Acknowledgments
We wish to acknowledge the great secretarial help of Cindy
Burchfield and Ginger Lindsey, and the excellent artwork of
Jason Peck. We also acknowledge the contribution of Joseph
Null and Mariallen Shadle for excellent histology work and
photography.
We extend our sincere appreciation to Dr. Michael Cart-
wright and Dr. Francis Walker for providing great ultra-
sound figures.
Finally, we want to acknowledge the excellent and dedi-
cated collaboration from the authors of the different chap-
ters, and express gratitude to Wesley Neurology and UTHSC
for their support, and to Kathleen Nahm and Nadhiya Sekar
at Elsevier for editorial help.
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