Contains Companion CD-ROM and 400+ illustrations

Sound work offering a broad appreciation of neurological treatment.

A study text written in accordance with the American Board of Neurology & Psychiatry examinations.

Key Features

• Includes practical, evidence-based approaches from an internationally renowned team of authors


• Zeroes in on what you really need to know with helpful tables that highlight links between neurological anatomy, diagnostic studies, and therapeutic procedures


• Offers a logical, clinically relevant format so you can find the answers you need quickly

New to this Edition

• Features a new, updated design for easier reference


• Includes new full-color images and updated illustrations to facilitate comprehension of important concepts


• Features updated chapters on the latest genetic- and immunologic-based therapies, advances in pharmacology, and new imaging techniques


• Includes an expanded and updated CD-ROM that allows you to view video clips of patient examinations, download all of the book's illustrations, and enhance exam preparation with review questions

Contents

Neuroanatomical Localization and Syndromes

• Levels of Consciousness and Attention

• Sleep and Wakefulness

• Mood, Emotion, and Thought

• Praxis

• Memory

• Speech and Language

• Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Nerve

• Cranial Nerve II and Afferent Visual Pathways

• Cranial Nerves III, IV, and VI: The Oculomotor System

• The Trigeminal Nerve

• Cranial Nerve VII: Facial Nerve

• Cranial Nerve VIII: Vestibulocochlear System

• Cranial Nerves Ix (Glossopharyngeal) and X (Vagus)

• Cranial Nerves XI (Spinal Accessory) and XII (Hypoglossal)

• Strength and

• Hypokinesia and Hyperkinesia

• Coordination and Ataxia

• Gait and Balance

• Propioception, Touch, and Vibratory Sensation

• Pain and Temperature

• Autonomic Nervous System

• Neurovascular System

Neurodiagnostic Tools

• Neuroimaging

• Electrophysiology

• Body Fluid and Tissue Analysis

• Cerebrospinal Fluid and Intracranial Pressure

• Neuropsychological Testing

Etiological Categories of Neurological Disease

• Developmental Structural Disorders

• Degenerative and Compressive Structural DisordersStorage Diseases: Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, Lipidoses, Glycogenoses, and Leukodystrophies

• Aminoacidopathies and Organic Acidopathies, Mitochondrial Enzyme Defects, and Other Metabolic Errors

• Chromosomal Abnormalities and Neurocutaneous Disorders

• The Degenerative Dementias

• Movement Disorders

• Ataxias

• Degenerative Motor, Sensory, and Autonomic Disorders

• Hereditary Nondegenerative Neuromuscular Disease

• Metabolic Disorders

• Exogenous Acquired Metabolic Disorders of the Nervous System: Toxins and Illicit Drugs

• Nutritional Deficiencies and Syndromes Associated with Alcoholism

• Viral Infections

• Nonviral Infections

• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency

• Stroke and Other Neurovascular Disorders

• Primary Neurological Tumors

• Metastatic Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Syndromes

• Demyelinating Disorders of the Central Nervous System

• Demyelinating Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System

• Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders

• Traumatic Disorders

• Epilepsy

• Headache and Facial Pain

• Sleep Disorders

• Drug-Induced and Iatrogenic Neurological Disorders