The Role of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Brain Tumors
where n = number of treatments, d = dose per fraction; and α/β = 10 Gy for tumor effects of each schedule. The standard WBRT dose is 30 Gy in 10 fractions given over 2 weeks…
Hyperinsulinemia Tends to Induce Growth Without Growth Hormone in Children with Brain Tumors After Neurosurgery
Reference No. of patients with BT No. of GWGH patients No. of obese GWGH Serum insulin at baseline Insulin secretion after loading Serum IGF-I Serum IGFBP-3 Serum leptin Serum prolactin…
Medulloblastomas: Survival Differences Between Children and Adults
Clinical Children are more likely to present with midline lesions and adults with hemispheric lesions. 83 % of children present with midline lesions compared with 49 % of adults (Sarkar…
Human Brain Tumor Growth: Role of Aquaporins
Fig. 4.1 AQP-4 immunocytochemical localization in the peripheral areas of glioblastoma nultiforme primary surgical specimens (a), in relapsed surgical specimens from patients treated with radiotherapy (b) and with chemiotherapy and…
Inhibition of Neuroblastoma Progression by Targeting Lymphangiogenesis: Role of an Endogenous Soluble Splice-Variant of VEGFR-2
Fig. 6.1 Immunostaining for esVEGFR-2 in tissues of human, 8–10 weeks old, embryos and fetuses. (a) adrenal gland (ad), liver (li) and diaphragm (di). (b) liver. (c) intercostal muscles (im),…
Prolactinomas: Role of VEGF, FGF-2 and CD31
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014M.A. Hayat (ed.)Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 12Tumors of the Central Nervous System1210.1007/978-94-007-7217-5_3 3. Prolactinomas: Role of VEGF, FGF-2 and CD31 Maria Ines1, Perez Millán1, Carolina Cristina2, Silvia Inés Berner3 and Damasia Becu-Villalobos1 …
rTMS in Visual Hemineglect After Stroke
Fig. 8.1 Visual hemineglect in copying Rey figure. The patient largely ignores the left side of the figure and copies only parts of the right side Finally, neglect is an…
Neurophysiology of rTMS: Important Caveats When Interpreting the Results of Therapeutic Interventions
Fig. 1.1 (a) Basics of TMS. A large pulse of current in the external stimulating coil generates a rapidly changing magnetic field that rises to, and falls from, 1 T…
Therapeutic rTMS in Neurology: Applications, Concepts, and Issues
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Thomas Platz (ed.)Therapeutic rTMS in Neurology10.1007/978-3-319-25721-1_12 12. Therapeutic rTMS in Neurology: Applications, Concepts, and Issues Thomas Platz1 (1) BDH-Klinik Greifswald, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität, Greifswald, Germany Thomas Platz Email: t.platz@bdh-klinik-greifswald.de 12.1…
Therapeutic Applications of rTMS for Tinnitus
Fig. 11.1 Tinnitus networks. Brain networks involved in phantom perception. Increased activity in the auditory cortex (brown) as a consequence of auditory deprivation is necessary, but not sufficient for tinnitus…
