Main description:

Traumatic brain injury has complex etiology and may arise as a consequence of physical abuse, violence, war, vehicle collisions, working in the construction industry, and sports. Cellular, Molecular, Physiological, and Behavioral Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury will improve readers' understanding of the detailed processes arising from traumatic brain injury. Featuring chapters on neuroinflammation, metabolism, and psychology, this volume discusses the impact of these injuries on neurological and body systems to better understand underlying pathways. This book will be relevant for neuroscientists, neurologists, clinicians, and anyone working to better understand traumatic brain injury.

Contents:

Section 1. Setting the Scene: The Spectrum of Traumatic Brain Injuries
1. Slips, falls and traumatic brain injury
2. Road traffic accidents and traumatic brain injury
3. Sports, risks and brain injury
4. Traumatic brain injury and gunshot wounds
5. Blast waves and brain injury
6. Military veterans with brain injury
7. Gender and traumatic brain injury
8. Pediatric abusive head trauma and brain injury
9. Perinatal traumatic brain injury
10. Non traumatic brain injury:A focus on irradiation
11. The caregivers of traumatic brain injured subjects

Section 2. Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Traumatic Brain Injury
12. Subcellular organelles in traumatic brain injury: a focus on mitochondrial changes
13. Diffuse axonal injury and traumatic brain injury
14. Electrolytes and traumatic brain injury: a focus on sodium
15. Neurotransmitters and traumatic brain injury: a narrative
16. The role of prokineticin 2 in traumatic brain injury
17. Traumatic brain injury, and Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)
18. C-C motif chemokine receptor 5 and traumatic brain injury
19. Neuronal cell death pathways in traumatic brain injury

Section 3. Physiological and Metabolic Effects
20. Cerebral blood flow and traumatic brain injury
21. Traumatic brain injury and raised intracranial pressure
22. Oedema in traumatic brain injury
23. Traumatic brain injury and the vasculature: a focus on cerebral arteriole inflation
24. Elevated intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury
25. Seizures in traumatic brain injury
26. Traumatic brain injury and impact on endocrinology: a focus on pituitary function
27. Sensory features and loss after traumatic brain injury: a focus on olfactory senses
28. Traumatic brain injury and impact on metabolism: a focus on hyperglycemia
29. Traumatic brain injury and impact on non-neurological body systems: a focus on bone

Section 4. Behavioural and Psychological Effects
30. Traumatic brain injury and mental health: military perspectives
31. A focus on depression in traumatic brain injury
32. Personality disturbances in brain trauma
33. Sleep and traumatic brain injury
34. Cognitive recovery and traumatic brain injury
35. Brain injury and resulting hallucinations
36. Use of smartphone application by subjects with traumatic brain injury