AMS is considered to be a neurological problem caused by changes in the central nervous system. It is basically a mild form of High Altitude Cerebral Edema (see below). Severe AMS presents as an ...

Corticosteroids decrease brain edema. In central nervous system tumors, corticosteroids have been found not only to reduce peritumoral and vasogenic brain edema, but also reduce increased ...

Decreasing edema in the vascular endothelium of ... can prevent leukocytes from becoming activated and adhering to brain cells, minimizing secondary pathologic events (Hartl et al., ...