2016 PROSE Award winner of the Best Textbook Award in Biological and Life Sciences
Provides a focused tutorial introduction to the core diseases of the nervous system
Includes comprehensive introductions to Stroke, Epilepsy,
Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, ALS,
Head and Spinal Cord Trauma, Multiple Sclerosis, Brain Tumors,
Depression, Schizophrenia and many other diseases of the nervous system
Covers more than 40 diseases from the foundational science to the best treatment protocols
Includes discussions of translational research, drug discovery, personalized medicine, ethics, and neuroscience
New Edition features two new chapters on Pain and Addiction
Table Of Contents:
Section I. Static Nervous System Diseases 1. Cerebrovascular Infarct: Stroke 2. Central Nervous System Trauma 3. Seizure Disorders and Epilepsy
Section II. Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases 4. Aging, Dementia, and Alzheimer Disease 5. Parkinson Disease 6. Diseases of Motor Neurons and Neuromuscular Junctions 7. Huntington Disease
Section III. Secondary Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases 8. Multiple Sclerosis 9. Brain Tumors 10. Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
Section IV. Developmental Neurological Conditions 11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Section V. Neuropsychiatric Illnesses 12. Mood Disorders and Depression 13. Schizophrenia 14. Pain 15. Drug Addiction
Section VI. Common Concepts in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Illnesses 16. Shared Mechanisms of Disease
Section VII. Bench-To-Bedside Translation 17. Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine
Section VIII. Neuroscience Jargon 18. "Neuro"-Dictionary
