Books in Clinical neurology

Migraine and Other Primary Headaches, An Issue of Neurologic Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 27-2
April 16, 2009
Randolph W. Evans
English

This issue of Neurologic Clinics reviews migraine and other primary headaches, one of the most common disorders seen by neurologists and primary care physicians and which affect 90% of the population and are the cause of 90% of all headaches. World-class experts provide cutting-edge chapters on the following topics: the epidemiology, burden and comorbidities of migraine; pathophysiology of migraine; transient neurologic dysfunction in migraine; vestibular migraine; diagnostic testing for migraine and other primary headaches; acute treatment of migraine; preventive migraine treatment; chronic migraine; pediatric migraine; women and migraine; the migraine association with cardiac anomalies, cardiovascular disease and stroke; tension-type headache; trigeminal autonomic cephalgias; and other primary headaches.

Common Neurologic Disorders, An Issue of Medical Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 93-2
April 2, 2009
Randolph W. Evans
English

Whatever the level of your neurological expertise, this issue of Medical Clinics of North America reviews common neurological disorders that the practicing internist encounters every day, including migraine, vertigo, neck and low back pain, entrapment neuropathies, peripheral neuropathies, seizure disorders, cerebrovascular disease, movement disorders, memory complaints and dementia, sleep disorders, syncope, and multiple sclerosis. As a change from the usual Clinics format, the articles use a question and answer approach to facilitate review of the topics and stimulate the internist’s interest in neurology.

Multiple Sclerosis, Part II: Nonconventional MRI Techniques, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 19-1
December 31, 2008
Massimo Filippi
English

The second part of a comprehensive two-volume exploration on Multiple Sclerosis, Guest Edited by Mauricio Filippi. Employing an international group of well-known authors, this issue explores such current topics as High-field MRI, relaxation times, and what the future holds.

Cerebrospinal Fluid in Clinical Practice

1st Edition
October 30, 2008
David N. Irani
English

Given the evolution of cerebrospinal testing (CSF) testing methods, the near future is certain to see an explosion of new CSF analysis methodologies. Broad-based and extensively illustrated, Cerebrospinal Fluid in Clinical Practice provides in-depth coverage of CSF examination and analysis, CSF physiology and pathophysiology, approach to diagnosis, and future directions in CSF analysis. It examines the alterations of the composition of CSF in relation to diseases and disorders of the nervous system, emphasizing the findings that are useful in clinical practice. This expansive reference is perfect regardless of your level of experience in central nervous system diseases.

Management of Spinal Cord Injuries

1st Edition
December 27, 2007
Lisa Harvey
English

Combining 25 years of clinical, research and teaching experience, Dr Lisa Harvey provides an innovative 5-step approach to the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injury. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, this approach emphasises the importance of setting goals which are purposeful and meaningful to the patient. These goals are related to performance of motor tasks analysed in terms of 6 key impairments. The assessment and treatment performance of each of these impairments for people with spinal cord injury is described in the following chapters: training motor tasks strength training contracture management pain management respiratory management cardiovascular fitness training Dr Harvey develops readers' problem-solving skills equipping them to manage all types of spinal cord injuries. Central to these skills is an understanding of how people with different patterns of paralysis perform motor tasks and the importance of differentmuscles for motor tasks such as: transfers and bed mobility of people wheelchair mobility hand function for people with tetraplegia standing and walking with lower limb paralysis This book is for students and junior physiotherapists with little or no experience in the area of spinal cord injury but with a general understanding of the principles of physiotherapy. It is also a useful tool for experienced clinicians, including those keen to explore the evidence base that supports different physiotherapy interventions.

Neuroimagen. Técnicas y procesos cognitivos

1st Edition
October 1, 2007
Fernando Maestú Uturbe + 2 more
Spanish

Avalada por el comité editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, esta obra se centra en el estudio de las técnicas de neuroimagen funcional y del funcionamiento cerebral, tema del que hay una gran carencia de obras en lengua castellana. Consta de dos secciones bien diferenciadas: en la primera parte, dedicada a las técnicas, se describen las diferentes metodologías de estudio: microscopia electrónica, RM, en sus diversas variantes, PET, SPECT, etc. En la segunda parte, se hace una aproximación a las aplicaciones de estas técnicas. De enorme utilidad para estudiantes y profesionales de estas disciplinas, e incluso para los técnicos que manejan equipos de neurofisiología, radiología y medicina nuclear.

Electromyography in Clinical Practice

2nd Edition
August 2, 2007
Bashar Katirji
English

The only case-based guide to electromyography—bac... in a fully revised and updated New Edition! This practical resource examines how to approach, diagnose, and manage the most commonly encoun-tered disorders in the EMG laboratory. Based on actual cases, it correlates patient history, physical exam, EMG findings, relevant anatomy, treatment, and follow-up to help readers sharpen their clinical problem-solving skills. New cases have been added, and every case includes the latest advances in knowledge and technique.

Brain-Inspired IT III

1st Edition
Volume 1301
July 10, 2007
Kiyohisa Natsume + 2 more
English

BRAIN-INSPIRED IT III is the third volume of the Brain-Inspired IT series intended for researchers and students who are involved or interested in the brain sciences, technology, and engineering. It includes 4 invited papers, 7 COE papers, 57 selected papers from the Third International Symposium BrainIT 2006, which was held in Kitakyushu, Japan, on September 27-29, 2006. The last two International symposiums BrainIT 2004 and 2005 were great success, and provided the participants with good opportunities to exchange valuable information and various ideas from multidisciplinary research area. We made a survey of the current state-of-the-art and explored the possibility to establish new research fields in the Brain-Inspired Information Technology. The first 4 invited papers are contributed by outstanding researchers in the area, Dr. M. Kawato (ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories), Prof. Ryohei Kanzaki (The University of Tokyo), Prof. Asla Pitkänen (University of Kuopio), Prof. Helge Ritter (Bielefeld University), who were presented in the special and invited sessions of BrainIT2006 to discuss how the brain processes the information and how we apply the processing to technology. Technical papers cover vision system, other sensory systems, cognition and languages, learning and memory, behavior and emotion, motor controls, dynamics, neural computation, neural networks, and brain-inspired intelligent machines.

EEG Pearls

1st Edition
August 1, 2006
Mark Quigg
English

This book uses the unique vignette format of the best-selling Pearls Series® to explore the basic principles of electroencephalograp... (EEG), as well as acquisition and interpretation of EEG findings. Real-life case studies—with physical findings, EEG readings, and clinical photos—show you how to recognize normal waking and sleep EEG readings as well as findings associated with the full range of epilepsy and seizure syndromes.

Peripheral Nerve Diseases

1st Edition
Volume 7
March 10, 2006
Jun Kimura
English

A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology series on peripheral neuropathies.

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