Aimed at the basic scientist or clinician scientist teaching a course orconducting research in the basic science underlying the major neurologicaldiseases this ... » 

Aimed at the basic scientist or clinician scientist teaching a course orconducting research in the basic science underlying the major neurologicaldiseases this book provides cuttingedge research on the fundamentalmechanisms including molecular responsible for these diseases. The majorcategories of neurological disease have been covered and the chapters providespecific information about particular diseases exemplifying each of thesecategories. Sufficient clinical information is included to put into perspectivethe basic mechanisms discussed. The book includes approximately 20 topics eachdivided into several individual chapters that are exemplary of the topicalarea. The topics include the major categories of disease including metabolicneurodegenerative genetic neuroimmunological cerebrovascular paroxysmalneoplastic infectious and developmental. There are also sections on motorneuron diseases peripheral neuropathies myopathies autonomic disorderspain sleep disorders substance abuse neurological disturbances associatedwith medical diseases and techniques for imaging the nervous system. Thechapters are written by acknowledged experts in their fields and each containsappropriate tables illustrations and references. «