Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and white matter
Figure 15.1 Postmortem coronal brain section showing diffuse axonal injury (DAI) in the corpus callosum after TBI (from Sharp DJ, Scott G, and Leech R, 2014). Neuroradiologists have endeavored to…
Therapeutic innovations
Figure 13.1 Simplified depiction of acquired factors implicated in the etiopathogenesis of two neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer’s Disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Myelin repair The idea that myelin in the brain…
White matter and cognition: research perspectives
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 12 White matter and cognition: research perspectives The prevailing view that cortical gray matter is the seat of higher functions has inspired a vast amount…
Treatment
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Treatment The treatment of white matter dementia (WMD) and mild cognitive dysfunction (MCD) centers on the treatment of the underlying disorder deemed responsible for…
Mild cognitive dysfunction: a precursor syndrome
Figure 8.1 Proposed schematic relationship between white matter and cognition (WM – white matter, NAWM – normal-appearing white matter, MRI – magnetic resonance imaging). Distinction from mild cognitive impairment A…
Diagnosis
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 9 Diagnosis The clinical impact of white matter dementia (WMD) and mild cognitive dysfunction (MCD) can be realized in terms of improving diagnosis, prognostication, and…
White matter dementia
Figure 7.1 Axial T2-weighted MRI scan of a man with chronic toluene abuse and dementia. Arrows point out white matter hyperintensity, and there is also lateral ventricular enlargement (from Filley…
Pathological Angiogenesis: An Overview
Fig. 28.1 General mechanisms of blood vessel formation. The formation of functional blood vessels can occur by several mechanisms. Three major mechanisms by which blood vessels may form include, Vasculogenesis,…
Computer Systems for Cell Counting in Histopathologic Slides of Tumours of the Central Nervous System: Advantages and Limitations
Fig. 12.1 The general block diagram of the applied image processing (a) and the detailed scheme of algorithm for counting immunopositive and immunonegative cells (b) The main task of an…
