The Neurosciences and the Practice of Aviation Medicine

This book brings the neurosciences to aviation and is concerned with the physiology, pathology and clinical aspects of exposure to altitude (including mountaineering), linear and angular accelerations, and circadian desynchrony. The text relates the potential effects of the environment to disorders of the central nervous system that are directly relevant to individuals operating in the aviation domain. With this integration the implications of disorders of the central nervous system to aircrew are explored and current management and therapeutics discussed.