Intracranial and Inner Ear Physiology and Pathophysiology

Foreword.
<p>Preface.</p>
<p>Part 1 Intracranial Physiology.</p>
<p>Chapter 1 The anatomy and physiology of intracranial fluids – MB Segal.</p>
<p>Chapter 2 Hydromechanics of the intracranial and labyrinthine fluids – experimental study in cats – B Carlborg and KS Konradsson.</p>
<p>Chapter 3 Dynamics of inner ear pressure change caused by cerebrospinal fluid pressure manipulation in guinea pigs – EO Thalen, HP Wit, JM Segenhout and FWJ Albers.</p>
<p>Chapter 4 CSFand posture effects on transient evoked otocoustic emissions – pilot study – MA Ferguson, AC Davis and EA Lovell.</p>
<p>Part 2 Intracranial Pathophysiology.</p>
<p>Chapter 5 Pathophysiology of the cerebrospinal and cerebrovascular circulations – JD Pickard, S Piechnik, P Smielewski, PJ Kirkpatrick and M Czosnyka.</p>
<p>Chapter 6 Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring in skull base operations – AR Moller.</p>
<p>Chapter 7 Neurotolotgic manifestations of intracranial hypertension – A Sismanis.</p>
<p>Chapter 8 Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: primary disorder of CSF absorption or parenchymal cerebral disease: The relevance of vascular risk factors and cerebral white matter lesions – KR Krauss.</p>
<p>Chapter 9 Influence on the auditory system of cerebrospinal fluid loss: clinical and experimental results – A Walsted.</p>
<p>Chapter 10 OAE and TMD recordings in ICP changes – A Ernst, T Lernarz and K Weckbecker.</p>
<p>Chapter 11 A review of the management and current methods of investigating intracranial pressure in shunted hydrocephalics and an introduction to the tympanic membrane displacemernt test – M Samuel, RJ Marchbanks and DM Burge.</p>
<p>Chapter 12 The application of the tympanic membrane displacement (TMD) test as part of the clinical service for hydrocephalus patients – S Flynn, RJ Marchbanks and D Burge.</p>
<p>Chapter 13 Quantitative assessment of intracranial pressure by the tympanic memberane displacemtn test in patients with shunted hydrocephalus – M Samuel, DM Burge and RJ Marchbanks.</p>
<p>Part 3 Inner Ear Physiology</p>
<p>Chapter 14 Physical processes underlying homeostasis of cochlear endolymph – AN Salt and JE DeMott.</p>
<p>Chapter 15 Cellular mechanisms of volume control in the labyrinth – P Wangemann.</p>
<p>Chapter 16 Non–invasive perilymphatic pressure measurements using the MMS–10 Tympanic Displacement Analyser in patients with Meniere′s disease – HJ Rosingh, HP Wit and FWJ Albers.</p>
<p>Chapter 17 Modelling labyrinthine fluid dynamics – JC Andrews, D Strelioff, M Bergsneider and D Becker.</p>
<p>Chapter 18 The effect of changes in cochlear fluid pressure on audiological measurements – AJ Phillips, GB Farrell and ARD Thornton.</p>
<p>Chapter 19 Ionic transports in the endolymphatic sac of the guinea pig – V Couloigner, M Teixeira, P Hulin, O Sterkers, G Planelles and E Ferrary.</p>
<p>Chapter 20 Beta–trace protein in human perilymph – G Bachmann, SE Baldus, M Nekic and O Mitchell.</p>
<p>Chapter 21 Characteristics of infrasonic otoacoustic emissions generated by the cardiovascular system – MP Hughes and RJ Marchbanks.</p>
<p>Chapter 22 Morphological effects of low extracellular calcium on stereociliary bundles in the guinea pig cochlea – BN Kumar, DN Furness and CM Hackney.</p>
<p>Chapter 23 Dynamics of inner–ear pressure release measured with a double–barrelled micropipette in the guinea pig – HP Wit, EO Thalen, JM Segenhout and FWJ Albers.</p>
<p>Part 4 Iiner–ear Pathophysiology.</p>
<p>Chapter 24 Treatment of otolith disease concepts and new development of laser microsurgery – M Westhofen, U Mangold and W Wrollmer.</p>
<p>Chapter 25 Posturographic correlates of peripheral and central vestibulardisorders, as assessed by electronystagmography (ENG) and the Tetrax Interactive Balance System –R Kohen–Raz, A Sokolov, A Kohen–Rax, M Demmer and M Har–El.</p>
<p>Chapter 26 Vertigo and progressive sensori–neural hearing loss – peripheral cause or vascular compression of CN VIII? – MB Moller.</p>
<p>Chapter 27 Acetazolamide therapy of endolmphatic hydrops audiologically monitored by low–frequency masking: case report – EA Kabudwand, D Adler, G Scholx and D Mrowinski.</p>
<p>Chapter 28 Effects of middle ear pressure changesd on the inner ear function in Meniere′s disease: a review – B Densert, S Arlinger, O Densert, K Sass and L Odkvist.</p>
<p>Chapter 29 Tullio phenomenon: distrurbed inner ear homeostasis? – CF O′Mahoney and LM Luxon.</p>
<p>Chapter 30 Traumatic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in children – B Kou and R Macdonald.</p>
<p>Chapter 31 Fleeting hearing loss: reversible dysfunction of the cochlea during acute bacterial meningitis – MP Richardson, PT Rudd, A Reid and MJ Tarlow.</p>
<p>Chapter 32 Recurrent perilymphatic fistual in patients with possible patent cochlear aqueduct: a role for cochlear aqueduct blockade: report of five cases – DJ Weider and FE Musiek.</p>
<p>Chapter 33 Effects of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) on hearing and tinnitus in patients suffering from Meniere′s disease – J Lamprecht.</p>
<p>Index.</p>