The Brainstem
- 1st Edition, Volume 216 - March 20, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Lea Tenenholz Grinberg, Amos D. Korczyn
- Language: English
This volume on Brainstem consolidates research for a complete understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the Brainstem and how it affects assorted other systems in the body.… Read more
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Description
Description
This volume on Brainstem consolidates research for a complete understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the Brainstem and how it affects assorted other systems in the body. The brainstem impacts breathing, the gastrointestinal system, the cardiac system, mood, pain, wakefulness, consciousness, and sleep. Pathologies can impact vision, motor control, hearing, balance, blood supply and is particularly involved in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. The volume discusses how the brainstem operates in full health, pathologies associated with the brainstem and their impact, methods for monitoring brainstem function, and diagnosis and treatment of brainstem disorders. Monitoring and intervention is reliant on technologies to assess function. This volume will include CT, MRI, USG, angiography, BERA, and functional imaging.
Key features
Key features
- Presents brainstem anatomy and physiology
- Discusses brainstem impact on body systems
- Reviews techniques for brainstem monitoring
- Identifies brainstem pathologies and disorders
- Includes best practices for diagnosis and interventions
Readership
Readership
Practicing Clinical neurologists, research academic neurologists, Advanced students in med schools or neurology depts
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. History of the brainstem—A developing concept throughout the history of medicine
2. Structural and functional anatomy of the brainstem
3. Autonomic blood pressure control
4. Brainstem in pain control
5. Brainstem control of sleep, wakefulness, alertness, and consciousness
SECTION II Pathology
6. Locked-in syndrome
7. The vestibular system: Unsteadiness, dizziness, and vertigo
8. Oculomotor disorders and nystagmus
9. Pupillary disorders
10. Neurodevelopmental brainstem syndromes
11. Intrinsic pontine tumors: Pathology of brainstem tumors and exploration of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
12. Autoimmune maladies of the brainstem
13. Dysarthria
14. The brainstem in neurodegenerative diseases
15. Brainstem vascular syndromes
16. Traumatic brainstem injury
SECTION III Monitoring and intervention
17. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brainstem
18. Ultrasound studies of brainstem
19. Anatomic imaging: Angiography
20. Brainstem evoked responses
21. Functional and molecular brainstem imaging
22. Brain death and the brainstem
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 216
- Published: March 26, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Lea Tenenholz Grinberg
Dr. Lea Tenenholz Grinberg is a neuropathologist specializing in brain aging and associated disorders, most notably, Alzheimer’s and neurological basis of sleep disturbances in neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, she is a Full Professor and a John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, part of the Executive Board of the Global Brain Health Institute and member of the Medical Scientific Advisory Group for the Alzheimer Association. She is also a Professor of Pathology at the University of Sao Paulo.
In 2003, Dr. Grinberg was among the founders of a brain bank in São Paulo, focusing on brain aging. This brain bank which she had since developed into an extremely prolific and highly-regarded institution, helped Dr. Grinberg prove that, contrary to what has been accepted previously, the brainstem and not the cortex, harbors the first detectable neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease. In 2009, she was the recipient of the UNESCO-L'Oréal Award "For Women in Science," and in 2010 she received the John Douglas French Alzheimer Foundation "Distinguished Research Scholar Award." Currently, Dr. Grinberg is the Co-Leader of the UCSF/Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank, where she conducts neuropathological diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases. She also directs the Human Biology Validation Core for the NIH/U54 Tau Centers Without Walls, is a principal investigator from the Tau
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