Hormonal Determinants
(1) Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Abstract The presentation of hormonal effects may be surprising in a work that focuses on the neural control…
NEUROSURGERY
Neural Circuits Subserving Aggression: General Models
(1) Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Abstract Any detail on the control of aggression is extremely valuable, but the grand aim is the understanding…
Normal and Abnormal Aggressions: Definitions and Operational Approaches
(1) Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Abstract Understanding the neural control of a behavior necessitates the clear delimitation of the behavior that is controlled….
Summary and Synthesis
(1) Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Abstract Defined in the simplest way, aggression is a behavior that aims at inflicting harm. Inflicting harm, however,…
The Role of Emerging Techniques in Understanding Aggression
(1) Department of Behavioral Neurobiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary Abstract As shown in Chap. 4, the neural control of aggression—despite major advancements—is far from being clear. We…
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Procedures
29 Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Procedures Mark P. Kuper, Mark C. Valente, William R. Taylor, and Choll W. Kim Conventional open spinal approaches require extensive dissections to allow for the…
Spinal Fusion: Anterior Approach
27 Spinal Fusion: Anterior Approach Selvon St. Clair and Isador H. Lieberman The technique of spinal arthrodesis was first described by Albee1 in 1911 for the treatment of Pott disease…
Postoperative Rehabilitation of Lumbar Spine Patients
31 Postoperative Rehabilitation of Lumbar Spine Patients Lawrence W. Frank Postoperative rehabilitation of lumbar spine patients seems like an intuitively good idea. However, the details of rehabilitation programs are a…
Spinal Fusion: Posterior Approaches
26 Spinal Fusion: Posterior Approaches E. Andrew Stevens and Charles L. Branch Jr. Damage and degeneration of the lumbar disc can be the result of aging, activity, and trauma. Biochemical…
Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Disc Disease: A Critical Review
32 Surgical Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Disc Disease: A Critical Review Stewart M. Kerr, Andrew P. White, and Todd J. Albert Surgery rates for degenerative lumbar conditions vary regionally within…
