Provides An Easy-to-use, Comprehensive Reference That Features A Clinical Perspective Balanced With Relevant Basic Science. Text Discusses The Latest Research And How It Has Led To A Greater Understanding Of The Cause Of Disease, As Well As Burgeoning Tests And The Latest Therapeutic Agents Available. From Alzheimers Disease To Vestibular System Disorders, It Attempts To Provide The Practical Guidance Needed To Diagnose Effectively And Provide An Appropriate Therapeutic Approach For Each Individual Case. A Templated, Four-color Design Offers Easy Access To Pertinent Information. Sect. I. Consciousness, Cognition, And Special Senses. Clinical Assessment Of Mental Status / Dennis Velakoulis And Mark Walterfang -- Principles Of Neuropsychometric Assessment / Elsdon Storey And Glynda Kinsella -- Disorders Of Language / Michael M. Saling -- Disorders Of Memory / Peter J. Nestor -- Higher Visuoperceptual Disorders And Disorders Of Spatial Cognition (excluding Hemi-inattention/neglect) / John D.g. Watson And Zoe Terpening -- The Neglect Syndrome / Elsdon Storey -- Executive Function And Its Assessment / Glynda Kinsella, Elsdon Storey, And John R. Crawford -- Coma And Brain Death / Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld And Peter J. Lennarson -- The Persistent Vegetative State (prolonged Postcoma Unresponsiveness) And Posthypoxic Brain Injury / Bruce Day -- Autism And Attention Deficit/hyperactivity Disorder / Bruce J. Tonge And Nicole J. Rinehart -- Delirium / Kim Jeffs And PΔteris DΔrziΕΕ‘ -- Motor Speech And Swllowing Disorders / Richard A. L. Macdonnell And Rhonda O. Holmes -- Disorders Of Taste And Smell / Graeme M. Gonzales And Mark J. Cook -- Sect. Ii. Sleep And Sleep Disorders. The Physiology Of Sleep / Timothy A. Roehrs And Thomas Roth -- Primary Disorders Of Sleep / John W. Winkelman And Milena Pavlova -- Sleep Apnea / Adrian J. Williams -- Sect. Iii. Neuropsychiatry. Tourette's Syndrome, Tics, And Obsessive-compulsive Disorders / Anette Schrag And Mary M. Robertson -- Schizophrenia And Schizophrenia-like Psychosis / Gary Price And Maria A. Ron -- Affective Disorders / Gad A. Marshall And Jeffrey L. Cummings -- Conversion And Dissociation Syndromes / Christopher Bass -- Sect. Iv. Neuro-ophthalmology. Examination Of The Visual System / Desmond Kidd -- Genetic Causes Of Blindness / John B. Kerrison And Nancy J. Newman -- Optic Neuropathies / Neil R. Miller -- Retinal Disease / Eoin P. O'sullivan And Elizabeth Graham -- Sect. V. Neuro-otology. Examination Of Hearing And Balance / Brian C. Kung And Thomas O. Willcox, Jr. -- Auditory System Disorders / Thomas O. Willcox, Jr., And Gregory J. Artz -- Vestibular System Disorders / Linda M. Luxon And Doris-eva Bamiou -- Sect. Vi. Autonomic Nervous System Diseases. Orthostatic Hypotension / Horacio Kaufmann And Italo Biaggioni -- Bladder And Sexual Function And Dysfunction / Ronald F. Pfeiffer -- Primary Autonomic Failure / Felix Geser And Gregor K. Wenning -- Sect. Vii. Motor System And Motor Diseases. Organization: Pyramidal And Extrapyramidal System / Glenda M. Halliday And Simon C. Gandevia -- Apraxia / Ramon C. Leiguarda -- Tremor / GΓΌnther Deuschl And Jan Raethjen -- Myoclonus / Hiroshi Shibasaki -- Dystonia / Thomas T. Warner -- Gait Disturbances And Falls / Nir Giladi, Bastiaan R. Bloem, And Jeffrey M. Hausdorff -- Restless Legs Syndrome / Wolfgang H. Oertel And Karin Stiasny-kolster -- Sect. Viii. Spine And Spinal Disease. Spine And Spinal Cord: Developmental Disorders / Valerie S. Tay, Andrew J. Kornberg, And Mark J. Cook -- Primary Myelopathies (degenerative, Infective, Metabolic) / Mark A. Paine -- Spinal Disease: Neoplastic, Degenerative, And Infective Spinal Cord Diseases And Spinal Cord Compression / Shalini A. Amukotuwa And Mark J. Cook -- Sect. Ix. Cerebrovascular Disease. Anatomy And Physiology Of Cerebral And Spinal Cord Circulation / Omar Touzani And Eric T. Mackenzie -- Ischemic Stroke: Mechanisms, Evaluation, And Treatment / Bernardo Liberato And John W. Krakauer -- Intracranial Hemorrhage: Aneurysmal, Idiopathic, And Hypertensive / Jon Sen ... [et Al.] -- Arteriovenous Malformations Of The Brain And Spinal Cord / Soke Miang Chng ... [et Al.] -- Prothrombotic States And Related Conditions / Paul Bentley And Pankaj Sharma -- Cerebral Venous Thrombosis / Gian-luigi Lenzi, Alessio Mercurio, And Marta Altieri -- Vascular Dementia / Gustavo C. Roman -- Rehabilitation Of Stroke / Richard Greenwood And Nick S. Ward -- Sect. X. Epilepsy. Developmental Defects And Pathophysiology / Maxime Guye And Patrick Chauvel -- Clinical Spectrum / Michel Baulac -- Genetics / John M. Lynch And Sanjay M. Sisodiya -- Assessment And Management Principles / Philippe Ryvlin, Sylvain Rheims, And Pierre Thomas -- Drug Treatment / Edward B. Bromfield -- Management Of Status Epilepticus / Cynthia L. Harden And Padmaja Kandula -- Sect. Xi. Headache. Headache Pathogenesis / Michael L. Oshinsky -- Migraine / Stephen D. Silberstein -- Tension-type Headache / Messoud Ashina -- Chronic Daily Headache / Marcelo E. Bigal And Richard B. Lipton -- Tacs And Sunct / Peter J. Goadsby -- Other Secondary Headache Disorders / Todd J. Schwedt And David W. Dodick -- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension / Deborah I. Friedman -- Low Csf Headache / Bahram Mokri -- Hydrocephalus Including Normal-pressure Hydrocephalus / Noojan J. Kazemi, Andrew H. Kaye, And Elsdon Storey -- Trigeminal Neuralgia And Other Facial Pain / Alan Stiles And James Evans -- Sect. Xii. Neurodegenerative Disease. Alzheimer's Disease / John G.f. Boughey And Neill R. Graff-radford -- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Kevin B. Boylan -- Huntington Disease / Erika D. Driver-dunckley And John N. Caviness -- Inherited Ataxias / Nathaniel Robb Whaley And Ryan J. Uitti -- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias / John K. Fink -- Dementia With Lewy Bodies / Bradley F. Boeve -- Parkinson's Disease / Anthony H.v. Schapira -- Parkinson Plus Disorders / Werner Poewe And Gregor K. Wenning -- Frontotemporal Dementia / Bryan K. Woodruff And Neill R. Graff-radford -- Sect. Xiii. Multiple Sclerosis And Demyelinating Disorders. Epidemiology And Genetics Of Multiple Sclerosis / Jan D. LΓΌnemann And Roland Martin -- Pathophysiology Of Multiple Sclerosis: Demyelination And Axonal Injury / Raju Kapoor And Kenneth J. Smith -- Clinical Spectrum: Definition And Natural Progression / Rajas Deshpande, Marcelo Kremenchutzky, And George P.a. Rice -- Investigations In Multiple Sclerosis / Robert Brenner -- Treatment Of Multiple Sclerosis / Richard P. Lango And Steven R. Schwid -- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis And Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy / Richard T. Johnson -- Leukodystrophies / Hugo W. Moser And Sakkubai Naidu -- Sect. Xiv. Neuromuscular Disease: Nerve. Anatomy And Physiology Of Muscle And Nerve / Austin J. Sumner And Amparo Gutierrez -- Inherited Neuropathies / Kinga Szigeti And James R. Lupski -- Metabolic, Immune-mediated, And Toxic Neuropathies / Louis H. Weimer And Yaacov Anziska -- Infective Neuropathies / Joshua C. Kershen And Thomas D. Sabin -- Sect. Xv. Neuromuscular Disease: Muscle. Muscular Dystrophies / Maggie C. Walter And Hanns LochmΓΌller -- Congenital Myopathies / Heinz Jungbluth, Caroline A. Sewry, And Francesco Muntoni -- Channelopathies Of Muscle (including Myotonic Dystrophy) / Fiona Norwood And Michael R. Rose -- Metabolic Myopathies (including Mitochondrial Disorders) / Douglass M. Turnbull And Patrick F. Chinnery -- Inflammatory Myopathies / Mohammad Salajegheh And Marinos C. Dalakas -- Neuromuscular Junction Disorders / Angela Vincent, Camilla Buckley, And Georgina Burke -- Sect. Xvi. Infections And Granulomatous Diseases. Bacterial Meningitis / John E. Greenlee -- Viral Meningitis And Encephalitis / Alan C. Jackson -- Neurological Disorders Associated With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Lysa BoissΓ©, M. John Gill, And Christopher Power -- Parasitic And Fungal Infections / Francois Lette And Zelalem Temesgen -- Prion Diseases / Kaye Murray And Robert G. Will -- Neurosarcoidosis And BehΓ§et Disease / Carlos A. Pardo-villamizar -- The Neurological Vasculitides / Neil J. Scolding -- Sect. Xvii. Neuro-oncology. Tumors Of The Brain / Jeremy Rees -- Tumors Of The Spinal Cord / April L. Fitzsimmons And Patrick Y. Wen -- Neurological Complications Of Treatments / Robin Grant And William N. Whiteley -- Paraneoplastic Disorders Of The Nervous System / Myrna R. Rosenfeld And Josep Dalmau -- Tumors Of The Peripheral Nerves / Rolfe Birch And Marco Sinisi -- Sect. Xviii. Trauma. Head Trauma / H. Gordon Deen -- Spinal Trauma / Thomas Kossmann, Ilan S. Freedman, And Cristina Morganti-kossmann -- Peripheral Nerve Injury / Devon I. Rubin And Robert C. Hermann, Jr. -- Neurorehabilitation / Michael D. Osborne And Thomas D. Rizzo, Jr. -- Sect. Xix. Metabolic Diseases. Encephalopathies / Juan M. Pascual -- Wilson Disease / John H. Menkes -- Vitamin Deficiencies / Laurence J. Kinsella -- Urea Cycle Disorders / Eric A. Crombez And Stephen D. Ederbaum -- Environmental Toxins / Jean Lud Cadet And Karen I. Bolla -- Sect. Xx. Neurology In General Medicine. Neurology Of Pregnancy And The Puerperium / Steven K. Feske And Autumn M. Klein -- Neurology Of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, And Vascular Medicine / Martin A. Samuels -- Neurology Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology / Ronald F. Pfeiffer -- Neurology Of Hematology / Martin A. Samuels -- The Neurology Of Common Electrolyte Disorders / Martin A. Samuels And Julian L. Seifter -- Neurology Of Drug And Alcohol Addictions / John C.m. Brust -- Neurology Of Endocrinology / Rexford S. Ahima And Malaka B. Jackson -- Neurology Of Rheumatology, Immunology, And Transplantation / Richard B. Rosenbaum -- Neurology Of Pulmonology And Acid-base Disturbance / Boby Varkey Maramattom And Eelco F.m. Wijdicks -- Neurology Of Cerebral Palsy / Geoffrey Miller. Editor, Anthony H.v. Schapira ; Associate Editors, Edward Byrne ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. System Requirements For Microsoft Windows: 800 X 600 Poxels Screen Resolution; 256 Colors; 128 Mb Ram, And Operate On The Windows 98 Se, 2000 Or Xp Operating System. System Requirements For Macintosh: 800 X 600 Poxels Screen Resolution; 256 Colors; 128 Mb Ram, And Mac Os 10.2 Or Later Operating System.