Neurology and clinical neurophysiology Books

Book SynopsisAuthored by members of the British Bobath Tutors Association, Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitationis a practical illustrated guide that offers a detailed exploration of the theoretical underpinning and clinical interventions of the Bobath Concept. The evolution of the Bobath concept is brilliantly captured in this volume. The recognition that the best inhibition may come from engaging the patient in normal activities is an example of the way one of the notions central to the original Bobath Concept has developed. In short, the Bobath Concept lies at the heart of an approach to neurorehabilitation that is ready to take advantage of the rapidly advancing understanding, coming from neuroscience, of brain function in, in particular, of the effects of and responses to damage, and the factors that may drive recovery. It is no coincidence that neuroplasticity figures so prominently in the pages that follow.' Emeritus Professor Raymond Tallis BTrade Review"An invaluable reference." (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, March 2010)Table of ContentsForeword Prefacei Contributors Acknowledgements 1. The Bobath Concept: Developments and Current Theoretical Underpinning (Sue Raine) Introduction The founders and development of the Bobath Concept Current theory underpinning the Bobath Concept Systems approach to motor control Clinical application of the theory underpinning the Bobath Concept Summary References 2. An Understanding of Functional Movement as a Basis for Clinical Reasoning (Linzi Meadows and Jenny Williams) Introduction Normal movement versus efficient movement Compensatory strategies Motor control and motor learning Requirements of efficient movement Summary References 3. Assessment and Clinical Reasoning in the Bobath Concept (Paul Johnson) Introduction Models of clinical reasoning and the Bobath Concept Key characteristics of assessment using the Bobath Concept Basis for clinical reasoning Illustrating clinical reasoning using the Bobath Concept Summary References 4. Practice Evaluation (Helen Lindfi eld and Debbie Strang) Introduction Evaluation in the context of the International Classifi cation of Function, Disability and Health Factors influencing measurement selection Measurement properties Measures Summary References 5. Moving Between Sitting and Standing (Lynne Fletcher, Catherine Cornall and Sue Armstrong) Introduction Clinical considerations from the literature Phases of sit to stand Movements from standing to sitting Effects of ageing Sit to walk Clinical aspects Movement in functional contexts Clinical example References 6. The Control of Locomotion (Ann Holland and Mary Lynch-Ellerington) Introduction Key aspects of bipedalism The gait cycle Use of body weight support treadmill training in the Bobath Concept Assistive devices Outcome measures Summary References 7. Recovery of Upper Limb Function (Janice Champion, Chris Barber and Mary Lynch-Ellerington) Introduction The importance of postural control in upper limb function The shoulder complex Functional reach The hand Early treatment and management of the hand Assessment of the hand Contactual hand-orientating response Selective strength training of the intrinsic muscles of the hand Summary References 8. Exploring Partnerships in the Rehabilitation Setting: The 24-Hour Approach of the Bobath Concept (Clare Fraser) Partnerships in the rehabilitation environment The early days Overcoming sensory deprivation and stimulating body schema Scheduling the day – opportunities for practice Return to work Summary References Index

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Book SynopsisClinically oriented and evidence-based, Practical Guide to Chronic Pain Syndromes supplies pain specialists, neurologists, and anesthesiologists with the latest critical advances in pain management. Key features include: Sections clearly organized by specific pain syndromes Chapters with basic structural templates for fast-referencing Two supplemental sections offering in-depth discussions of medications and other treatment options Treatment recommendations for an array of syndromes, including headache/facial pain and soft-tissue, neuropathic, rheumatological, abdominal, urological, low back, and cancer-related pain The book delivers a swift and accurate diagnosis aide for the treatment of pain syndromes and the creation of treatment plans for chronic pain patients.Table of Contents1. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy 2. HIV/AIDS neuropathy 3. Central post stroke pain 4 Postherpetic neuralgia 5. Phantom limb 6. Pathophysiology of complex regional pain syndrome 7. Meralgia paresthetica 8. Compression neuropathies 9. Autonomic nervous system evaluation 10. Myofascial pain syndrome 11. Piriformis syndrome 12. Fibromyalgia 13. Mechanical low back pain 14. Neuropathic low back pain 15. Interstitial cystitis 16. Prostatitis 17. Chronic pelvic pain 18. Cancer pain 19. Palliative care 20. Electrical injury 21. Neurogenic thoracic outlet obstruction 22. Osteoarthritis 23. Non-opiate analgesics and adjuvants 24. Opioid medications 25. Legal aspects 26. Antidepressant medications 27. Anticonvulsant medications

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Book SynopsisA cultural, social, and medical history of migraine. For centuries, people have talked of a powerful bodily disorder called migraine, which currently affects about a billion people around the world. Yet until now, the rich history of this condition has barely been told. In Migraine, award-winning historian Katherine Foxhall reveals the ideas and methods that ordinary people and medical professionals have used to describe, explain, and treat migraine since the Middle Ages. Touching on classical theories of humoral disturbance and medieval bloodletting, Foxhall also describes early modern herbal remedies, the emergence of neurology, and evolving practices of therapeutic experimentation. Throughout the book, Foxhall persuasively argues that our current knowledge of migraine's neurobiology is founded on a centuries-long social, cultural, and medical history. This history, she demonstrates, continues to profoundly shape our knowledge of this complicated disease, our attitudes toward peoplTrade ReviewIn Migraine, Katherine Foxhall delivers a thorough and illuminating history of migraine that traces our endeavors to understand, treat and eliminate this painful condition we still know little about . . . Foxhall's history of migraine, unlike the self-help books, accommodates human complexity without scanting medicine's contributions to a condition that affects roughly 1 in 7 people on our planet. A lively, scholarly book about migraine, Foxhall's history is also a treatise on the human condition.—Sibbie O'Sullivan, The Washington PostKatherine Foxhall's book, Migraine: A History, is a remarkable volume on migraine and its history from the second to the 21st century . . . Written by a historian with an open mind to all aspects of migraine and medical history, the book stands alone as a current best historical work on the subject . . . For anyone with any interest in migraine, this is a must-read, and one that will be rewarded with compelling erudition, and the knowledge that the history of migraine matters a lot. I recommend it highly.—R. Allan Purdy, MD, FRCPC, Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University, Brain: A Journal of NeurologyI had not come across such a comprehensive and concise book written about [migraine] . . . This should be on the student nurse and doctor reading list and any clinician caring for patients as this is important to understand migraines and the journey along the way – we are still learning.—Jane Brown, Urgent Care Division, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust, Nursing TimesTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsNote on Terminology and NamesChapter 1. Introduction: Programmed In?Chapter 2. The "Beating of Hammers": Classical and Medieval Approaches to HemicraniaChapter 3. "Take Housleeke, and Garden Wormes": Migraine Medicine in the Early Modern HouseholdChapter 4. A "Deadly Tormenting Megrym": Expanding Markets and Changing Meanings Chapter 5. "The Pain Was Very Much Relieved and She Slept": Gender and Patienthood in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 6. "As Sharp as If Drawn with Compasses": Victorian Vision, Men of Science, and the Making of Modern Migraine Chapter 7. "A Shower of Phosphenes": Twentieth-Century Stories and the Medical Uses of History Chapter 8. "Happy Hunting Ground": Conceptual Fragmentation and Medication in the Twentieth Century Chapter 9. "If I Could Harness Pain": The Migraine Art Competitions, 1980-1987 Chapter 10. ConclusionNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA unique resource for all health care practitioners caring for people with multiple sclerosis. Endorsed by The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis CentersMultiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive neurologic disease, is characterized by a host of physical symptoms. But the neurobehavioral consequences of MS can be as devastating and debilitating as physical symptoms, and they are often unreported and undertreated. In this new book, Dr. Anthony Feinstein, a neuropsychiatrist, documents the effects of MS on cognition, information processing speed, learning and memory, executive function, personality, mood, and behavior. Feinstein touches on a number of topics, including the common cognitive challenges that occur with MS, such as slowed information processing speed, impaired memory, and executive function deficits psychiatric disorders that accompany MS, such as depression and psychosis current neuropsychological, brain MRI, and treatment data applicable to the psychiatric and cognitive disTrade ReviewAny health professional involved in the care of people with multiple sclerosis should read Feinstein's book, regardless of their specialty.—The LancetTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Paradox of Time and SpaceChapter 2. Cognition in General and Processing Speed in ParticularChapter 3. More on Processing Speed and the Tyranny of DistractionChapter 4. Learning and MemoryChapter 5. Planning and Problem SolvingChapter 6. Global Impairment and the Unraveling of PersonalityChapter 7. Sadness and IrritabilityChapter 8. More on Depression and the Causal Complexities of Enduring SadnessChapter 9. Laughter and TearsChapter 10. A Break with RealityChapter 11. The Paradox of Time and Space: ReduxReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA number of diseases and conditions that occur primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries have traditionally been neglected by the neuroscience research community.Table of ContentsTHE “GLOBAL WORLD VILLAGE” AND NEGLECTED DISEASES 1. Overview on neglected nervous system diseases: past, present and perspectives The volume editors 2. Travel, migration and neglected tropical diseases Zeno Bisoffi, Dora Buonfrate and Andrea Angheben, Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy 3. Stigma in neurological diseases at the Tropics Faustin Yepnjio, EN Tabah and Alfred Njamnshi, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 4. Nematode infections: Neurological involvement and neurobiology Yukifumi Nawa, Khon Kaen, University, Bangkok, Thailand 5. Amoebiasis: Neurological involvement and neurobiology Naveed Ahmed Khan, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan 6. Neuroschistosomiasis Teresa Cristina A Ferrari, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil 7. Neurocysticercosis: Neurology and neurobiology Arturo Carpio, University of Cuenca, Ecuador and Agnes Fleury INNN, Mexico City 8. Onchocerciasis: Neurological involvement Alfred Njamnshi and AC Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon 9. Human African trypanosomiasis: A highly neglected neurological disease Alain Buguet, Polyclinique Marie-Louise Poto-Djembo, Pointe Noire, République du Congo, Ghislain Mpanzou, Clinique Municipale Albert Leyono, Brazzaville, République du Congo, and Marina Bentivoglio, University of Verona, Verona, Italy , 10. Human African trypanosomiasis: Neurobiology Willias Masocha, Krister Kristensson and Martin Rottenberg, University of Kuwait and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 11. Chagas’ disease: Neurology and neurobiology José Rodrigues Coura, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12. Neurodegeneration in leprosy: Insights from model systems and patients Toshihiro Masaki, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, and Anura Rambukkana, University of Edinburgh, UK 13. Rabies: Neurology Alan Jackson, University of Manitoba, Canada– 14. Rabies : Neurobiology Monique Lafon, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 15. Japanese encephalitis and other arbovirus infections: Neurology and neurobiology Usha Kant Misra and Jayantee Kalita, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India NEGLECTED TOXIC DISORDERS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 16. Khat addiction: Neurology Michael Odenwald, University of Konstanz, Germany 17. Khat addiction: Neurobiology Nilesh Patel, University of Nairobi, Kenya 18. Konzo: neurology of a permanent and non-progressive motor neuron Daniel Okitundu, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo, Dieudonné Mumba, Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa & National Institute of Biomedical Research, DR Congo and Desire Tshala-Katumbay, Center for Research on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, Portland, USA 19. Food preservation, snake venoms and stroke in the Tropics Albert Akpalu, University of Accra, Ghana SEQUELS AND CONSEQUENCES 20. Infectious causes of epilepsy? Charles R. Newton, Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, Kenya, Ryan G. Wagner, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 21. Cognitive impairment and behavioural disturbances following malaria or HIV infection in childhood Michael Kihara, Amina Abubakar, Charles RJC Newton, The Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

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Book SynopsisYour brain is shrinking. Does it matter?Rethinking the Brain challenges us to think differently. Rather than just concentrating on the many wonderful things the brain can do, this entertaining insight into its complexities and contradictions asks whether in fact we can live satisfactorily without some of it.The bad news is that our brains start to shrink from our mid-thirties. But the good news is that we still seem to generally muddle along and our brain is able to adapt in extraordinary ways when things going wrong.Alexis Willett and Jennifer Barnett shed light on what the human brain can do - in both optimal and suboptimal conditions - and consider what it can manage without. Through fascinating facts and figures, case studies and hypothetical scenarios, expert interviews and scientific principles, they take us on a journey from the ancient mists of time to the far reaches of the future, via different species and lands.Is brain traini

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Book Synopsis Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Neuroscience presents essential coverage of this core basic science discipline within an integrated framework, bringing neuroanatomy and neurophysiology together and demonstrating how they are applied in a clinical context. It offers all the most popular features of the bestselling Lippincott Illustrated Reviews series, including abundant full-color, annotated illustrations, chapter overviews, an expanded outline format, chapter summaries, and review questions that link basic science to real-life clinical situations. Master state-of-the-art neuroscience information through comprehensive updates reflecting the latest research. Understand the practical applications of basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology with expanded clinical examples throughout and NEW Clinical Cases at the end of each chapter that guide you to apply your knowledge to clinical scenarios. Visualize neuroscien

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Book SynopsisWhat is a migraine? If you asked five different migraine sufferers, you'd probably get five different answers. Why? Because migraines are different for everyone. Your migraine attacks are as unique as your fingerprints and the experience you have during an attack won't be the same as anyone else's. As there's no one way to get a migraine, there's also no one way to prevent or treat them. Researchers used to think migraine was a vascular condition, or one related to the blood vessels, but it's now classed as neurological, which means it's related to the nervous system. What's more, they don't yet know what causes you to get migraines, and there's no test you can have to get diagnosed. So migraines are a bit of a mystery. Frustrating, right? Don't worry. You don't need to know why you suffer from migraines to understand how to reduce the number of attacks you get or even avoid them altogether. The aim of this book is to help you figure out the best way to prevent your migraines. The first step is to try to understand your own experience. Then you'll be able to figure out how to reduce your attacks, or even stop them altogether.

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Book SynopsisIn this "must-read" guide (Lonnie Ali), four leading doctors and advocates offer a bold action plan to prevent, care for, and treat Parkinson's disease-one of the great health challenges of our time.Brain diseases are now the world's leading source of disability. The fastest growing of these is Parkinson's: the number of impacted patients has doubled to more than six million over the last twenty-five years and is projected to double again by 2040. Harmful pesticides that increase the risk of Parkinson's continue to proliferate, many people remain undiagnosed and untreated, research funding stagnates, and the most effective treatment is now a half century old.In Ending Parkinson's Disease, four top experts provide a plan to help prevent Parkinson's, improve care and treatment, and end the silence associated with this devastating disease.

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Book SynopsisNeuroscience, 6th Edition is intended primarily for medical, premedical, and undergraduate students. The book's length and accessibility of its writing are a successful combination that has proven to work equally well for medical students and in undergraduate neuroscience courses. Being both comprehensive and authoritative, the book is also appropriate for graduate and professional use.

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Book SynopsisTerry Rummins was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 10 years ago. So, I’ve Got Parkinson’s Disease is her story and covers her diagnosis and the progression of the condition – from the first warning tremors in her right hand to her day-to-day life now. When Terry was first diagnosed she didn’t know what to expect, veering wildly between visualising herself in a wheelchair within a few months and not really believing that there was anything wrong with her. Parkinson’s is a paradoxical disorder. ‘On’ and ‘Off’ are terms used to describe the regular and debilitating changes the Parkinson’s person can experience as a result of the interaction between symptoms and medication: from feeling well to the feeling of having aged twenty years in as many minutes. Terry stresses the importance of learning which symptoms are a result of the Parkinson’s itself, which are the results of taking particular drugs and which are as a result of environmental factors such as stress and diet. Terry has written this book in the hope that describing her experience will benefit others who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and to help them understand their expectations of how the condition may affect them. This is a candid story, told with humour and contains a positive message for those recently diagnosed and those close to them. It is also for anyone interested in what happens when life presents an unpleasant surprise.

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Book SynopsisYour brain is a collection of maps. That is no metaphor: scrawled across your brain's surfaces are actual schematic images of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Scientists first began uncovering these maps over a century ago, but we are only now beginning to unlock their secrets. Our inner cartography distorts and shapes our experience of the world, supporting complex thought, and making technology-enabled mind-reading a reality. The maps in our brain invite us to view ourselves from a startling new perspective. In Brainscapes, Rebecca Schwarzlose combines unforgettable real-life stories, cutting-edge research, and vivid illustrations to reveal brain maps' surprising lessons about our place in the world - and the world's place within us.Trade ReviewEnlightening and ambitious... a book that travels into rich terrain, charted by a smart and eager tour guide * New York Times *Rebecca Schwarzlose is a neuroscientist with a novelist's literary flair. Brainscapes is a profoundly illuminating account of how the brain works - and of how the maps within our heads determine what we see, recognize, remember, and feel. It's about miracles, and it's a complete inspiration -- Cass R. Sunstein, author * Too Much Information *Clear, often vivid history * Nature *This book is the Lonely Planet travel guide to the brain. With humility, humor, and the familiarity of a local, Rebecca Schwarzlose takes you by the hand and shows you around some of the strangest landscapes of the cortex. In Brainscapes, the brain becomes an open atlas, full of illuminating maps - just one of many enlightening metaphors in this meticulously documented and artfully decorated book -- Stanislas Dehaene, author * Consciousness and the Brain *In lively prose, Schwarzlose introduces you to your inner cartographer: a complex brain that continuously constructs shifting maps of the world, charted from the perspective of your own body. These maps are not just created by you - they are you. They conjure what you feel, what you remember, and what you do -- Lisa Feldman Barrett, author * Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain *Brainscapes will change how you think about the brain and how you understand your own mind. This is a fascinating and original exploration of the physical principles that enable you to do all that you do, and be who you are -- Tali Sharot, author * The Influential Mind *In Brainscapes, Rebecca Schwarzlose takes the reader on a journey through the brain by explaining all the ways it uses 'maps' to help us experience the world and act in it. I thoroughly enjoyed this broad in scope, and beautifully written, book -- Joseph LeDoux, author * The Deep History of Ourselves *A beautiful book about one of the most fundamental properties of the brain - its ability as a mapmaker. The meat in our heads organizes and controls everything we do, from perception to emotion, action to cognition, by mapping complex information into simple spaces. Brainscapes explains that deep truth in clear, compelling language. It's a fascinating, well-told story -- Michael Graziano, author * Rethinking Consciousness *

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Book SynopsisMind & Membrain is a book that not only reveals the 'missing link' between head impacts, mental health issues and early onset dementia but also offers a new approach to mental health diagnosis and treatment. It will interest patients, carers and practitioners across the whole field of mental health. The book begins with the link between head impacts and mental health issues, and early onset dementia. The statistics are well documented and the link is now headline news for sports such as rugby and football. Yet while knocks to the head of all kinds are commonplace and the consequences for mental health are now recognised, the link remains poorly understood. No one so far appears to have grasped the crucial role of the medically neglected dura membrane that lines the skull, envelops the brain and controls the vital irrigation system of the cranium. “Membrain disorder” gives a name to a common but typically undiagnosed condition where the skull is impacted, the dura responds, and – without preventive treatment – the brain and thus the patient’s mental health are impaired, both short and long term. The book, uniquely, explains how membrain disorder can be diagnosed and then successfully treated by a hands-on approach, without drugs or surgery. The book then addresses the current crisis in mental health diagnosis and treatment. Rather than lament the situation, this book offers a solution: an original model for mental health diagnosis. Drawing on complexity theory and biology, the approach generates a practical ‘road map’ guiding a practitioner to discover the dimension of origin of a mental health issue (rather than seek the closest match to the symptoms in the quasi-official doctors’ diagnostical manual, DSM-5). Similar symptoms can have completely different origins, ranging from microscopic molecular imbalances to society-level pressures. With the dimension of origin identified, an effective treatment can be implemented. The book will interest doctors, therapists, manual practitioners and others and give hope to mental health patients, their loved ones and their carers, especially those struggling to find a solution for problems that respond neither to drugs nor talking therapies. Mind & Membrain is written for the lay person and includes personal case histories that bring the topic alive.

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Book SynopsisFunctional Neurological Disorder (FND) is one of the most common diagnoses among patients referred to neurology clinics, but is still misunderstood and under-recognised by medical professionals and the public. This vital book brings together the voices of healthcare professionals and people living with FND across the world. Experts in neurology provide a clear, evidence-based explanation of FND as an introduction, laying the foundation for the personal stories of people with FND and the professionals involved in their care. From testing and diagnosis to dealing with stigma and coping with changing symptoms, each chapter delves into the realities of life with FND from the perspective of lived experience.FND can be an isolating condition. The life stories in this book will help you to make sense of living with FND and tackle its challenges alongside others with the condition.Trade ReviewThis is such an important book and really brings home what it's like to live with FND. It gives a great understanding of FND to people who aren't aware of the impact it has. -- Lorraine Kelly CBE - FND Hope UK PatronThe mind-body connection has fascinated philosophers and neuroscientists for centuries, but its dysfunction has serious consequences which have generally been ignored by the medical community. This landmark book convincingly demonstrates that people with functional neurological disorders desperately need understanding, support, and effective therapies. -- Steven Schachter, MDBrilliantly written, this book brings the experiences of people living with and recovering from FND onto center stage. A highly recommended read for those living with FND, their family and supports, healthcare providers, and all interested in the nuanced brain-mind-body interplay. -- David L. Perez MD, MMSc Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolEveryone's FND story is unique and highlights the impact it can have on those diagnosed and their friends/family. This book will help to raise awareness, remove the stigma associated with the diagnosis and show that FND is not 'all in our heads'. -- Dawn Golder - Executive Director FND Hope UK

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive NLP Practitioner course manual ever written. A fully revised and updated edition, it contains the very latest in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, particularly with regard to the Meta-states model and the Meta-model of language. For all those embarking on Practitioner training or wishing to study at home, this book is your essential companion. Written and designed by two of the most important theorists in NLP today. CD-ROM title The User's Manual for the Brain Volume I CD, 99.99. Hardback title The User's Manual for the Brain Volume II, 39.50.Trade Review"The 'User's Manual For The Brain' by Bob and Michael is the best NLP manual ever written so far." Fausto S. Izcaray, PhD.

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Book SynopsisTitles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging) Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking) The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training, and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points New edition of the indispensable guide to performing a neurological examination, regarded the most complicated and difficult physical examination to master Brand-new photos clearly illustrate how to perform an examination in practice Fully-updated text, improved examination sequences and new references to neurosurgery Logical, sequential content: introductory chapters focus on general clinical skills, history-taking and examination. Then chapters which explain the examination of specific systems or regions. Finally, chapters on the examination of stroke and unconscious patients, neurological screening and how best to synthesise findings Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Clinical Skills in Neurology Chapter 2 – Gait and General Examination Chapter 3 – Head and Neck (Cranial Nerves) Chapter 4 - Upper Limbs Chapter 5 – Lower Limbs Chapter 6 – The Cerebellum Chapter 7 – Higher Cortical Function Chapter 8 – Autonomic Nervous system Chapter 9 – Examining a Stroke Patient Chapter 10 – Examining the Unconscious Patient Chapter 11 – The Neurological Screening Exam in 4 Minutes Chapter 12 – Synthesizing Your Findings Chapter 13 – Neurology Exam in Undergraduate Exams FURTHER READING INDEX

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Book SynopsisAs a trainee doctor, Andrew Lees was enthralled by his mentors: esteemed neurologists who combined the precision of mathematicians, the scrupulosity of entomologists and the solemnity of undertakers in their diagnoses and treatments. For them, there was no such thing as an unexplained symptom or psychosomatic problem-no difficult cases, only interesting ones-and it was only a matter of time before all disorders of the brain would be understood in terms of anatomical, electrical, and chemical connections. Today, this kind of "holistic neurology" is on the brink of extinction as a slavish adherence to protocols and algorithms-plus a worship of machines-runs the risk of destroying the key foundational clinical skills of listening, observation and imagination that have been at the heart of the discipline for over 150 years. In this series of brilliant, insightful, and autobiographical essays, Andrew Lees takes us on a kind of Sherlock Holmes tour of neurology, giving the reader insight into-and a defense of-the deep analytical tools that the best neurologists still rely on to diagnose patients: to heal minds and to fix brains.Trade Review‘A. J. Lees’s exquisitely produced Brainspotting is a gem… Alongside this genial recounting of his approach to his work, Lees offers sketches of neurologists by whom he was taught or who have influenced his thinking and recollections of institutions where he has worked… I loved this book. If ever I fall victim to a neurological disorder, I can only hope to God I come under the benign and intelligent care of Lees.’ Sally Vickers, Literary Review -- Salley Vickers * Literary Review *"A fascinating and riveting book. A.J. Lees is that rare phenomenon: a literary stylist of the first rank who combines a fine aesthetic sensibility with deep scientific knowledge... After reading this book, you will never feel the same about the words mind, body and soul." —Andrew Hussey “An exceptional compendium of marvellous phenomena that can captivate the imagination of students and neurologists to this day. . . . Lees’ writing style combines anatomical precision with ethereal poetry, which is reflected in his practice and teachings. . . . Brainspotting is a vibrant testimony of Lees’ love for clinical neurology, the value of observation in a world of randomised trials, and a melancholic battle cry against hasty, profit-driven, virtual, touchless, ‘scan-negative’ medicine. The book reminds us that the art of clinical neurology allows for remarkable discoveries nearly everywhere, provided that our senses remain open and clear.” —The Lancet “The inevitable comparison of Lees with the late, great Oliver Sacks is entirely just.” —Raymond Tallis “A subtle, brilliant and unputdownable appeal for the place of the human factor in the practise of neurology during the age of fMRI and Google. . . . A remarkable book.” —Robert McCrum

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the benefits of exercise for prevention and treatment of chronic brain disorders. It is a guide for finding the right exercise routine for each individual. The goal is to show the reader why everyone needs to exercise, especially as we get older. The brain needs physical exercise both for normal health and for preventing and treating diseases common with aging.How much exercise is needed? As we see throughout the book there is no one fits all rule with regard to the amount of exercise required. The key is to make exercise a part of one’s daily routine. The beneficial effect of exercise is transient, lasting days to weeks, so it must be a lifelong pursuit. Can we exercise too much? Anything done in excess can potentially be dangerous but with the common sense approach outlined in this book anyone, regardless of underlying health condition, can find some type of exercise that is safe and effective.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Exercise is good medicine Physicians and the “exercise pill” Exercise for health in early America Exercise and early neurology Early ideas on physical education Thomas Cureton and the science of physical education Physical fitness and sports Kenneth Cooper and aerobics Physical inactivity and poor health Physical fitness and longevity Public Health implications of physical inactivity Exercise, physical activity and physical fitness Body weight and energy metabolism Physical fitness, obesity and cardiovascular disease Aerobic versus Anaerobic Exercise Oxygen utilization and fitness Exercise training for improving fitness Before beginning exercise training In Brief References Chapter 2. Physical activity and brain evolution Hunter-Gatherer Societies Energy consumption in primitive societies The Hazda The Aché Physical activity in hunter-gatherers The Thrifty Gene Hypothesis Napoleon Chignon popularizes anthropology Physical activity and the Thrifty Gene Hypothesis The APOE gene and late onset chronic diseases The Agricultural revolution Hunter-gatherer versus agricultural lifestyle The Old Order Amish The Canadian Inuits Hunter-gatherers didn’t have it so bad The industrial revolution Physical inactivity and chronic diseases In Brief References Chapter 3. A healthy body for a sound mind Chinese martial arts Yoga and the melding of the mind and body Sparta and physical fitness Herodicus of Cnidos Hippocrates of Cos Athens and the Greek gymnasium The Olympic Games The Romans Galen The Middle Ages and the soul rules the body The age of chivalry The Renaissance John Locke Jean-Jacques Rousseau Thomas Jefferson Early exercise equipment In Brief References Chapter 4. Exercise and the developing brain Link between upright posture and increasing brain size Brain growth after birth Cerebellar expansion Human brain development Neuroplasticity and Brain Development Physical activity and brain development Exercise versus rest during pregnancy Exercise during pregnancy is beneficial to mother and child Effect of maternal exercise on fetal brain development Exercise in Infants Exercise in preadolescent children Physical fitness and academic performance Exercise in adolescent children Physical fitness and academic performance in adolescents Physical education and academic performance How does exercise influence brain development? Exercise for treating abnormal brain development In Brief References Chapter 5. Exercise, the Elixir for Learning Physical education and learning Basic mechanisms of learning How exercise improves learning Exercise and the Body-Brain Connection Research studies of exercise on learning and memory Sleep, exercise and learning Exercise “High” Green exercise Serotonin, emotions and learning Serotonin drugs and learning In Brief References Chapter 6. Exercise and the Aging Brain Energy consumption and the aging brain Early life experiences and the aging brain Genes and cognitive aging Telomere length, physical activity and aging White matter abnormalities with aging Shrinkage of the brain with aging Muscular strength and aging Exercise for prevention of falls in older people Exercise for improving cognition in older people Combining Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline In Brief References Chapter 7. Exercise For Stress, Anxiety and Depression What exactly is stress Neurobiology of stress Exercise and stress management Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Exercise for treating PTSD Anxiety Exercise for treating anxiety Depression Animal models of depression Exercise for preventing depression Exercise for treating depression In Brief References Chapter 8. Exercise and Chronic Pain Perception of pain Opioids and chronic pain Central sensitization and chronic pain Inflammation and chronic pain Chronic pain and fear avoidance Overview of exercise for chronic pain Chronic low back pain Current approach to treating chronic low back pain Exercise for treating chronic low back pain Chronic neck pain Current approach to treating chronic neck pain Exercise for treating chronic neck pain Headaches Exercise for tension-type headaches Exercise for treating migraine headaches Fibromyalgia Tender points Exercise for treating fibromyalgia In Brief References Chapter 9. Exercise and Cerebrovascular Disease Cerebral blood flow and exercise Types of strokes Exercise and stroke prevention Exercise and rehabilitation after stroke Illustrative case How does the brain recover from a stroke Delayed recovery Factors that influence recovery after stroke Goals for stroke rehabilitation In Brief References Chapter 10. Exercise and Dementia Alzheimer disease Exercise and Alzheimer disease pathology Exercise for prevention of Alzheimer disease Exercise for treating Alzheimer disease Vascular dementia Exercise and vascular disease pathology Exercise for preventing vascular dementia Exercise for treating vascular dementia Lewey body/Parkinson disease dementia Exercise and Lewey bodies Exercise for Prevention of Parkinson disease Exercise for Treating Parkinson disease Dementia due to tau protein aggregation Exercise for preventing and treating tauopathies In Brief References

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Book SynopsisWhat altered states of consciousness—the dissolution of feelings of time and self—can tell us about the mystery of consciousness.During extraordinary moments of consciousness—shock, meditative states and sudden mystical revelations, out-of-body experiences, or drug intoxication—our senses of time and self are altered; we may even feel time and self dissolving. These experiences have long been ignored by mainstream science, or considered crazy fantasies. Recent research, however, has located the neural underpinnings of these altered states of mind. In this book, neuropsychologist Marc Wittmann shows how experiences that disturb or widen our everyday understanding of the self can help solve the mystery of consciousness.Wittmann explains that the relationship between consciousness of time and consciousness of self is close; in extreme circumstances, the experiences of space and self intensify and weaken together. He considers the emergence of the

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Book SynopsisRecent innovations, including deep brain stimulation and new medications, have significantly improved the lives of people who have Parkinson's disease. Nevertheless, patients and families continue to face many challenges. This book is suitable for reliable advice about medical, emotional, and physical issues.Trade ReviewThe best comprehensive guide on Parkinson's disease I have ever read. If I were suggesting a book for my primary care physician to read on Parkinson's disease, this would be the one. APDA Young Parkinson's Newsletter Patients and their loved ones will find this practical guide the perfect complement to a physician's care. Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsPrefacePart I: Introduction1. What Is Parkinson's Disease?2. Who Gets Parkinson's Disease?Part II: Signs and Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease3. Early Symptoms4. Moderate Parkinson's Disease5. Advanced Parkinson's Disease6. Behavioral Changes and Psychiatric Symptoms7. Young-Onset Parkinson's DiseasePart III: Diagnosing Parkinson's Disease8. How a Diagnosis Is Made9. Types of Parkinsonism10. Diagnosing Other Neurologic ProblemsPart IV: Treatment of Parkinson's Disease11. How the Brain Works and How TreatmentWorks12. Choosing the Correct Medications13. Drug Therapies14. Exercise and Rehabilitation Therapy15. Diet and Complementary/AlternativeTherapies16. Surgical TreatmentsPart V: Other Issues17. Illness, Hospitalization, and Parkinson's Disease18. Parkinson's Disease Research19. Questions and AnswersResourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisRemarkable atlas provides exceptionally detailed, clinically relevant anatomic knowledge! Thieme Atlas of Anatomy: Head, Neck, and Neuroanatomy, Third Edition, Latin Nomenclature, by renowned educators Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, and Udo Schumacher, along with consulting editors Cristian Stefan and Hugo Zeberg, expands on prior editions with hundreds of new images and significant updates to the neuroanatomy content. Head and neck sections encompass the bones, ligaments, joints, muscles, lymphatic system, organs, related neurovascular structures, and topographical and sectional anatomy. The neuroanatomy section covers the histology of nerve and glial cells and autonomic nervous system, then delineates different areas of the brain and spinal cord, followed by sectional anatomy and functional systems. The final section features a glossary and expanded CNS synopses, featuring six new topics, from neurovascular structures of the nose to the pharynx. Key Features Labels and anatomic terminology are in Latin nomenclature Nearly 1,800 images including extraordinarily realistic illustrations by Markus Voll and Karl Wesker, photographs, diagrams, tables, and succinct clinical applications make this the perfect study and teaching resource Expanded clinical references include illustrated summary tables and synopses of motor and sensory pathways Neuroanatomy additions include an in-depth overview and content focused on functional circuitry and pathways Online images with "labels-on and labels-off" capability are ideal for review and self-testing This visually stunning atlas is an essential companion for medical students or residents interested in pursuing head and neck subspecialties or furthering their knowledge of neuroanatomy. It will also benefit dental and physical therapy students, as well as physicians and physical therapists seeking an image-rich clinical resource to consult in practice. The THIEME Atlas of Anatomy series also includes two additional volumes, General Anatomy and Musculoskeletal System and Internal Organs. All volumes of the THIEME Atlas of Anatomy series are available in softcover English/International nomenclature and in hardcover with Latin nomenclature. This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.Table of ContentsA Head and Neck 1 Overview 2 Bones, Ligaments, and Joints 3 Classification of the Muscles 4 Classification of the Neurovascular Structures 5 Organs and Their Neurovascular Structures 6 Topographical Anatomy 7 Sectional Anatomy B Neuroanatomy 1 Introduction to Neuroanatomy 2 Histology of Nerve and Glial Cells 3 Autonomic Nervous System 4 Meninges of the Brain and Spinal Cord 5 Ventricular System and Cerebrospinal Fluid 6 Telencephalon 7 Diencephalon 8 Brainstem 9 Cerebellum 10 Blood Vessels of the Brain 11 Spinal Cord 12 Sectional Anatomy of the Brain 13 Functional Systems C CNS: Glossary and Synopsis 1 Glossary 2 Synopsis

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Book Synopsis The Brain chart is one of our most popular classic charts. This chart features clearly drawn and labeled illustrations of the brain.Includes: large illustration of the base of the brain - cranial nerves large illustration of base of the brain - vessels lateral view of the arteries of the brain sagittal section view of the arteries of the brain coronal section of the brain circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - illustration with explanation somatotopic organization of the cerebrum lobes of the brain limbic system ventricles of the brain - lateral and axial views detail of the Circle of Willis detail of meninges of the brain Made in the USA.Available in the following versions : 20' x 26' heavy paper laminated with grommets at top corners ISBN 9781587791055 20' x 26' heavy paper ISBN 9781587791062

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Book SynopsisPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.200 interactive brain imaging cases deliver the best board review possible!Part of McGraw-Hillâs Radiology Case Review Series, this unique resource challenges you to look at a group of images, determine the diagnosis, answer related questions, and gauge your knowledge by reviewing the answer. It all adds up to the best review of brain imaging imaging availableâone thatâs ideal for certification or recertification, or as an incomparable clinical refresher. Distinguished by a cohesive 2-page design, each volume in this series is filled with cases, annotated images, questions & answers, pearls, and relevant literature references that will efficiently prepare you for virtually any exam topic. Radiology and neurology residents and fellows, medical

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Book SynopsisClinically oriented and student-friendly, Basic Clinical Neuroscience provides the anatomic and pathophysiologic basis necessary to understand neurologic abnormalities. This concise but comprehensive text emphasizes the localization of specific medically important anatomic structures and clinically important pathways, using anatomy-enhancing illustrations. Updated throughout to reflect recent advances in the field, the Third Edition features new clinical boxes, over 100 additional review questions, and striking full color artwork.Features Include: Clinical Connection boxes Review questions at the end of each chapter and detailed answers in the back of the book An entire chapter on locating lesions An atlas of myelin-stained sections Unique, hand-drawn, full color artwork A glossary of key terms

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Book SynopsisDeveloping a cybernetic model of subjectivity and personhood that honors disability experiences to reconceptualize the category of the human Twentieth-century neuroscience fixed the brain as the basis of consciousness, the self, identity, individuality, even life itself, obscuring the fundamental relationships between bodies and the worlds that they inhabit. In Unraveling, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer draws on narratives of family and individual experiences with neurological disorders, paired with texts by neuroscientists and psychiatrists, to decenter the brain and expose the ableist biases in the dominant thinking about personhood. Unraveling articulates a novel cybernetic theory of subjectivity in which the nervous system is connected to the world it inhabits rather than being walled off inside the body, moving beyond neuroscientific, symbolic, and materialist approaches to the self to focus instead on such concepts as animation, modularity, and facilitation. It does so through close readings of memoirs by individuals who lost their hearing or developed trauma-induced aphasia, as well as family members of people diagnosed as autistic—texts that rethink modes of subjectivity through experiences with communication, caregiving, and the demands of everyday life. Arguing for a radical antinormative bioethics, Unraveling shifts the discourse on neurological disorders from such value-laden concepts as “quality of life” to develop an inclusive model of personhood that honors disability experiences and reconceptualizes the category of the human in all of its social, technological, and environmental contexts.Trade Review"Unraveling is a work of cultural reimagination. Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer knits together neurological, psychiatric, and neuroscientific theories about ‘the brain’ in this broad-based inquiry into ‘communicative disorders.’ He insists that the many possibilities and blocked channels of communication depend on the interdependency of subject, personhood, family, community, and polity. He joins leading scholars in disability studies and feminist theory, illuminating the thoroughly social nature of all embodied communication and thus its ethical and political reliance on making a world where differences are welcome."—Rayna Rapp, New York University"This is a book for our times—a deep dive into the problematics of personhood in relationship to the neurological. This book, alluringly readable, vigorously challenges our conceptions of what makes a human being human and advocates for an anti-neoliberal vision of complex selfhood that is not dependent on predictable norms. While this subject could lend itself to predictable advocacy, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer stays ahead of the reader's assumptions and provides a new and thoughtful way of conceiving big questions concerning the very definitions of life, thought, value, and ethics. A must read for anyone interested in neurodivergence and disability in general."—Lennard J. Davis, author of Obsession: A HistoryTable of ContentsContentsPreface: Blind-Man-and-WorldIntroduction: Let’s Build a New Nervous System1. Neurological Subjectivity: How Neuroscience Makes and Unmakes People through Neurological Disorder2. Symbolic Subjectivity: How Psychoanalysis and the Communication of Meaning Disable Individuals3. Materialist Subjectivity: How Technology and Material Environments Make Personhood Possible4. Cybernetic Subjectivity: The Fusion of Body, Symbol, and Environment in the Facilitated Person5. Facilitated Subjectivity, Affective Bioethics, and the Nervous SystemEpilogue: Living and Dying in the Nervous System AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously ofrozeno patients u young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William Langston, recognizing the symptoms of advanced ParkinsonAEs disease, administered L-dopa u the only known effective treatment u and ounfrozeo his patient. Dr. Langston determined that this patient and five others had all used the same tainted batch of synthetic heroin, inadvertently laced with a toxin that had destroyed an area of their brains essential to normal movement. This same area, the substantia nigra, slowly deteriorates in ParkinsonAEs disease. As scientists raced to capitalize on this breakthrough, Dr. Langston struggled to salvage the lives of his frozen patients, for whom L-dopa provided only short-term relief. The solution he found lay in the most daring area of research: fetal-tissue transplants. The astonishing recovery of two of his patients garnered worldwide press coverage, helped overturn federal restrictions on fetal-tissue research, and offered hope to millions suffering from ParkinsonAEs, AlzheimerAEs, and other degenerative brain disorders. This is the story behind the headline u a spellbinding account that brings to life the intellectual excitement, ethical dilemmas, and fierce competitiveness of medical research. This new updated edition of the classic neurological mystery tale, oThe Case of the Frozen Addicts,o illuminates how the solution to a baffling mystery of the brainAEs chemistry opened a new frontier in medicine and restored life to people without hope. oIt begins with a series of quixotic discoveries, escalates to providing possible solutions for one of humanityAEs most intractable medical problems, and then catapults the reader into the center of AmericaAEs hottest political arena u abortion and fetal sanctity. Bravo! A brilliant read. o u Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague oI could not put it downa it is the lives of the aefrozen addictsAE themselves u and the fullness with which this is presented u which makes the whole thing overwhelming. o u Oliver Sacks o[Langston and Palfreman] weave a highly readable and spellbinding medical detective talea It is as absorbing as a good mystery, as entertaining as an exciting novel, and as enlightening as a good biography. o u Stanley Fahn, New England Journal of Medicine Previously published in 1995 by Pantheon Books

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Book SynopsisAffecting an estimated 2.5 million people worldwide, multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological cause of debilitation in young adults. Incurable, and with the precise causes still unknown, both diagnosis and management of the condition is complicated. This book summarizes the latest understanding of the causes of the disease, using accessible, bullet-point text to describe key clinical features and diagnostic criteria. Disease-modifying therapies and management of symptoms, including fatigue, tremor and cognitive changes, are covered in detail. With a chapter focusing solely on presentations in the emergency room, the importance of recognizing these neurological emergencies is emphasised, along with indications for admission in MS patients. The impact of MS on women''s reproductive health and the increasing recognition of MS in pediatric patients is also explored. An up-to-date and practical approach to the accurate diagnosis and management of MS, this is an invaluable resTrade Review'This book is a very useful tool for clinicians and a welcome addition to the scant publications that solely focus on multiple sclerosis. It is a cost-effective reference that could fit in a white coat and allow medical students and residents to shine on rounds and ace their exam questions on multiple sclerosis.' Olivia K. Gruder, Doody'sTable of Contents1. Autoimmune CNS Emergencies; 2. Clinical Features of MS; 3. MS Phenotypes; 4. Diagnostic Evaluation; 5. Differential Diagnosis; 6. Neuroimaging in Multiple Sclerosis and its Mimics; 7. Disease-Modifying Therapies (DMT's); 8. Treatment Goals; 9. Symptomatic Management; 10. Reproductive Issues; 11. Pediatric MS; 12. Useful Websites; Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThe Brain Behind Sleep.- Understanding the Essence of Sleep.- The Circadian Rhythm.- Sleep Labs: How We Study Sleep.- Inside the Sleeping Brain: From Chemistry to Dreams.- Nutrition and Sleep: Dietary Influences on Rest.- Sleep as a Key Pillar for Health Optimization.- Sleep and Cognitive Performance: Learning, Memory, and Mental Clarity.- Sleep’s Role in Mental Health.- Stress, Sleep, and the Body's Adaptive Response.- Immunity and Rest.- Sleep's Influence on Your Metabolism.- The Cardiovascular Importance of Quality Sleep.- How Sleep Supports Brain Health.- When Work Disrupts Sleep: Occupational Health Consequences.- Balancing Between Too Little and Too Much Sleep.- Sleep’ Role in Productivity, Leadership, and the Economy.- The Crucial Role of Sleep for Athletes.- The World of Sleep Disorders.- Customizing Sleep Treatments: A Targeted Approach to Health.- Insomnia.- Sleep Apnea.- Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder.- Circadian Rhythm Disorders.- Parasomnias.- Better Sleep at Home.- Future of Sleep Science.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a book for any clinician or neuroscientist looking for an introduction into the field of neurology. There are few if no other books that cover both clinical and research aspects of neurology this seamlessly. Given the fast-paced advances in the field of neurology an updated edition is justified." --© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Sridhar S Yaddanapudi, MD, reviewer, expert opinionTable of ContentsSection I. Static Nervous System Diseases1. Cerebrovascular Infarct: Stroke2. Central Nervous System Trauma3. Seizure Disorders and Epilepsy Section II. Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases4. Aging, Dementia, and Alzheimer Disease5. Parkinson Disease6. Diseases of Motor Neurons and Neuromuscular Junctions7. Huntington Disease Section III. Secondary Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases8. Multiple Sclerosis9. Brain Tumors10. Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System Section IV. Developmental Neurological Conditions11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders Section V. Neuropsychiatric Illnesses12. Mood Disorders and Depression13. Schizophrenia14. Pain15. Drug Addiction Section VI. Common Concepts in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Illnesses16. Shared Mechanisms of Disease Section VII. Bench-To-Bedside Translation17. Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine Section VIII. Neuroscience Jargon18. "Neuro"-Dictionary

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Book SynopsisSpontaneous resting-state fluctuations in neuronal activity offer insights into the inherent organization of the human brain, and may provide markers for diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used to investigate intrinsic functional connectivity networks, which are identified based on similarities in the signal measured from different brain regions.From data acquisition to interpretation of results, Introduction to Resting State fMRI Functional Connectivity discusses a wide range of approaches without requiring any previous knowledge of resting state fMRI, making it highly accessible to readers from a broad range of backgrounds. Supplemented with online datasets and examples to enable the reader to obtain hands-on experience working with real data, this primer provides a practical and approachable introduction for those new to the field of resting state fMRI.The Oxford Neuroimaging Primers are short texts aimed at new researchers or advanced undergraduates from the biological, medical or physical sciences. They are intended to provide a thorough understanding of the ways in which neuroimaging data can be analyzed and how that relates to acquisition and interpretation. Each primer has been written so that it is a stand-alone introduction to a particular area of neuroimaging, and the primers also work together to provide a comprehensive foundation for this increasingly influential field.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Data Acquisition 3: Data Preprocessing 4: Voxel-based Connectivity Analyses 5: Node-based Connectivity Analyses 6: Interpretation

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Book SynopsisNow in paperback, the Oxford Textbook of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia covers the dramatic developments that have occurred in the basic neuroscience and clinical research in both cognitive neurology and dementia in an integrated fashion. The text is firmly based on the clinical approach to the patient with cognitive impairment and dementia, while also providing the essential background scientific knowledge that is fundamental to clinical practice.Divided into three main sections, this book combines the basic science (Section 1) with different types of cognitive deficit or neuropsychological presentation (Section 2), and disease specific chapters (Section 3).With contributions from a range of international experts, this is essential reading for clinicians with an interest in cognition and dementia including neurologists, geriatricians and psychiatrists. It provides a powerful means of bringing together different aspects of conceptual understanding and factual knowledge, in a way thatTable of ContentsSection 1: Normal cognitive function 1: Charles Gross: Historical aspects of neurology 2: Giovanna Zamboni: Functional specialisation and network connectivity in brain function 3: Teresa Torralva, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Agustin Ibañez, and Facundo Manes: The frontal lobes 4: Morgan D. Barense, Jason D. Warren, Timothy J. Bussey, and Lisa M. Saksida: The temporal lobes 5: Masud Husain: Parietal cortex 6: Geraint Rees: The human occipital lobe 7: James Rowe and Timothy Rittman: The basal ganglia in cognitive disorders 8: Marco Catani: Principles of white matter organization 9: Trevor W. Robbins: Neurochemistry of cognition Section 2: Cognitive dysfunction 10: Seyed A Sajjadi and Peter J. Nestor: Bedside assessment of cognition 11: Diana Caine and Sebastian Crutch: Neuropsychological assessment 12: Dalia Abou Zeky and Argye E. Hillis: Acquired disorders of language and speech 13: Lara Harris, Kate Humphreys, Ellen M. Migo, and Michael D. Kopelman: Memory disorders 14: Anna Katharina Schaadt and Georg Kerkhoff: Vision and visual processing deficits 15: Paolo Bartolomeo and Raffaella Migliaccio: Disorders of attentional processes 16: Georg Goldenberg: Apraxia 17: Marinella Cappelletti: The neuropsychology of acquired calculation disorders 18: Alexander P. Leff: Disorders of reading and writing 19: Dylan Wint and Jeffrey Cummings: Neuropsychiatric aspects of cognitive impairment Section 3: Cognitive impairment and dementia 20: Thais Minett and Carol Brayne: Epidemiology of dementias 21: Jonathan M. Schott, Nick C. Fox, and Martin N. Rossor: Assessment and investigation of the cognitively impaired adult 22: Barbara C. van Munster, Sophia de Rooij, and Sharon K. Inouye: Delirium, drugs, toxins 23: Sam Nightingale, Benedict Daniel Michael, and Tom Solomon: CNS infections 24: Nicholas J. C. Smith and Timothy M. Cox: Metabolic dementia 25: Geert Jan Biessels and Philip Scheltens: Vascular cognitive impairment 26: Sergi Martinez-Ramirez, Steven M. Greenberg, and Anand Viswanathan: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and CNS vasculitis 27: Maria A. Ron: CNS inflammatory causes: Multiple sclerosis 28: Sarosh R. Irani, Thomas D. Miller, and Angela Vincent: CNS inflammatory causes: Autoimmune encephalitis 29: Tamas Revesz, Tammaryn Lashley, and Janice L. Holton: Pathology of degenerative dementias 30: Rita Guerreiro and Jose Bras: Genetics of degenerative dementias 31: Davina J. Hensman Moss, Nicholas W. Wood, and Sarah J. Tabrizi: Other genetic causes of cognitive impairment 32: Bruno Dubois and Olga Uspenskaya: Changing concepts and new definitions for Alzheimer's disease 33: Susan Rountree and Rachelle S. Doody: Presentation and Management of Alzheimer's disease 34: Jonathan D. Rohrer and Jason D. Warren: Primary progressive aphasia 35: Bruce Miller and Soo Jin Yoon: Frontotemporal dementia 36: Hasmet A. Hanagasi, Basar Bilgiç, and Murat Emre: Dementia with lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia 37: Elizabeth A. Coon and Keith A. Josephs: Corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, argyrophilic grain disease and rarer neurodegenerative diseases 38: Simon Mead, Peter Rudge, and John Collinge: Prion diseases 39: David J. Sharp, Simon Fleminger, and Jane Powell: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) 40: Tom Foltynie and Ludvic Zrinzo: Neurosurgery for cognitive disorders 41: Philip D. Harvey: Cognition in severe mental illness: Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression Section 1: Normal cognitive function 1: Charles Gross: Historical aspects of neurology 2: Giovanna Zamboni: Functional specialisation and network connectivity in brain function 3: Teresa Torralva, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Agustin Ibañez, and Facundo Manes: The frontal lobes 4: Morgan D. Barense, Jason D. Warren, Timothy J. Bussey, and Lisa M. Saksida: The temporal lobes 5: Masud Husain: Parietal cortex 6: Geraint Rees: The human occipital lobe 7: James Rowe and Timothy Rittman: The basal ganglia in cognitive disorders 8: Marco Catani: Principles of white matter organization 9: Trevor W. Robbins: Neurochemistry of cognition Section 2: Cognitive dysfunction 10: Seyed A Sajjadi and Peter J. Nestor: Bedside assessment of cognition 11: Diana Caine and Sebastian Crutch: Neuropsychological assessment 12: Dalia Abou Zeky and Argye E. Hillis: Acquired disorders of language and speech 13: Lara Harris, Kate Humphreys, Ellen M. Migo, and Michael D. Kopelman: Memory disorders 14: Anna Katharina Schaadt and Georg Kerkhoff: Vision and visual processing deficits 15: Paolo Bartolomeo and Raffaella Migliaccio: Disorders of attentional processes 16: Georg Goldenberg: Apraxia 17: Marinella Cappelletti: The neuropsychology of acquired calculation disorders 18: Alexander P. Leff: Disorders of reading and writing 19: Dylan Wint and Jeffrey Cummings: Neuropsychiatric aspects of cognitive impairment Section 3: Cognitive impairment and dementia 20: Thais Minett and Carol Brayne: Epidemiology of dementias 21: Jonathan M. Schott, Nick C. Fox, and Martin N. Rossor: Assessment and investigation of the cognitively impaired adult 22: Barbara C. van Munster, Sophia de Rooij, and Sharon K. Inouye: Delirium, drugs, toxins 23: Sam Nightingale, Benedict Daniel Michael, and Tom Solomon: CNS infections 24: Nicholas J. C. Smith and Timothy M. Cox: Metabolic dementia 25: Geert Jan Biessels and Philip Scheltens: Vascular cognitive impairment 26: Sergi Martinez-Ramirez, Steven M. Greenberg, and Anand Viswanathan: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and CNS vasculitis 27: Maria A. Ron: CNS inflammatory causes: Multiple sclerosis 28: Sarosh R. Irani, Thomas D. Miller, and Angela Vincent: CNS inflammatory causes: Autoimmune encephalitis 29: Tamas Revesz, Tammaryn Lashley, and Janice L. Holton: Pathology of degenerative dementias 30: Rita Guerreiro and Jose Bras: Genetics of degenerative dementias 31: Davina J. Hensman Moss, Nicholas W. Wood, and Sarah J. Tabrizi: Other genetic causes of cognitive impairment 32: Bruno Dubois and Olga Uspenskaya: Changing concepts and new definitions for Alzheimer's disease 33: Susan Rountree and Rachelle S. Doody: Presentation and Management of Alzheimer's disease 34: Jonathan D. Rohrer and Jason D. Warren: Primary progressive aphasia 35: Bruce Miller and Soo Jin Yoon: Frontotemporal dementia 36: Hasmet A. Hanagasi, Basar Bilgiç, and Murat Emre: Dementia with lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease dementia 37: Elizabeth A. Coon and Keith A. Josephs: Corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, multiple system atrophy, argyrophilic grain disease and rarer neurodegenerative diseases 38: Simon Mead, Peter Rudge, and John Collinge: Prion diseases 39: David J. Sharp, Simon Fleminger, and Jane Powell: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) 40: Tom Foltynie and Ludvic Zrinzo: Neurosurgery for cognitive disorders 41: Philip D. Harvey: Cognition in severe mental illness: Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsMarshall et al.: On Call Neurology, 4th edition Introduction 1. Approach to the Neurologic Patient on Call: History Taking, Differential Diagnosis, and Anatomic Localization 2. The Neurologic Examiniation 3. Diagnostic Studies Patient-Related Problems: The Common Calls 4. Acute Seizures and Status Epilepticus 5. Stupor and Coma 6. Acute Stroke 7. Spinal Cord Compression 8. Delirium and Amnesia 9. Head Injury 10. Focal Mass Lesions 11. Ataxia and Gait Failure 12. Acute Visual Disturbances 13. Increased Intracranial Pressure 14. Dizziness and Vertigo 15. Headache 16. Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure 17. Syncope 18. Pain Syndromes 19. Brain Death Selected Neurologic Disorders 20. Nerve and Muscle Diseases 21. Demyelinating and Inflammatory Disorders of the Central Nervous System 22. Infections of the Central Nervous System 23. Neuro-oncology 24. Cerebrovascular Disease 25. Movement Disorders 26. Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders 27. Pediatric Neurology 28. Dementia Appendices On-Call Formulary

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION I - Clinical Evaluation Clinical Neurologic Evaluation Laboratory Testing in Neurology Neuroimaging in Neurologic Disorders SECTION II - Cranial Nerves Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Cranial Nerve II: Optic Nerve and Visual System Cranial Nerves III, IV, and VI: Oculomotor, Trochlear, and Abducens Nerves: Ocular Mobility and Pupils Cranial Nerve V: Trigeminal Cranial Nerve VII: Facial Cranial Nerve VIII: Auditory and Vestibular Cranial Nerves IX and X: Glossopharyngeal and Vagus Cranial Nerves XI and XII: Accessory and Hypoglossal SECTION III - Neurologic Emergencies and Critical Care Neurologic Emergencies and Neurocritical Care Coma, Vegetative State, and Brain Death SECTION IV - Cerebrovascular Diseases Anatomic Aspects of Cerebral Circulation Ischemic Stroke Intracerebral Hemorrhage Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Cerebral Venous Thrombosis SECTION V - Trauma Trauma to the Brain Trauma to the Spine and Spinal Cord SECTION VI - Headache and Pain Primary and Secondary Headache Pain Pathophysiology and Management SECTION VII - Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders Epilepsy Sleep Disorders SECTION VIII - Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders Neurocognitive Examination Delirium and Acute Encephalopathies Dementia: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Frontotemporal Lobar Dementia, Vascular Dementia SECTION IX - Movement Disorders and Gait Hypokinetic Movement Disorders Parkinson Disease Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes Tremors Dystonia Chorea Myoclonus Tic Disorders Miscellaneous Movement Disorders and Therapy Medication-Induced Movement Disorders Psychogenic Movement Disorders Surgical Treatment of Movement Disorders Gait Disorders SECTION X - Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Disorders Multiple Sclerosis Other Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disorders SECTION XI - Psychiatric Disorders Mood and Psychotic Disorders Other Psychiatric Disorders SECTION XII - Nutritional Disorders, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Dependence SECTION XIII - Infectious Diseases Bacterial Diseases Viral Diseases Parasitic and Fungal Disorders and Neurosarcoidosis Neurosarcoidosis Infections in the Immunocompromised Host SECTION XIV - Neuro-Oncology Brain Tumors Spinal Cord Tumors Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders SECTION XV - Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System Autonomic Disorders Syncope SECTION XVI - Spinal Cord Disorders Anatomic Aspects of Spinal Cord Disorders Myelopathies SECTION XVII - Radiculopathies and Plexopathies Cervical Radiculopathy Lumbar Radiculopathy Back Pain Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies SECTION XVIII - Mononeuropathies Mononeuropathies of the Upper Extremities Mononeuropathies of the Lower Extremities SECTION XIX - Motor Neuron Disorders Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Other Motor Neuron Diseases and Motor Neuropathies SECTION XX - Neuromuscular Hyperactivity Disorders Stiff-Person Syndrome Other Peripheral Hyperexcitability Syndromes SECTION XXI - Polyneuropathies Hereditary Polyneuropathies Acquired Polyneuropathies SECTION XXII - Neuromuscular Transmission Disorders Myasthenia Gravis Other Neuromuscular Transmission Disorders SECTION XXIII - Myopathies Hereditary Myopathies Acquired Myopathies

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Chapter 1 External Anatomy of the Brain Introduction Brain and Spinal Cord Multiple Views of a Single Brain Lateral and Superior Surfaces Inferior Surface Medial and Inferior Surfaces Insula Cerebellum Brainstem Chapter 2 Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels S4 L2 T10 C8 C3 Chapter 3 Transverse Sections of the Brainstem Introduction Schematic Cross Sections Blood Supply Cranial Nerve Nuclei Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Spinomedullary junction Caudal medulla Rostral medulla Pontomedullary junction Caudal pons Midpons Rostral pons Caudal midbrain Rostral midbrain Far rostral midbrain Chapter 4 Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions Introduction Step-by-Step Reconstruction Chapter 5 Coronal Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Striatum, anterior limb of the internal capsule Anterior commissure Anterior thalamus, ansa lenticularis Amygdala, mammillary bodies Anterior hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus Posterior thalamus, red nucleus Posterior thalamus, geniculate nuclei Posterior thalamus, pulvinar Atrium of the lateral ventricle Chapter 6 Axial Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Uncus, optic chiasm Hypothalamus, superior cerebellar peduncle Striatum, deep cerebellar nuclei Anterior commissure, subthalamic nucleus Interventricular foramen, posterior commissure Midthalamus Roof of the third ventricle Transverse fissure, internal cerebral veins Chapter 7 Sagittal Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Putamen, hippocampus Hippocampus, amygdala Globus pallidus, internal capsule, thalamus Caudate nucleus, dentate nucleus Mammillothalamic tract, superior cerebellar peduncle Medial thalamus, column of the fornix Mammillary body, body of the fornix Near the midline Chapter 8 Functional Systems Detailed Contents Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei Visceral Afferents and Efferents Basal Ganglia Cerebellum Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex Hypothalamus and Limbic System Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems Chapter 9 Clinical Imaging Introduction Computed Tomography Without contrast With contrast Pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Introduction Coronal T1-weighted MRIs Axial T1-weighted MRIs Sagittal and parasaggital T1-weighted MRIs Pathology Angiography Introduction Internal carotid angiograms Vertebral-basilar angiograms Pathology Chapter 10 Neuropathology Imaging [Add headings] Glossary Contents Chapter 1 External Anatomy of the Brain Introduction Brain and Spinal Cord Multiple Views of a Single Brain Lateral and Superior Surfaces Inferior Surface Medial and Inferior Surfaces Insula Cerebellum Brainstem Chapter 2 Transverse Sections of the Spinal Cord Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels S4 L2 T10 C8 C3 Chapter 3 Transverse Sections of the Brainstem Introduction Schematic Cross Sections Blood Supply Cranial Nerve Nuclei Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Spinomedullary junction Caudal medulla Rostral medulla Pontomedullary junction Caudal pons Midpons Rostral pons Caudal midbrain Rostral midbrain Far rostral midbrain Chapter 4 Building a Brain: Three-Dimensional Reconstructions Introduction Step-by-Step Reconstruction Chapter 5 Coronal Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Striatum, anterior limb of the internal capsule Anterior commissure Anterior thalamus, ansa lenticularis Amygdala, mammillary bodies Anterior hippocampus, subthalamic nucleus Posterior thalamus, red nucleus Posterior thalamus, geniculate nuclei Posterior thalamus, pulvinar Atrium of the lateral ventricle Chapter 6 Axial Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Uncus, optic chiasm Hypothalamus, superior cerebellar peduncle Striatum, deep cerebellar nuclei Anterior commissure, subthalamic nucleus Interventricular foramen, posterior commissure Midthalamus Roof of the third ventricle Transverse fissure, internal cerebral veins Chapter 7 Sagittal Sections Introduction Guided Tour Enlargements of Selected Levels Putamen, hippocampus Hippocampus, amygdala Globus pallidus, internal capsule, thalamus Caudate nucleus, dentate nucleus Mammillothalamic tract, superior cerebellar peduncle Medial thalamus, column of the fornix Mammillary body, body of the fornix Near the midline Chapter 8 Functional Systems Detailed Contents Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord and Brainstem Sensory Systems of the Brainstem and Forebrain Cranial Nerve Motor Nuclei Visceral Afferents and Efferents Basal Ganglia Cerebellum Thalamus and Cerebral Cortex Hypothalamus and Limbic System Chemically Coded Neuronal Systems Chapter 9 Clinical Imaging Introduction Computed Tomography Without contrast With contrast Pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Introduction Coronal T1-weighted MRIs Axial T1-weighted MRIs Sagittal and parasaggital T1-weighted MRIs Pathology Angiography Introduction Internal carotid angiograms Vertebral-basilar angiograms Pathology Chapter 10 Neuropathology Imaging [Add headings] Glossary

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Speech-Language Neurology 2. Organization of the Nervous System I 3. Organization of the Nervous System II 4. Neuronal Function in the Nervous System 5. Neurosensory Organization 6. Neuromotor Control of Speech 7. The Cranial Nerves 8. Clinical Speech Syndromes of the Motor Systems 9. Central Language Mechanisms and Learning 10. Adult Disorders of Language 11. Pediatrics: The Developing Brain 12. Pediatric Clinical Speech Syndromes 13. Pediatric Disorders of Language Appendix A: Medical Conditions Related to Communication Disorders Appendix B: Bedside Neurologic Examination Appendix C: Screening Neurologic Examination for Speech- Language Pathology Glossary Index

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