Neurovascular Neuropsychology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lazar, Ronald (Editor), Festa, Joanne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Neuropsychology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Neurovascular Neuropsychology Edited by Joanne R. Festa and Ronald M. Lazar Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Neurovascular Neuropsychology offers a firm foundation for an emerging neuropsychological subspecialty that focuses on how cognition and behavior are affected...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Perspective
• Neurovascular Geography and Mapping the Consequences of Its Injury
• Ischemic and Intracerebral Hemorragic Stroke
• Cerebral Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• Neuropsychological Effects of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
• Vascular Cognitive Impairment
• Vascular Dementia
• Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) and Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Episodes (MELAS)
• Carotid Artery Occlusion and Stenosis
• Cardiac Arrest
• Congestive Heart Failure/Heart Transplant
• Cognition After Cardiac Surgery
• Pulmonary Disease and Lung Transplantation
• Diabetes and Hypertension
• Neurovascular Consequences of Systemic Disease – Collagen Vascular Disease
• Neurovascular Disease and Mood Disorders
• Functional Imaging in Stroke Recovery
• Pharmacological Treatment for Cognitive Disorders of Neurovascular Origin
• Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.