Neurology category: 2138 books

Navigating Life with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family members, and caregivers face when confronted by ALS, a disease that affects approximately 5,600 Americans every year, with as many as 30,000 people...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Patient Care Guide for Clinicians is a practical reference for clinicians caring for ALS patients that brings together the collective wisdom of those at the forefront of patient-oriented research and practice. The book compiles recent findings of both evidence-based...

Rapid advances in neural imaging, particularly in regard to neural plasticity and brain changes, have resulted in an evolving neurorehabilitation paradigm for aphasia and related language disorders. Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders has been adopted worldwide as a text for aphasia...

This book brings together international, linguistic research with a focus on interaction in multilingual encounters involving people with dementia in care and healthcare settings. The methodologies used (Conversation Analysis, Ethnography and Discursive Constructionism) capture practices on the micro-level,...

This is about the Syrinx a medical disorder and not the Sphinx found in Egypt.What is the Syrinx?The Syrinx is a cyst-like collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that forms in the spinal cord.Over time, it injures the spinal cord.This cyst expands and elongates over time, destroying a portion of...

The brachial plexus is a medical network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are produced by injury to those nerves. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that begin in the neck region. It branches off to...

Hydrocephalus is a medical disorder in which the primary feature is excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.The term hydrocephalus is derived from the Greek words "hydro" meaning water and "cephalus" meaning head.While hydrocephalus was once called water on the brain, the water is really the...

This book describes Chiari Malformations, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related DiseasesA Chiari malformation, previously known as Arnold-Chiari malformation, occurs when the lower part of the brain pushes down into the spinal canal.A person with Chiari has the lowest part of the back of the brain extending...

Williams syndrome is an infrequent disorder that can result in physical and mental development.It is inherited (passed down in families).Most people with Williams Syndrome are as friendly, happy and pure as the fairies found in the books of myths and tales.The word "elfin" may have used to describe...

The fundamental guide to the most effective treatments for Parkinson's Disease, from a Mayo Clinic doctor with thirty years of clinical and research experience. In this second edition follow-up to the extremely successful first edition, Dr. Ahlskog draws on thirty years of clinical experience to present...

Need a tested, reliable method that works? Put Essential Bioimaging Methods to work for you. Editor Michael Conn has hand-picked the most robust methods from his previously-published volumes in the Methods in Enzymology series. Many of these methods have been briefly updated by the authors that created...

This book provides an overview of the practical aspects of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), from understanding the basis of the technique through selection of the right protocols, trouble-shooting data quality, and analyzing DTI data optimally. DTI is a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

Building on the author's personal experience in working with fellows and residents in the electromyography laboratory, this volume is the definitive reference in the field. It is intended for clinicians who perform electrodiagnostic procedures as an extension of their clinical examination, and will...

This is a unique compilation, by experts worldwide, addressing how diabetes impacts the nervous system. For example, diabetic polyneuropathy, a disorder more common than MS, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS combined, is a major source of disability to diabetic persons worldwide. This book addresses...