Brain, Vol. 125, No. 12, 2785-2786,
December 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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BRAIN DAMAGE, BRAIN REPAIR
Section for Neuronal Survival, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
BRAIN DAMAGE, BRAIN REPAIR
Edited by James W. Fawcett, Anne E. Rosser and Stephen B. Dunnett
2001. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Price £60. pp. 482. ISBN 0198523386.
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Bridging the gap
This multi-author book has a total of 17 experts contributing to the 26 different chapters. It is both easy and very stimulating to read, and it contains a vast amount of information. In many of the chapters, the reader is introduced to the field from a historical perspective, sometimes starting at the beginning of the last century, and is then presented with the fields development through to the most recent findings. There is an excellent list of over 1700 cited references covering more than just the basic papers in most of the areas.
The book is divided into six sections, each comprising two to six chapters, dealing with the following areas: mechanisms of brain damage, damage limitation,