Yuji Morimoto – författare

This book, written by leading Japanese experts in the field, describes the latest findings on the neurotoxicity of anesthetics for the developing brain, postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction.

It describes the risk factors for postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly surgical patients. Since the number of elderly patients undergoing surgery and anesthesia continues to increase, it is important to improve our understanding of the risks and mechanisms of postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction, potential ways to prevent or alleviate them and the public health implications.

Recently, it has been shown that using anesthetics on the developing brain causes apoptotic neurodegeneration and persistent learning/memory deficits later in life. Anesthesiologists need more information on this mechanism in the human brain.

The negative effects of anesthesia and surgery on the nervous system have attracted attention lately; this book provides physicians, researchers, and postdocs with invaluable information on this topic.

Animal cells have been used in a wide range of applications, from pharmaceuticals to regenerative medicine and cell therapy, as well as evaluating drugs and compounds. These applications are supported by cell processing technology, which refers to the process technology and quality control technology for aseptically culturing cells such as skin, cartilage, and bone cells in vitro and producing the result of cells or tissues.

Cell Processing Technology provides the state of the art of cell-processing engineering, including new issues of efficient and automated culture technology of cells in transplantation and non-invasive cell quality assessment technology. The book will be of value to students and inexperienced engineers who are involved in drug discovery and cell medicine.