciria

    9. Chapter 8

      Can one Predict Outcome of Medical Coma? (pages 121–140)

      Fred Plum and John J. Caronna

    10. Chapter 9

      Assessment of the Psychosocial Outcome After Severe Head Injury (pages 141–158)

      M. R. Bond

    11. Chapter 10

      Recovery of Function After Brain Injury in Man (pages 159–190)

      Hans-Lukas Teuber

    12. Chapter 11

      Psychiatric Outcome of Localized Head Injury in Children (pages 191–214)

      D. Shaffer, O. Chadwick and M. Rutter

    13. Chapter 12

      Outcome of Head Trauma: Age and Post-Traumatic Seizuress (pages 215–226)

      Perry Black, Richard H. Shepard and A. Earl Walker

    14. Chapter 13

      Acquired Dyslexia: Patterns of Deficit and Recovery (pages 227–244)

      Freda Newcombe, R. W. Hiorns, J. C. Marshall and C. B. T. Adams

    15. Chapter 14

      Fact and Theory in Recovery from the Aphasias (pages 245–262)

      J. C. Marshall, Jane M. Holmes and Freda Newcombe

    16. Chapter 15

      Early Neurophysiological Assessment After Insult to the Central Nervous System (pages 263–278)

      G. Pampiglione

    17. Chapter 16

      Prognostic Factors in Stroke (pages 279–290)

      W. B. Matthews and J. M. Oxbury

    18. Chapter 17

      Development of a Formal Structure for Clinical Management Decisions: a Mathematical Analysis (pages 291–307)

      W. I. Card

    19. Chapter 18

      Prognosis After Severe Head Injury (pages 309–340)

      Bryan Jennett, Graham Teasdale and Robin Knill-Jones

    20. Chapter 19

      Closing Remarks (pages 341–343)

      F. Plum

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      Index of Contributors (page 345)

      Lord Ashby

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      Subject Index (pages 347–354)

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