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.
