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,…
Keywords critical periods, long-term potentiation (LTP), long-term depression (LTD), hippocampus, anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, Papez circuit, Wallerian degeneration, chromatolysis Chapter Outline Both Neurons and Connections Are Produced in Excess…
Keywords neocortex, granular and agranular areas, primary, unimodal, and multimodal areas, agnosia, apraxia, aphasia, neglect and disconnection syndromes, ascending reticular activating system, Wernicke area, Broca area Chapter Outline Most…
Keywords accommodation, blood retinal barrier, pupillary light reflex, phototransduction, visual fields, Horner syndrome, ptosis, strabismus Chapter Outline The Eye Has Three Concentric Tissue Layers and a Lens, 108 Intraocular…
Keywords striatum, substantia nigra, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, ventral tegmental area Chapter Outline The Basal Ganglia Include Five Major Nuclei, 124 Basal Ganglia Circuitry Involves Multiple Parallel Loops That…
