This book provides a comprehensive discussion of neurobehavioral issues in stroke. In addition to presenting neurological and neuropsychological studies of
cerebrovascular disease, it offers tutorials on the methods of
imaging brain structure and measuring metabolism and blood flow. Afterreviewing the basic biochemical and pathophysiologic aspects of stroke, the authors discuss positron
emission tomography, xenon cerebral blood flow, computed tomography of the head, and magnetic resonance imagery. The largest section of the book deals with the clinical and research issues facingprofessionals concerned with stroke. In particular, localization of function after stroke-induced deficits…
