Neurology

Botulinum toxins now play a very significant role in the management of a wide variety of medical conditions; from headaches to hypersalivation, and from spasticity to sweating. In this book, a strong, international team of experts outline the basic...

The importance of the therapeutic time window for ischemic stroke has been widely accepted for a long time. Consequently, I have been thinking about the past, when the term "brain attack," which was reimported from the United States, began to spread by...

This practical, pocket-sized, quick reference book is for those who need to manage movement disorder patients without the immediate help of a movement disorder neurologist. Only the most pertinent information is covered.This book is divided into five...

The present volume is based upon the invited review lectures delivered to the European Brain and Behaviour Society's Workshop on Recovery of Function Following Brain Damage held at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, in April 1991. Coming exactly...

Der hiermit vorgelegte Band enthalt die Mehrzahl der Vortrage, die im August 1969 auf dem V.lnternationalen Symposium fiber Neurosekretion im Anato- mischen Institut der Universitat Kiel unter reger internationaler Beteiligung gehalten wurden. Folgende...

. . . to the Clinician Although huge quantities of drugs are dispensed daily by psychiatrists, there appears to be insufficient concern about the short and long term effects of these exogenous agents on the recipients - our patients. Many clinicians have...

The brain is a delicate, complex, and easily disrupted organ. Unfortunately, the frequency of brain injury and the impairing effects of even seemingly minor injury is generally unknown to the public, the media, and, surprisingly, even many health...

Written by expert epilepsy clinicians from the Mayo Clinic, Epilepsy Case Studies: Pearls for Patient Care presents a wide variety of case histories drawn from "real life" experiences in people with seizures. Designed to stimulate the same...

For those of us involved in research on the neural mechanisms that relate tissue damage to pain. it is becoming more evident that the sensation of pain and suffering could be considered as part of a mechanism that involves not only sizeable areas in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036556215Author Nada AndelicFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 671g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039216109Author Alisdair McNeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 7mm

In the last few years, increasing effort has been devoted to better define the characteristics of tissue damage occurring outside MRI-visible lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and, as a consequence, to improve our understanding of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789842197Author Pratap SancheteeFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g

Phantom pain is an intriguing mystery that has captured the imagination of health care providers and the public alike. How is it possible to feel pain in a limb or some other body part that has been surgically removed? Phantom pain develops among people...

This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the neuropsychiatry of multiple sclerosis and related diseases, by active authorities in the field, with an emphasis on diagnosis and management. Critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and...

This is the first work to take a comprehensive look at the application of Magnetic Resonance (MR) techniques in the diagnosis, follow-up and therapy monitoring of dementing illnesses. The authors present an overview of MR findings in neurodegenerative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839627965Author Thomas HeinbockelFormat HardbackPage Count 174Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpenWeight(grams) 180g

This volume or1g1nates from a NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Photoreceptors" dedicated to M.G.F. Fuortes, held in Erice 1-12 July 1981. The lectures given at the course provided a general review of the photoreceptors functions in both...

In writing our book we had in mind both practicing physicians and scientif ic personnel. We hope that the former will benefit from an analysis of clinical symptoms and changes in the morphological substrate which produce them, and that the latter will be...

This book constitutes a compilation and integration of the latest advances in the management of cluster headaches. It encompasses the work of nine experts in the field of headache in the U.S. and presents a thorough and comprehensive view of the subject...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883536176Author R. OrnsteinFormat PaperbackImprint ISHKPublisher ISHK

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632425133Author Robin DeaverFormat HardbackImprint Foster AcademicsPublisher Foster AcademicsWeight(grams) 794g

There is now evidence that irreversible brain damage accumulates very early in the course of multiple sclerosis. This book reviews the main neurobiological, magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical aspects of the early phases of the dis ease. Mechanisms...

The idea for the present volume grew from discussions that the four of us had among ourselves and with our colleagues at recent scientific meetings. All of us were impressed by the wealth of empirical data that was being generated by investigators...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662636091Author Helmut SchaafFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 168g

This volume represents the collected papers presented at the Third Triennial Symposium of the International Basal Ganglia society (IBAGS) held at Capo Boi, Italy, June 10-13, 1989. About 300 members of the society and participants attended the symposium...

This book is devoted to the description of agenesis of the corpus callosum, a congenital malformation of midline structures in the brain that may be regarded as a natural model of the "split-brain. " First reported by Rei! in 1812, this anomaly...

Alzheimer's disease is one the foremost health problems facing every society fortunate enough to attain a level of medical care that ensures an average lifespan of over 70 years of age. The cause of the disease remains unknown, and no single therapeutic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421820880Author Horace B DayFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint 1st World LibraryPublisher 1st World LibraryWeight(grams) 140g

This volume offers a critical evaluation of seven major paradigms in psychiatry that have made significant contributions to our current under standing of human behavior and psychiatric disorder. It was stimulated by a meeting held in November, 1978. We...

A rich source of information about human voluntary movement in health and disease can be found in this book. The most esteemed researchers in their respective fields bring you up-to-date articles. Their collected work combines fundamental research in the...

You may be able to rid yourself of migraines or seizures completely! The debilitating pain of a migraine...the disability of poorly controlled seizures. If this describes you or someone you care about, you are not alone. A staggering 3 million people in...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and Electronecephalography (EEG) are very important and complementary modalities since fMRI offers high spatial resolution and EEG is a direct measurement of neuronal activity with high temporal resolution...

This concise text mirrors the content of the Epilepsy Board as distributed by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Epilepsy diagnosis, classification and treatment are thoroughly covered, along with seizure classification, epidemiology, normal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN 9783642666117Author A. AgnoliFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher...

Historically, the development of biological science has proceeded from the anatomy to the physiology of particular systems. Knowledge about neurotransmitters in the brain has evolved from the discovery of the compounds per set through the elucidation of...

Much of our knowledge of the cerebral circulation has been derived from studies of species other than human. There is increas ing recognition of species differences and concern that studies in animals may be misleading if unquestioningly applied to the...

A brain-computer interface (BCI) establishes a direct output channel between the human brain and external devices. BCIs infer user intent via direct measures of brain activity and thus enable communication and control without movement. This book,...

Hyperbaric medicine involves the use of barometric pressure great er than that at sea level for the treatment of diseases. The term makes no distinction between air, oxygen or any other gas used as a medium of compression. Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858734378Author JA Costa e SilvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Current Medicine GroupPublisher Current Medicine Group