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Cover
OUR WIRED NERVES
The Human Nerve
Connectome
Copyright
Author’s biography
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
The body brain connection: A fully infiltrated body
Elegant wiring: Structural beauty of the peripheral nervous system
How are nerves structured
Nodes of excitability
Biology bites
Sockets and interfaces: Nerve terminals
Wired for muscle movement
Biology bites
Infiltrated for sensation
Biology bites
Neglected autonomic axons
Biology bites
Constantly think physiology: Structure meets function
Remarkable conduits
Action potentials: How the connectome is activated
Action potentials out of control: Fasciculations, pain and other troubles
Other things move within axons: Axoplasmic transport
Do I have good reflexes—What are these?
Nerves and muscles: The motor units
Movement and Walking: putting your nerves out there
Exquisite sensation
Considering taste
Sensory nerves, not just bystanders
Irreversible events: How nerves are injured
Why don’t we hear about these?
What kinds of nerve injuries are there?
If a nerve injury occurs, this is the type you might prefer
Nerve damage that does not recover well
Nerve damage that rarely recovers
Are there nerves? How to test the peripheral nervous system
The neurological examination: Honed classicism
Diagnostic shocks and needles
Imaging portions of nerves
Chop it out: Biopsy of a nerve
Detective work: What blood can tell us about nerves
What are neuropathies?
Mononeuropathies in humans: Intense pain and disability
What are polyneuropathies: Curious, common and various?
Diabetes mellitus and nerves
More types of diabetic nerve damage
Curing diabetic neuropathy in rodents
Polyneuropathies with inflammation
Leprosy
Guillain-Barré syndrome
CIDP
Bolton’s neuropathy (critical illness polyneuropathy)
Other “acquired” polyneuropathies
Polyneuropathies you inherit
Locked in
The disrupted connectome and pain
Hope and change: Regrowth of nerves
The adult nervous system is remodelling
First clean the mess
Take my hand: Growth cones that lead the axon
What does snake venom and mouse salivation have to do with nerves?
Playing with fire: Inflammation and damaged nerves
Neuron HQ central and damaged axons
Are there new neurons?
What is collateral sprouting
Persuading neurons not to be boring
Behaving like a baby: Developmental molecules for regeneration
Making new nerves: Summarizing the steps
Clinics and biology: Nerve heroes and the Peripheral Nerve Society
Conclusions
References
Index
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