Facial Paralysis - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to facial paralysis. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to facial paralysis.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Neurology: PreTest Self-Assessment and Review

Now updated to reflect the USMLE Step 2 exam, with greater emphasis on case presentations and diagnostic skills. Approximately 400 new clinical vignettes with accompanying questions (500 questions in all) - now featuring expanded answers referenced to leading textbooks or journal articles. Reviewed by McGraw-Hill's Medical Student Advisory Committee to ensure simulation of the USMLE test-taking experience.

Drug Therapy for Stroke Prevention

The only book focusing on specific therapy for stroke prevention, this comprehensive text focuses in numerous issues in this field, with incisive contributions from a world renowned collection of experts on the subject.

Handbook of Parkinson's Disease: Third Edition

Showcases new and fully updated chapters that feature the latest discoveries and breakthroughs in the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease. Indispensable to those looking to improve patient quality-of-life.

Neurological Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease

Rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease patients comprises various forms of therapy: physical, speech and psychosocial. This book examines what are the long and short-term benefits of physical therapy and the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation.

Psychiatric and Cognitive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease

A clear and comprehensive account of emotional and cognitive aspects of Parkinson's disease, based on the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It covers psychiatric and cognitive disorders in practical detail, and also reviews the behavioural side effects of anti-parkinsonian treatments.

Handbook of Parkinson's Disease

The third edition of this reference has new and fully updated chapters that feature discoveries and breakthroughs in the diagnosis and management of Parkinson's disease.

Clinical Neurology

A medical reference text with detailed work-ups, treatment plans, medicines and differentials for a myriad of medical conditions. Topics include: evaluation of weakness, neuropathy, myasthenia gravis, demyelinating disease including MS and Guillain-Barre, carpal tunnel, cerebellar disorders, movement disorders (tics, Tourette, dystonia.

Community Rehabilitation in Neurology

Analyses community rehabilitation needs from many different perspectives. Many examples of community rehabilitation schemes are presented, and case studies are used to highlight the main issues. The authors take an international view, and there are chapters dealing with the disabled child in the community and with neuropsychological rehabilitation.

Hemorrhagic Stroke - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to hemorrhagic stroke. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to hemorrhagic stroke.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Long-term Effects of Stroke

Evaluates antiplatelet and anticoagulent therapies and assesses the efficacy of pharmacological interventions, therapeutic regimens and quality of care for stroke patients.

Brain Longevity: The Breakthrough Medical Program that Improves Your Mind and Memory

You never thought it would happen to you. It began with a moment of confusion -- as you failed to attach a name to a face long familiar to you. Once your mind was your greatest asset. Today it is betraying you...For millions of Americans, many in their forties and fifties, this frightening scenario is real. While researchers have long since been aware of the rising rate of brain-degenerative diseases, and while research into the cause of brain degeneration has never been more intense, little progress has been made against it.

Cognitive Deficits in Brain Disorders

An authorative book providing ready reference of the nature, extent, location and putative causes of cognitive dysfunction in major brain disorders, according to disease category. Invaluable to clinicians, psychologists, trainees and postgraduates.

Epilepsy in Childhood and Adolescence

The third edition of this popular handbook has been completely updated to include information on the latest pharmacological, alternative, and surgical treatments for epilepsy in children and adolescents.

110 Puzzling Cases of Epilepsy

From pediatric to the elderly, from contractible to refractive, this bestselling short text contains 110 cases covering all aspects of epilepsy. Each case follows the same format.

Language, Thought, and the Brain

This work hypothesizes about the relationship between human language and thought and brain specialization. The authors focus on aphasia-language disorder resulting from local brain damage.

Dementia

Dementia is most frequently associated with aging and is, at present, under-diagnosed and under-represented all over the world. Discrepancies in the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions implemented in the various clinical contexts are significant and consequently, the need for a review of the currently available research evidence and a discussion of different clinical practices is urgently needed. This book provides a much needed review of the diagnostic procedures and the implementations of therapeutic interventions.

Cerebrovascular Disease

Arising from 22nd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, this text covers the current status and future directions of stroke pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Available in both print and online formats, this survey of the basic and clinical science of stroke is essential reading for all involved in cerebrovascular disease.

Hormones, Gender and the Aging Brain: The Endocrine Basis of Geriatric Psychiatry

This pioneering clinical reference addresses the hormonal basis of mental disorders in older people. Written by an eminent team of psychiatrists, psychologists, geriatricians and neuropharmacologists, it ranges from the impact of hormones on pain tolerance and anorexia to attention, depression, immunity, cardiovascular and cognitive function, and psychosis.

Sleep Apnea: Implications in Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease

Encompasses the pathophysiological, epidemiological and therapeutic implications of sleep apnea to pulmonary diseases. Considers both how apneic phenomena can aggravate disease and how its treatment may alleviate symptoms.

Management of Dementia

This concise and easy to read handbook combines a balanced review of the latest knowledge, research and future developments in this area with practical guidance based on the authors' considerable personal experience of dementia care.

Handbook of Dementia: Psychological, Neurological, and Psychiatric Perspectives

* Presents cutting-edge information on a variety of dementia-causing illnesses.* Provides relevant material for professionals working with AIDS patients, substance abusers, stroke or other vascular patients, and other individuals suffering from degenerative illness.* Edited by leading experts in geriatric health and dementia.

Clinical Evaluation and Management of Spasticity

David A. Gelber and Douglas R. Jeffery have assembled a much-needed collection of authoritative review articles discussing the pathophysiology of chronic neurologic spasticity and detailing its often complex medical and surgical management. Written by leading experts in neurology and rehabilitation, the book covers physical and occupational therapy, splinting and orthotics, electrical stimulation, orthopedic interventions, nerve blocks, the use of botulinum toxin, and novel treatments such as tizanidine, intrathecal medications, and neurosurgical techniques.

The Blood-brain Barrier and Drug Delivery to the CNS

This study describes the physiological mechanisms that influence the passage of compounds across the blood-brain barrier located at the level of cerebral microvessels. It also considers how pharmaceutical scientists can predict the brain uptake of drugs with in vitro systems.

The Limbic Brain

This title is a textbook on neuroanatomy, specifically the features of the limbic brain, and a history of medicine. It weaves together the historical and scientific strands of research on the limbic brain, which houses consciousness and emotion.

Drug Induced Movement Disorders

For physicians using neuroactive drugs in their clinical practice, neurologists and psychiatrists most from the US and Britain, but others from India, Singapore, and Australia review movement disorders due to dopamine-blocking agents, drugs used in mood disorders, sympathomimetic drugs including lev

Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

Examines the biochemistry, physiology, and anatomy of the olfactory, gustatory, and trigeminal chemosensory systems. Explores the role of olfactory assessment in disease diagnosis and provides an up-to-date review of the latest chemosensory research i

Atlas of Neuro-ophthalmology

Written for practitioners and those in training, Dr Tom Spoor covers all aspects of the optic nerve, making this excellent atlas with its superb top-quality illustrations the perfect aide-de-memoire for those taking board examinations.

Neurology in General Practice: Pocketbook

This comprehensive reference is a concise and compact guide, giving accessible information on many neurological disorders including Epilepsy, Stroke, Migraine and Tension headache, Multiple Sclerosis, Delirium and Parkinson's Disease.

Principles and Practice of Emergency Neurology

This symptom-based handbook guides the emergency physician in the diagnosis and management of common and complex neurological disorders. Integrating fundamental neurological concepts with the practical demands and realities of emergency care, this reference provides succinct, crucial information for all emergency physicians who diagnose and manage neurologic disorders.