I. Introduction --;A Historical Note and Perspective --;II-A. Basic Science --;1 Central Nervous System: Structure versus Injury and Regeneration versus Recovery --;2 Reconstructive Neurosurgery: Novel Strategies Promoting the Regeneration of Injured Dorsal Root Sensory Fibers into the Adult Mammalian Spinal Cord --;3 The Exuberance of Youth: Application of the Kennard Principle to Studies on Spinal Cord Plasticity --;4 Vascularization and Vascular Pathophysiology of the Spinal Cord --;II-B. Radiology and Neuroimaging --;5 The Role of Neuroimaging in Regeneration and Recovery of the Spinal Cord --;6 Neuroradiologic Features of Spinal Cord Pathology --;7 Spinal Cord Atrophy --;II-C. Concepts in Bioengineering and Fetal Tissue Transplantation --;8 Neurocomputing: The Technology and Some Potential Applications to Neurosurgery --;9 Fetal Tissue Grafts for Cerebellar Atrophy in Humans: A Preliminary Report --;III. Surgical Experience with the Spinal Cord Injury --;10 Introduction to Intramedullary Tumors --;11 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Ependymoma: Long-Term Clinical Evaluation after Complete Surgical Removal --;12 Electrical Stimulation and Microsurgery of the Spinal Cord --;13 Venous Congestion of the Spinal Cord: A Reversible Mechanism of Myelopathy --;14 Surgical Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Spinal Cord --;15 Syringomyelia --;16 Surgery of the Infected Spine and Spinal Cord Function.
Selected papers from the prestigious Stonwin MedicalConference, which each summer invites a small group ofneurosurgical investigation. In terms of editorial strategy, thisseries will afford Springer entree to a select groups ofneurosurgeons.