Understanding Spinal Cord Injuries: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Impact

Spinal cord injuries affect approximately 10 million people worldwide each year, causing lifelong disabilities and impacting not just the individual but also their family. The symptoms can vary widely, including paresthesia, spasticity, loss of motor control, and often severe pain.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury is a comprehensive guide that aims to enhance readers’ understanding of the complexities of diagnosing and managing spinal cord injuries. The book covers various aspects including epidemiology, pain management, MRI usage, biomarkers, and stem cell and gene therapy for the management of spinal cord injury. It also delves into rehabilitation methods, drug delivery, and pain reduction techniques.

Key Features:

• Covers both the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord injury
• Contains chapter abstracts, key facts, dictionary, and summary points to aid in understanding
• Features chapters on epidemiology and pain
• Includes MRI usage, biomarkers, and stem cell and gene therapy for management of spinal cord injury
• Discusses pain reduction, drug delivery, and rehabilitation

Cellular, Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury

Cellular, Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury provides a detailed understanding of the biological and psychological effects of spinal cord injury. This volume discusses the impact of spinal cord injury on various pathways and processes, including gene expression, metabolic effects, and behavior. It also examines health and stress behaviors after spinal cord injury.

Key Features:

• Summarizes the neuroscience of spinal cord injury, including cellular and molecular biology
• Contains chapter abstracts, key facts, dictionary, and summary points to aid in understanding
• Features chapters on signaling and hormonal events
• Includes plasticity and gene expression
• Examines health and stress behaviors after spinal cord injury

Both books are essential resources for neuroscientists, neurologists, clinicians, and anyone working to better understand spinal cord injuries and their impact on individuals and families.