Reconstructive Neurosurgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Functional neurosurgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The role of modern imaging modalities on deep brain stimulation targeting for mental illness

      • M. Sedrak, A. Gorgulho, A. F. De Salles, A. Frew, E. Behnke, W. Ishida et al.

      Pages 3-7

   3. Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and its neuropsychological implications

      • H. Maximilian Mehdorn, S. Goebel, D. Falk, J. Volkmann, B. Leplow, M. O. Pinsker

      Pages 9-12

   4. Results by motor cortex stimulation in treatment of focal dystonia, Parkinson’s disease and post-ictal spasticity. The experience of the Italian Study Group of the Italian Neurosurgical Society

      • Carlo Alberto Pagni, A. Albanese, A. Bentivoglio, G. Broggi, S. Canavero, B. Cioni et al.

      Pages 13-21

   5. Electrically and mechanically evoked nociceptive neuronal responses in the rat anterior cingulate cortex

      • Bai-Chuang Shyu, W. -F. Chen, H. -C. Shih

      Pages 23-25

   6. Trigeminal neuralgia. Non-invasive techniques versus microvascular decompression. It is really available any further improvement?

      • Carlo Alberto Pagni, L. Fariselli, S. Zeme

      Pages 27-33

   7. Gamma knife radiosurgery for medically refractory idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia

      • J. H. Kang, Y. S. Yoon, D. W. Rang, S. S. Chung, Jin Woo Chang

      Pages 35-38

   8. Stereotactic lesioning for mental illness

      • M. -C. Kim, Tae-Kyu Lee

      Pages 39-43

3. Neurorehabilitation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Restoration of locomotion in posttraumatic paraplegics: The multidisciplinary approach and unexpected plasticity of single neurons — facts and fantasy

      • K. R. H. von Wild, G. Brunelli

      Pages 47-53

   3. Posttraumatic rehabilitation and one year outcome following acute traumatic brain injury (TBI): Data from the well defined population based German Prospective Study 2000–2002

      • K. R. H. von Wild, Münster TBI Study Council

      Pages 55-60

   4. A randomized controlled trial of constraint-induced movement therapy after stroke

      • K. -C. Lin, Ching-yi Wu, J. -S. Liu

      Pages 61-64

   5. Increased regional cerebral perfusion in contralateral motor and somatosensory areas after median nerve stimulation therapy

      • J. -T. Liu, J. -K. Lee, P. -J. Chang, Chen-Ming Sun

      Pages 65-70

   6. Effects of electrical cervical spinal cord stimulation on cerebral blood perfusion, cerebrospinal fluid catecholamine levels, and oxidative stress in comatose patients

      • J. -T. Liu, W. -C. Tan, Wen-Jui Liao

      Pages 71-76

4. New technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Strategic plan: building a international strategy for risk reduction supercourse

      • Ronald E. LaPorte, W. -T. Chiu

      Pages 79-81

   3. Endovascular procedures for cerebrovenous disorders

      • Fong Y. Tsai, B. Nguyen, W. -C. Lin, C. -J. Hsueh, A. Yen, K. Meng et al.

      Pages 83-86

5. Translational research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Transgenic rodent models of Parkinson’s disease

      • B. K. Harvey, Y. Wang, Barry J. Hoffer

      Pages 89-92

International experts present in this volume advances in reconstructive neurosurgery focusing on the fields of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disorders. The highlights include building an international strategy for risk reduction, documentating an multidisciplinary approach towards restoration of function in paraplegic spinal cord-injured patients, describing a new approach for statistical analysis in traumatic brain injury trials, describing blood flow changes in diffuse brain injury, discussing rehabilitation programs in Germany following acute brain injury, describing research data form Taiwan on neurotrauma, showing the neuropsychiatric effects from deep brain stimuation fro ovement disorders, difining the role played by imanging for deep brain stimulation targeting in mental illness, using radiosurgery in decompresssion in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, describing the development of radiosurgery from brain to the spine, listing new transgenic animal models of Parkinson's disease, discussing gene therapy for neuropathic pain and Parkinson's disease, and finally, discussing constrained-induced movement therapy fro stroke patients, and endovascular therapy for cerebrovenous disorders.

• Neurorehabilitation
• Parkinson
• Rehabilitation
• neurodegenerative disorders
• neurons
• neurosurgery
• neurotrauma
• radiosurgery
• traumatic brain injury

• Department of Neurosurgery, Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Wen-Ta Chiu

• Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Yung-Hsiao Chiang

• Department of Neurosurgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Ming-Chien Kao, Ching-Chang Hung

• Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Shinn-Zong Lin

• Department of Neurosurgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Han-Jung Chen

• Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

  Simon F. T. Tang

• National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, USA

  Barry J. Hoffer

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