The latest fifth volume in the Pathology and Genetics Series published by the International Society of Neuropathology in collaboration with other international organizations. It provides up-to-date information on clinical features, epidemiology, imaging methods, genetics, pathophysiology, pathology and therapeutic influences of all major diseases associated with various cerebrovascular abnormalities and circulatory disturbances in the brain and spinal cord. The book consists of short specific chapters written by more than 60 international experts on cerebral vasculature and blood flow. The chapters include numerous high quality colour images and a large number of carefully selected references.

Contents: - Main Sections:

Structure Neoformation and Functions of CNS Blood Vessels * Brian Edema Intracranial Pressure and Drainage Pathways * Thrombosis * Vascular Wall Changes in Large and Small Vessel Diseases * Amyloid Angiopathy * Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations * Vasculitis * Blood Vessel Diseases * Focal Brain Ischemia * Global Brain Ischemia * Hypoglycemic Brain Damage * Gas and Fat Embolism * Brain in Hypertension * Brain Hemorrhages * Vascular Dementia * Spinal Cord Vascular Disorders