NEUROSURGERY

Spinal Tumors

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36 Spinal Tumors Lora Kahn, Aditya Raghunathan, Remi Nader, Jaime Gasco, and Ian McCutcheon 36.1 Extradural Are older or younger patients more likely to present with extradural malignancy? Patients >30…

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Infections in the Nervous System

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31 Infections in the Nervous System Lora Kahn, David Darrow, Sean Barber, Jaime Gasco, Joel T. Patterson, and Javier Gonzalez 31.1 Encephalitis How does encephalitis fundamentally differ from encephalopathy? Encephalitis…

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Neuroendocrinology

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19 Neuroendocrinology Sean Barber and Jaime Gasco 19.1 Circumventricular Organs What is a unique feature of the circumventricular organ’s blood–brain barrier (BBB) capillaries? They are fenestrated (the BBB is essentially…

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Neuro-Otology

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22 Neuro-Otology Sean Barber and Jaime Gasco 22.1 Basic Concepts What are the two sensory divisions of cranial nerve VIII? Cochlear and vestibular divisions1 Within what bony structure does the…

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