With advances in medicine and medical innovation, the face of neurosurgery has changed dramatically. A new era of surgeons value the need to undertake research in everyday practice and actively participate in the clinic and laboratory in order to improve patient prognosis. Highlighting the principles of basic neuroscience and its application to neurosurgical disease, this book breaks down neurological conditions into current academic themes and advances. The book is split into two sections, with the first covering basic and computational neuroscience including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and the growing use of artificial intelligence. The second section concentrates on specific conditions, such as gliomas, degenerative cervical myelopathy and peripheral nerve injury. Outlining the pathophysiological underpinnings of neurosurgical conditions and the key investigative tools used to study disease burden, this book will be an invaluable source for the academic neurosurgeon undertaking basic and translational research.

Highlights the principles of basic neuroscience, allowing surgeons to combine academia and clinical practice to improve patient prognosis.

About the Author
Farhana Akter is an Academic Neurosurgery Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Nigel Emptage is Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology, Department Of Pharmacology at the University Of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Florian Engert is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Mitchel S. Berger is Professor of Neurosurgery, Department Of Neurosurgery and Director of the Brain Tumor Center at University Of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108831468
Author Farhana Akter
Format Hardback
Page Count 443
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1240g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 207mm * 26mm