NEUROLOGY
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Role of Hyaluronic Acid and Its Receptors in the Growth and Invasion of Brain Tumors
Fig. 26.1 Hyaluronic acid and CD44 are essential components of brain matrix and glioma invasion. (a) Schematic of HA architecture in brain. Brain matrix structure is based on high molecular…
Intraoperative Ultrasonography in Tumor Surgery
Fig. 13.1 Three-dimensional navUS of a recurrent low-grade glioma is displayed side-by-side with preoperative MRI in axial, coronal and sagittal reconstructions. Ultrasound and MR images correspond exactly to each other….
Lipoma: An Overview
Fig. 23.1 Sagital T1-weighted cranial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showing the hyperintense appearance of a small curvilinear lipoma of the interhemispheric fissure Fig. 23.2 (a) Axial T1-weighted cranial magnetic resonance…
Role of MMP2 in Brain Metastasis
Fig. 20.1 Increased expression of MMP2 protein in the metastatic brain foci. (a) Evaluation of protein expression by Western blotting. The membranes were stripped and re-probed with β-actin antibody to…
