Brain disorders sourcebook / / Keith Jones, managing editor

• Pubblicazione: [Detroit, Michigan] : , : Omnigraphics, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Fourth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (704 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetto topico: Brain - Diseases
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): JonesKeith
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Preface; Part One An Overview of the Brain; Chapter 1 Brain Basics: Know Your Brain; Chapter 2 Brain Development and Aging; Section 2.1-Brain Development in Childhood; Section 2.2-The Adolescent Brain; Section 2.3-The Aging Brain; Chapter 3 How Toxins Affect the Brain; Section 3.1-Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction on the Brain; Section 3.2-Dangers of Mercury Exposure; Section 3.3-Dangers of Lead Exposure; Section 3.4-Dangers of Manganese Exposure; Chapter 4 Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures; Part Two Degenerative Brain Disorders; Chapter 5 Dementias ; Section 5.1-Dementias Section 5.2-Frontotemporal Dementia; Section 5.3-Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP); Section 5.4-Lewy Body Dementia (LBD); Section 5.5-Multi-Infarct Dementia (MID); Section 5.6-Subcortical Dementia-Binswanger's Disease; Section 5.7-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Section 5.8-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD); Section 5.9-Current Research on Dementias; Chapter 6 Huntington's Disease; Chapter 7 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Chapter 8 Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 9 Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 10 Cerebral Palsy; Chapter 11 Friedrich's Ataxia ; Chapter 12 Batten Disease Part Three Brain Infections; Chapter 13 Cysticercosis; Chapter 14 Neurological Complications of AIDS; Chapter 15 Meningitis and Encephalitis; Chapter 16 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML); Chapter 17 Vasculitis Syndromes of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems; Part Four Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injuries; Chapter 18 Concussion and Mild TBI; Chapter 19 Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 20 Cerebral Aneurysm; Chapter 21 Stroke; Part Five Congenital Brain Disorders ; Chapter 22 Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions Of The Central Nervous System Chapter 23 Cephalic Disorders; Chapter 24 Spina Bifida; Part Six Brain Tumors; Chapter 25 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri); Chapter 26 Hydrocephalus; Chapter 27 Adult Brain Tumors; Section 27.1-General Information about Adult Brain Tumors; Section 27.2-Classification of Adult Brain Tumors; Section 27.3-Treatment Option Overview; Section 27.4-Management of Specific Tumor Types and Locations; Section 27.5-Recurrent Adult Brain Tumors; Part Seven Seizures ; Chapter 28 Seizures and Epilepsy Chapter 29 Febrile Seizures; Chapter 30 Infantile Spasms; Chapter 31 Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Part Eight Other Brain Disorders; Chapter 32 Agnosia; Chapter 33 Chiari Malformation; Chapter 34 Facts about Encephalocele; Chapter 35 Headache; Chapter 36 Memory Loss; Chapter 37 Multiple Sclerosis (MS); Chapter 38 Narcolepsy; Chapter 39 Peripheral Neuropathy; Chapter 40 Restless Legs Syndrome; Chapter 41 Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome; Part Nine Additional Help and Information; Chapter 42 Recent Research in Brain Disorders; Section 42.1-Alzheimer's Disease Research ; Section 42.2-Brain Cancer Research
• Titolo autorizzato: Brain disorders sourcebook
• ISBN: 1-78539-445-2; 0-7808-1397-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461042103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Health reference series.