Brain edema XV : proceedings of the Fifteenth International Symposium ... in Tokyo, 22-24 October 2011

More than 60 papers written by internationally recognized experts cover the broad spectrum of brain edema. The main topics treated are: ischemia & hemorrhage, trauma (experimental and clinical), cerebral hemorrhage, tumor, hydrocephlaus & intracranial pressure (ICP), neuromonitoring & neuroimaging, treatments, blood brain barrier, and miscellaneous. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii International Brain Edema Symposia 1967–2011....Pages 1-9 Brain Edema and Blood–Brain Barrier Opening After Photothrombotic Ischemia in Rat....Pages 11-15 Cerebral Ischemia Model Using Mongolian Gerbils—Comparison Between Unilateral and Bilateral Carotid Occlusion Models....Pages 17-21 Astrocytic Involvement in the Maturation Phenomenon After Temporary Cerebral Ischemia....Pages 23-29 High-Mobility Group Box 1: An Amplifier of Stem and Progenitor Cell Activity After Stroke....Pages 31-38 Geldanamycin Treatment During Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Attenuates p44/42 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Tissue Damage....Pages 39-43 Evaluation of the Stage of Hemorrhage Using Optical Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy: An In Vivo Study....Pages 45-48 Establishment and Characterization of Primary Adult Microglial Culture in Mice....Pages 49-54 Expression and Distribution of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Receptor in Reactive Astrocytes Induced by Global Brain Ischemia in Mice....Pages 55-59 The Effect of Hydrogen Gas on a Mouse Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion....Pages 61-63 Simultaneous Measurement of Cytosolic and Mitochondrial Ca 2+ During Ischemia in Mice Whole-Brain Slice Preparation and Its Application to Drug Evaluation....Pages 65-70 Repetitive Cerebral Blood Flow Measurements Using Laser Speckle Imaging in a Transient Cerebral Ischemic Mouse Model....Pages 71-75 Preoperative-Induced Mild Hypothermia Attenuates Neuronal Damage in a Rat Subdural Hematoma Model....Pages 77-81 Cerebral Hemorrhage, Brain Edema, and Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 83-87 A Selective Adenosine A2A Receptor Antagonist Ameliorated Hyperlocomotion in an Animal Model of Lateral Fluid Percussion Brain Injury....Pages 89-92 Cortical Spreading Depression Dynamics Can Be Studied Using Intrinsic Optical Signal Imaging in Gyrencephalic Animal Cortex....Pages 93-97 A Better Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Model in the Rat....Pages 99-101 Edaravone Increases Regional Cerebral Blood Flow After Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice....Pages 103-109 Adiponectin and Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 111-114 Metabolomic Analysis of Cerebral Spinal Fluid from Patients with Severe Brain Injury....Pages 115-119 Cortical Damage Following Traumatic Brain Injury Evaluated by Iomazenil SPECT and In Vivo Microdialysis....Pages 121-123 Decompressive Craniectomy in Trauma: When to Perform, What Can Be Achieved....Pages 125-128 Surgical Brain Injury and Edema Prevention....Pages 129-133 Traumatic Hematoma of the Posterior Fossa....Pages 135-138 Traumatic Basal Ganglia Hematomas: An Analysis of 20 Cases....Pages 139-142 Subacute Subdural Hematoma....Pages 143-146 A Case of Traumatic Hematoma in the Basal Ganglia That Showed Deterioration After Arrival at the Hospital....Pages 147-149 T2 and T2* Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences Predict Brain Injury After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats....Pages 151-155 Brain Edema Formation and Complement Activation in a Rat Model of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 157-161 Early Changes in GMRP1 After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Involvement in Brain Damage and Cell Apoptosis....Pages 163-167 Alteration of Intracellular Calcium and Its Modulator SLC24A6 After Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage....Pages 169-173 Usefulness of Intraoperative Computed Tomography for the Evacuation of Lobar Hemorrhage....Pages 175-179 Early CT Signs of Hypoxia in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Presenting with Cardiac Arrest: Early CT Signs in SAH Patients Presenting with CA....Pages 181-184 Decrease in the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Peritumoral Edema for the Assessment of Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated by Bevacizumab....Pages 185-189 Protease Activated Receptor-1 and Brain Edema Formation in Glioma Models....Pages 191-194 An Analysis of T2 Mapping on Brain Tumors....Pages 195-199 Substance P Antagonists as a Novel Intervention for Brain Edema and Raised Intracranial Pressure....Pages 201-204 Microvascular Shunts in the Pathogenesis of High Intracranial Pressure....Pages 205-209 The Frontal and Temporal Horn Ratio to Assess Dimension of Paediatric Hydrocephalus: A Comparative Volumetric Study....Pages 211-214 Cerebrospinal Fluid Congestion in the Perioptic Space....Pages 215-218 Assessment of Brain Compliance Using ICP Waveform Analysis in Water Intoxication Rat Model....Pages 219-221 Neuromonitoring with Microdialysis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients....Pages 223-227 Monitoring of Brain Tissue Perfusion Utilizing a Transducer Holder for Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography....Pages 229-233 Computed Tomography After Decompressive Craniectomy for Head Injury....Pages 235-237 Use of Preoperative 3D CT/MR Fusion Images and Intraoperative CT to Detect Lesions That Spread onto the Brain Surface....Pages 239-244 Cortical Neuron Loss in Post-Traumatic Higher Brain Dysfunction Using 123 I-Iomazenil SPECT....Pages 245-250 PET Molecular Imaging to Investigate Higher Brain Dysfunction in Patients with Neurotrauma....Pages 251-254 Evaluation of Cerebral Function Using Iomazenil SPECT for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 255-258 Early Cerebral Circulation Disturbance in Patients Suffering from Different Types of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Xenon CT and Perfusion CT Study....Pages 259-263 Application of Transcranial Color-Coded Sonography in Severe Brain Injury....Pages 265-267 Surgical Results After Primary Decompressive Craniectomy in Poor-Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 269-272 Endovascular Treatment for Ruptured Vertebral Artery Dissecting Aneurysms at the Acute Stage....Pages 273-276 Decompressive Craniectomy with Hematoma Evacuation for Large Hemispheric Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage....Pages 277-279 Is Decompressive Craniectomy a Risk Factor for Ventriculomegaly?....Pages 281-283 A Suitable Formula for Estimating the Volume Gained by Decompressive Craniectomy in Malignant Hemispheric Infarction....Pages 285-288 Hydrocephalus Following Decompressive Craniectomy for Ischemic Stroke....Pages 289-291 Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Epidural Saline and Oxygen Injection: Report of Two Cases....Pages 293-296 Blood–Brain Barrier Transport of an Essential Amino Acid After Cerebral Ischemia Reperfusion Injury....Pages 297-302 The Effect of an NK1 Receptor Antagonist on Blood Spinal Cord Barrier Permeability Following Balloon Compression-Induced Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 303-306 Hypnotic Effect of Volatile Anesthetics Is Mediated by PKC-γ Dynamics....Pages 307-310 Cyclophilin-D Inhibition in Neuroprotection: Dawn of a New Era of Mitochondrial Medicine....Pages 311-315 Cytokine Marker Measurement in Human Neuroblastoma Cells with Supersensitive and Multiplex Assay: MUSTag Technology....Pages 317-320 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Associated with Micro-Abscesses: Case Report....Pages 321-324 Back Matter....Pages 325-335