... Abstract Three main mechanisms influence cerebral hemodynamics, with the aim of adapting the cerebral blood flow to the metabolic demand of the brain. Cerebral autoregulation ensures stable perfusion of the brain, independent of the systemic blood pressure. Vasomotor reactivity reflects...

... Abstract Of the main principles of human neuropsychology, the best known may be cerebral specialization: the left and right hemispheres play different roles in language and other higher-order functions. This chapter discusses when and how and by whom the differences were found. It begins...

... failure/sudden cardiac death, and mortality of ischemic cerebral and cardiovascular death were estimated using Kaplan-Meier method, and a log-rank test was used to analyze the difference between these survival curves for significance. A total of 216 patients, 108 matched pairs, were extracted from...

... Abstract The neural connections of the basal ganglia provide important insights into their function. Here, we discuss the current perspective on basal ganglia connections with the cerebral cortex and with the cerebellum. We review the evidence that the basal ganglia participate in functionally...

... Abstract Vigorous investigations for cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) have been made since the late 1990s. CMBs on paramagnetic-sensitive magnetic resonance sequences correspond pathologically to clusters of hemosiderin-laden macrophages and have emerged as an important new imaging marker...

... Abstract Ultrasound contrast is gaining acceptance worldwide as an adjunct to conventional ultrasound imaging. It has clinical applications as diverse as liver disease detection and characterization, myocardial perfusion and wall motion studies, and imaging of cerebral vascularity and perfusion...

... Abstract No topic in sports has gathered more attention and publicity than the diagnosis, management, and long-term effects of cerebral concussion. The relevant history of concussion starts in 1905 when President Theodore Roosevelt drew attention to the football ‘death harvest'. Soon after...

... in the remaining intact contralateral hemisphere. Infarction in the SSC changes the receptive field at the contralateral SSC at 1 week after stroke [ 8 ]. After the recovery of motor function that was impaired by cerebral infarction, the topographic map is reorganized and the dendritic branching of layer V...

... Abstract Stem cells possess a definitive role in neuronal rejuvenation following a cerebral injury. Whether endogenous, from the neurogenic niches of the subventricular zone and subgranular zone, or recruited from the bone marrow through peripheral circulation, accumulating evidence...

... Abstract The protective effect of therapeutic hypothermia in cerebral ischemia is well accepted in experimental models, and some clinical studies show that there is benefit in humans as well. Long-term observations in animal and clinical studies have documented recovery of neurological function...

... Abstract The superficial middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory includes the greater part of the lateral surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It is the most frequent infarct in MCA ischemic cerebrovascular pathology. It is divided into 12 areas supplied by 12 different arteries referred...