Concussion and Traumatic Encephalopathy is a ground breaking text that offers neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, and physiatrists the first comprehensive reconceptualization of concussive brain injury in 100 years. During the twentieth century, progress in understanding concussion was hamstrung by resistance to the observation that many survivors suffer long-term sequelae, and by the lack of advanced neuroimaging technologies. As a result, the potentially immense impact of concussion on global health was largely overlooked. The last decade has witnessed a dramatic renaissance in concussion science. We are just beginning to fathom the implications for society. Informed by twenty-first century advances, this new text updates the definition, epidemiology, pathophysiology, late effects, and promising therapies for concussion. Multiple experts have collaborated to summarize the latest scientific evidence in an engaging way and provide the reader with the first paradigm shifting textbook of this new era.

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Contents

Chapter 1 What Is a Concursive Brain Injury?
Chapter 2 Epidemiology of Concussive Brain Injury
Chapter 3 The Pathophysiology of Concussive Brain Injury
Chapter 4 What Happens to Concussed Animals?
Chapter 5 What Happens to Concussed Humans?
Chapter 6 Neuroimaging Biomarkers for the Neuropsychological Investigation of Concussive Brain Injury (CBI) Outcome
Chapter 7 Why Outcomes Vary
Chapter 8 Emotional Disturbances Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 9 Concussion and the 21st- Century Renaissance of Neuropsychology
Chapter 10 Persistent Post- Concussive Psychiatric Problems
Chapter 11 Late Effects
Chapter 12 Functional Neuroimaging Markers of Persistent Post- Concussive Brain Change
Chapter 13 Polypathology and Dementia After Brain Trauma: Does Brain Injury Trigger Distinct Neurodegenerative Diseasesr or Should They Be Classified Together as Traumatic Encephalopathy?
Chapter 14 Traumatic Encephalopathy: Review and Provisional Research Diagnostic Criteria
Chapter 15 The Great CT Debate
Chapter 16 Structural Neuroimaging of Persistent or Delayed- Onset Encephalopathy Following Repetitive Concussive Brain Injuries
Chapter 17 Biomarkers for Concussion: The Need and the Prospects for the Near Future
Chapter 18 Pediatric Concussion: Understandingr Assessment, and Management, with Special Attention to Sports-Related Brain Injury
Chapter 19 Contribution of Objective Tests to the Diagnosis of Sport- Related Concussion
Chapter 20 Deployment Stress and Concussive Brain Injury: Diagnostic Challenges in Polytrauma Care
Chapter 21 How Should One Measure “Outcome,v of Concussion?: An Introduction to the Common Data Elements for Mild TBI and Concussion
Chapter 22 Functional Neuroimaging of Concussion
Chapter 23 Civilian Post- Concussive Headache
Chapter 24 Fatigue after Concussion: Epidemiology, Causal Factors, Assessment, and Management
Chapter 25 Sleep Disorders after Typical Concussive Brain Injury: Classifi cation, Diagnosis, and Management
Chapter 26 Neuroendocrine Dysfunction Following Concussion: A Missed Opportunity for Enhancing Recovery?
Chapter 27 Evidence- Based Rehabilitation in Typical Concussive Brain Injury: Results of a Systematic Review
Chapter 28 A Modest Plea