1. Introduction

   • Dieter Voth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 262

2. The pathophysiology of experimental brain edema

   • Konstantin-Alexander Hossmann

   Invited article Pages: 263 - 280

3. SPECT Bone scintigraphy of benign and malignant lesions of the spine

   • Barbara Nägele-Wöhrle
   • Ottmar Nickel
   • Klaus Hahn

   Original articles Pages: 281 - 283

4. Early neurological rehabilitation in preparation for social and vocational rehabilitation

   Announcement Pages: 284 - 284

5. Surgical treatment of myeloradiculopathy in cervical spondylosis. A report on 438 operations

   • Madjid Samii
   • Dirk Völkening
   • Helmut Baumann

   Original articles Pages: 285 - 290

6. Surgical treatment of lumbar stenosis: Long-term results

   • Wolfgang Mauersberger
   • Tobia Nietgen

   Original articles Pages: 291 - 295

7. Pathophysiological and compensatory events during cerebral ischemia and post-ischemic edema

   Announcement Pages: 296 - 296

8. Prophylaxis of postoperative lumbar spondylodiscitis

   • Peter-Michael Zink
   • Andreas M. Frank
   • Anna E. Trappe

   Original articles Pages: 297 - 303

9. Epilepsy surgery

   Announcement Pages: 304 - 304

10. Spinal cord compression caused by plasmocytomas. A retrospective review of 14 cases

    • Ahmėt Çolak
    • Oğuz Çataltepe
    • Aykut Erbengi

    Original articles Pages: 305 - 308

11. Intramedullary pilocytic astrocytomas — a clinical and morphological study after combined surgical and photon or neutron therapy

    • Friedhelm Rauhut
    • Volker Reinhardt
    • Heinz-Eugen Nau

    Neurooncology Pages: 309 - 313

12. International symposium on new horizons in pedriatric neurosurgery/neurology

    Announcement Pages: 314 - 314

13. Fine structural features of the cerebral microvasculature in hydrocephalic human infants: Correlated clinical observations

    • Paul Glees
    • Mahdi Hasan
    • Manfred Schwarz

    Section on child neurosurgery Pages: 315 - 321

14. The “at risk” infant

    Announcement Pages: 322 - 322

15. Spinal space occupying lesions in thalassemia major

    • Johannes Reif
    • Norbert Graf

    Case reports Pages: 323 - 331

16. Nocardial cerebral abscess cured with imipenem/amikacin and enucleation

    • Andreas Krone
    • Klaus P. Schaal
    • Bernard Schuknecht

    Case reports Pages: 333 - 340

17. Book reviews

    BookReview Pages: 341 - 342