THE MANAGEMENT OF chronic subdural hematoma in the adult patient is approached with
a variety of different surgical techniques. The trend in recent years has been toward …

Unilateral Partial Hemilaminectomy for the Removal of Extra- and Intramedullary Tumours
and A VMs Page 1 Unilateral Partial Hemilaminectomy for the Removal of Extra- and …

Objective To propose that chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) should be conceived as a
sentinel event in elderly patients and offer an analysis of long-term survival after diagnosis. …

Background and Purpose—Increased activation of excitatory amino acid (EAA) receptors is
considered a major cause of neuronal damage. Possible sources and mechanisms of …

✓ Insulin has recently been shown to ameliorate damage in models of global brain ischemia.
To determine whether insulin is also neuroprotective in focal ischemia, 20 rats were given …

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) following cerebral aneurysm rupture is associated with
high rates of morbidity and mortality. Surviving SAH patients often suffer from neurological …

… Administrative/technical/material support: J Bongard, MA Horgan, BI Tranmer. Study
supervision: J Bongard, BI Tranmer. Other (programming of model): Z Lu, J Bongard. …

In the setting of acute brainstem herniation in traumatic brain injury (TBI), the use of
hyperventilation to reduce intracranial pressure may be life-saving. However, undue use of …

Inhibitors of cell-swelling-activated anion channels, including the antiestrogenic compound
tamoxifen (TAM), have been shown to attenuate the increase in excitatory amino acids (EAA) …

Background and Purpose— Local Ca 2+ release events (Ca 2+ sparks) caused by the
opening of ryanodine-sensitive Ca 2+ channels in the sarcoplasmic reticulum have been …