White matter is one of the three main solid components of the central nervous system. White matter tissue of the freshly cut brain appears white to the naked eye because of being composed largely of lipid. The other two components of the brain are grey matter and substantia nigra. This handbook presents the latest research in the field.
Author(s): Timothy B. Westland, Robert N. Calton
Edition: 1
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 411
HANDBOOK ON WHITE MATTER: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND CHANGES......Page 3
HANDBOOK ON WHITE MATTER: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND CHANGES......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Research and Review Studies......Page 21
Interhemispheric Connectivity: The Evolution and Nature of
the Corpus Callosum......Page 23
White Matter Lesions: From Present to Future
......Page 37
White Matter Lesions and Aging in HIV Infection: Implications for Development of Cognitive Decline and Dementia
......Page 49
White Matter Changes in Drug Abuse and in HIV-1 Infection......Page 63
White Matter Changes in Critical Illness and Delirium
......Page 91
White Matter Involvement in Neuromuscular Disorders......Page 109
White Matter Hyperintensities in Psychiatric Disorders and Their Association with Suicide Risk......Page 131
A Quantitative Study of the Pathological Changes in the Cortical White Matter in Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)......Page 153
Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy......Page 167
Remyelination Failure in Multiple Sclerosis and Vulnerability of Oligodendrocytes to Repeated Insults......Page 185
Endoscopic Anatomy of the Thecal Sac Using a Flexible Steerable Endoscope......Page 207
White Matter Abnormalities in the Diabetic-Hypertensive Brain......Page 223
Brain Tissue Segmentation Based on Multi-Channel Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data
......Page 249
Three-Dimensional Microstructural Analysis of Human Brain Tissue by Using Synchrotron Radiation Microtomographs......Page 267
Origin and Function of Amoeboid Microgliai Cells in the Periventricular White Matter in the Developing Brain......Page 299
Diffusion Tensor Imaging is More Sensitive than Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Demonstrating White Matter Abnormalities in Susac's Syndrome......Page 319
Organisation of the Node of Ranvier in Myelinated Central
Axons......Page 337
Organizing Principles of Projections of the Long Descending Reticulospinal Pathways and Their Targets’ Spinal Commissural Neurons: With Special Reference to the
Locomotor Function......Page 355
Commentaries......Page 377
Diffusion Tensor MRI Data Acquisition Methods for White Matter and Clinical Applications: Non Echo-Planar Imaging......Page 379
The Dimensions of the Sacral Spinal Canal in Thecaloscopy. A Morphometric MRI Study......Page 395
Index......Page 401
