Search results for ""Ian Crocker" "The Placenta and Neurodisability""

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and authoritative book discusses the critical role of the utero-placenta in neurodisability, both at term and preterm. It examines aspects of fetal compromise and possible cerebro-protective interventions, recent evidence on fetal growth and mental illness, as well as cerebro-therapeutics. Throughout the book, information from the basic sciences placed within the clinical context. Written by leading obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians and pathologists. Discusses the role of placenta in the pathophysiology of CNS Examines recent evidence of endocrine, haematological and inflammatory origins of utero-placental dysfunction Reviews latest advances in antepartum and perinatal imaging Table of Contents1. Placental pathology and perinatal brain injuryRaymond Redline 2. Abnormal Placental PhenotypesColin Sibley and Michelle Desforges 3. Aberrant placental endocrinology, fetal growth and neurodevelopmentJayne Charnoc and Melissa Westwood 4. The rheology of utero-placental and feto-placental blood flowIan Crocker 5. Inflammation and PlacentationKaren Racicot and Gil Mor 6. Infections and the fetal inflammatory responseDonald Peebles and Catherine James 7. Cerebral ischaemia and white matter injurySuresh Victor and Michael Weindling 8. In utero imaging of the human placentaEmma Ingram and Ed Johnstone 9. Cerebral Function and Fetal Growth RestrictionIrene Cetin and Valentina Brusati 10. Placental programming and mental illness: fetal growth and schizophreniaKathryn Abel and Martin Allin 11. Cerebro-therapeuticsPhilip Steer 12. Summing up and unsolved problemsKarin Nelson

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