Abstract Stroke is a common neurologic disorder in the neonatal period that results in significant morbidity. This chapter discusses the classification, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of arterial, venous, and hemorrhagic…
Abstract The development of hydrocephalus substantially worsens the neurodevelopmental prognosis after intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Frequent standardized measurements of ventricular dimensions and daily head circumference are essential after grade III and…
Abstract Seizures in newborns are the most frequent manifestation of an acute neurologic dysfunction, but sometimes they can be the early onset of an epileptic encephalopathy, mainly of genetic origin….
Abstract Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is an infrequent event with a potentially neurologically devastating outcome. Severe and prolonged interruption of placental blood flow will ultimately lead to asphyxia, the biochemical process…
Abstract Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is a neurological condition which is etiologically linked to death and neurodevelopmental impairment later in childhood. Until clinical trials of therapeutic hypothermia were conducted, treatment was…
Abstract Despite advances in our understanding of developmental hemodynamics and our ability to better monitor the cardiovascular status in neonates, the definition of the “normal” gestational age– and postnatal age–dependent…
Abstract This chapter focuses on a brief review of the pathogenesis of periventricular intraventricular hemorrhage as well as white matter injury. Various approaches or strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and…
Keywords cerebellar peduncle, ataxia, cerebellar tonsil, flocculonodular lobe, mossy fiber, climbing fiber, inferior olivary nucleus, Purkinje cells Chapter Outline The Cerebellum Can Be Divided Into Transverse and Longitudinal Zones,…
Keywords nystagmus, near reflex, conjugate movements, vergence movements, diplopia, vestibulo-ocular reflex Chapter Outline Six Extraocular Muscles Move the Eye in the Orbit, 138 The Medial and Lateral Recti Adduct…
Keywords autonomic regulation, akinetic mutism, amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, pituitary Chapter Outline The Hypothalamus Coordinates Drive-Related Behaviors, 150 The Hypothalamus Can Be Subdivided in Both Longitudinal and Medial-Lateral Directions,…
