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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book is excellent. It introduces readers to detailed, insightful information about common and complex movement disorders and will serve as a tremendous resource for current and future learners." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, Shilpa Chitnis, MD, PhD, FAAN (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas) Doody's Score: 5 Stars! "Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, 3rd Edition is a well-organized, comprehensive overview of movement disorders developed with the clinician in mind. Readers will be pleased with the relatability, easy access, and common-sense structure of the information provided, with the lagniappe of a spectacular accompanying video library. If you can't make it to Aspen, this is the next best thing." - Brian J.Copeland, Journal of the Neurological Sciences (Volume 436, 15 May 2022, 120230)
Table of ContentsSection 1: Overview 1 Clinical Overview and Phenomenology of Movement Disorders 2 Motor Control: Physiology of Voluntary and Involuntary Movements 3 Functional Neuroanatomy of the Basal Ganglia Section 2: Hypokinetic disorders 4 Parkinsonism: Clinical Features and Diagnosis 5 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Parkinson Disease 6 Medical Treatment of the Motor Features of Parkinson Disease 7 Surgical Treatment of Parkinson Disease and Other Movement Disorders 8 Non-Motor Problems in Parkinson Disease 9 Atypical Parkinsonism, Parkinsonism-Plus Syndromes and Secondary Parkinsonian Disorders 10 Tremors Section 3: Hyperkinetic disorders 11 Dystonia: Phenomenology, classification, etiology, pathology, biochemistry, and genetics 12 Treatment of Dystonia 13 Huntington Disease 14 Chorea, Ballism, and Athetosis 15 Tics and Tourette Syndrome 16 Stereotypies 17 The Tardive Syndromes: Phenomenology, Concepts on Pathophysiology and Treatment, and Other Neuroleptic-Induced Syndromes 18 Myoclonus: Phenomenology, Etiology, Physiology, and Treatment 19 Gait Disorders: Pathophysiology and Clinical Syndromes 20 Ataxia: Pathophysiology and Clinical Syndromes 21 Stiffness Syndromes 22 Wilson Disease 23 Autoimmune Movement Disorders 24 Paroxysmal Dyskinesias 25 Restless Legs Syndrome 26 Peripheral Movement Disorders 27 Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders: Phenomenology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
