Features

Organizes disease-focused chapters by the affected body region for easy reference.
Offers comprehensive coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of congenital viral infections, teratogenic effects of certain drugs, hyperammonemia, and traumatic disorders.
Includes over 1000 illustrations and 9,500 references, many of them new.

Contents

Unit 1: Human Brain Development
Neural Tube Formation and Prosencephalic Development
Neuronal Proliferation, Migration, Organization, and Myelination

Unit 2: Neurological Evaluation
The Neurological Examination
Specialized Studies in the Neurological Evaluation
Neonatal Seizures

Unit 3: Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: Biochemical and Physiological Aspects
Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: Intrauterine Assessment
Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: Neuropathology and Pathogenesis
Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: Clinical Aspects

Unit 4: Intracranial Hemorrhage
Intracranial Hemorrhage: Subdural, Primary Subarachnoid, Intracerebellar, Intraventricular (Term Infant), and Miscellaneous
Intracranial Hemorrhage: Germinal Matrix - Intraventricular Hemorrhage of the Premature Infant

Unit 5: Metabolic Encephalopathies
Hypoglycemia and Brain Injury
Bilirubin and Brain Injury
Hyperammonemia and Other Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism
Disorders of Organic Acid Metabolism
Degenerative Diseases of the Newborn

Unit 6: Disorders of the Motor System
Neuromuscular Disorders: Motor System, Evaluation, and Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
Neuromuscular Disorders: Levels Above the Lower Motor Neuron to the Neuromuscular Junction
Neuromuscular Disorders: Muscle Involvement and Restricted Disorders

Unit 7: Intracranial Infections
Viral, Protozoan, and Related Intracranial Infections
Bacterial and Fungal Intracranial Infections

Unit 8: Perinatal Trauma
Injuries of Extracranial, Cranial, Intracranial, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nervous System Structures

Unit 9: Intracranial Mass Lesions
Brain Tumors and Vein of Galen Malformations

Unit 10: Drugs and the Developing Nervous System
Teratogenic Effects of Drugs and Passive Addiction