Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System 11th Edition

5411 Pages·2001·20.06 MB·English

by  Michael Donaghy

Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System :
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Front Matter
Preface to the eleventh edition
Preface to the first edition
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 - Clinical diagnosis
1.1 A short history of the approach to clinical diagnosis
1.2 The frequency of neurological diseases
1.3 Principles of clinical diagnosis
1.4 The reflexes
1.5 Diagnosing muscle weakness
1.6 Somatosensory abnormalities
1.7 Gait disorders
1.8 Autonomic disorders
1.9 Psychologically determined abnormalities
References
Chapter 2 - Investigation
2.1 Imaging of the nervous system
2.2 Imaging the cerebral circulation
2.3 The electroencephalogram
2.4 Evoked potentials
2.5 Nerve conduction studies and electromyography
2.6 Cerebrospinal fluid
2.7 Neuropsychology
2.8 Neurogenetics
References
Chapter 3 - Headache
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Tension headache and depression
3.3 Migraine
3.4 Cluster headache
3.5 Trauma
3.6 The headache of intracranial lesions and changes in intracranial
pressure
3.7 Headaches of vascular origin
3.8 Diseases of the skull and extracranial structures
3.9 Miscellaneous causes of headache
References
Chapter 4 - Paediatric neurology
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The cerebral palsies
4.3 Headache, migraine, and hydrocephalus in childhood
4.4 Neuropsychiatric disorders
4.5 Neural tube defects
4.6 Cerebral malformations
4.7 Craniosynostosis
4.8 Other craniovertebral anomalies
4.10 The investigation of possible neurometabolic disorders of the nervous
system in infancy and childhood
References
Chapter 5 - Toxic and environmental disorders
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Alcohol toxicity
5.3 Recreational drug abuse
5.4 Toxic gases and asphyxia
5.5 Therapeutic and diagnostic agent toxicity
5.6 Complications of organ transplantation
5.7 Metal toxicity
5.8 Pesticide poisoning
5.9 Environmental and physical insults
5.10 Plant and fungus poisoning
5.11 Animal poisons, bites, and stings
References
Chapter 6 - Disability, rehabilitation, and spinal injury
6.1 General principles
6.2 Patterns of disability
6.3 Spinal-cord injury
6.4 Specific topics
References
Chapter 7 - Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central
nervous system: neuroimmunology
7.1 Development of the nervous system
7.2 Growth factors for neurons and glia
7.3 Neuronal development, degeneration, and regeneration
7.4 Macroglial lineages in the rodent and human nervous system
7.5 Axon–glial interactions and myelination
7.6 Neuroimmunology
References
Chapter 8 - Neuro-ophthalmology
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Assessment of visual sensory function
8.3 Retinal disorders
8.4 Abnormalities of the optic disc
8.5 Optic nerve lesions
8.6 Optic chiasm disorders
8.7 Disorders of the optic tract, optic radiation, and occipital lobe
8.8 Disorders of higher visual processing
8.9 Disorders of the pupil
8.10 Disorders of eye movements
8.11 Central disorders of eye movement
8.12 Orbital disease
References
Chapter 9 - Deafness, vertigo, and imbalance
9.1 Anatomy and physiology of hearing
9.2 Pathophysiology of hearing
9.3 Disorders of hearing
9.4 Anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system
9.5 Tests of vestibular function
9.6 The nature of vertigo
9.7 Peripheral vestibular disorders
9.8 Central vestibular vertigo
References
Chapter 10 - Abnormalities of smell and taste
10.1 Olfaction
10.2 Gustation
References
Chapter 11 - Lower cranial nerves and dysphagia
11.1 The fifth (trigeminal) nerve
11.2 The seventh (facial) nerve
11.3 The ninth (glossopharyngeal) nerve
11.4 The tenth (vagus) nerve
11.5 The eleventh (accessory) nerve
11.6 The twelfth (hypoglossal) nerve
11.7 Dysphagia
References
Chapter 12 - Polyneuropathy
12.1 Diagnosis of polyneuropathy
12.2 Nerve biopsy
12.3 Treatment of polyneuropathy
12.4 Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
12.5 Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
12.6 Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies
12.7 Other inherited polyneuropathies
12.8 Inherited metabolic disorders causing polyneuropathy
12.9 Amyloid neuropathy
12.10 Acute idiopathic polyneuropathies and the Guillain–Barré syndrome
12.11 Chronic idiopathic polyneuropathies
12.12 Neuropathies associated with lymphoproliferative disorders
12.13 Carcinomatous neuropathy
12.14 Neuropathy due to infections
12.15 Vasculopathic neuropathy
12.16 Sensory perineuritis and migrant sensory neuritis
12.17 Neuropathy due to systemic medical disorders
12.18 Drug-induced polyneuropathy
12.19 Metal-poisoning polyneuropathy
12.20 Polyneuropathy due to industrial and agricultural chemicals
12.21 Vitamin deficiency polyneuropathy
References
Chapter 13 - Focal peripheral neuropathy
13.1 Clinical diagnosis of focal neuropathy
13.2 Traumatic, compressive, and ischaemic mononeuropathy
13.3 Surgical treatment
13.4 Causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy
13.5 Peripheral nerve tumours and irradiation neuropathy
13.6 Brachial plexus lesions
13.7 Lumbosacral plexus lesions
13.8 Sacrococcygeal plexus lesions
13.9 Phrenic and intercostal nerve lesions
13.10 Upper-limb mononeuropathy
13.11 Lower-limb mononeuropathy
References
Chapter 14 - The motor neuron diseases
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
14.3 Inherited spinal muscular atrophies
14.4 Hereditary bulbar palsy
14.5 Poliomyelitis
14.6 Monomelic, focal, and segmental spinal muscular atrophies
14.7 Post-irradiation lumbosacral radiculopathy
14.8 Pure upper motor neuron disorders
14.9 Neuromyotonia
References
Chapter 15 - Muscle diseases
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Muscular dystrophies
15.3 Myotonic dystrophy
15.4 Congenital myopathies
15.5 Non-dystrophic myotonias and periodic paralysis
15.6 Primary metabolic myopathies
15.7 Inflammatory myopathies
15.8 Endocrine myopathies
15.9 Toxic, nutritional, and drug-induced myopathies
15.10 Disorders of the neuromuscular junction
15.11 Miscellaneous muscle disorders
References
Chapter 16 - Head injury
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Epidemiology of head injury
16.3 Pathophysiology
16.4 Symptoms and signs
16.5 Investigations
16.6 Management and treatment of head injury
16.7 Prediction of outcome
16.8 Late complications of head injury
16.9 Rehabilitation
References
Chapter 17 - Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and
hydrocephalus
17.1 Raised intracranial pressure
17.2 Cerebral oedema
17.3 Hydrocephalus
References
Chapter 18 - Tumours of the brain and skull
18.1 Introduction and terminology
18.2 Epidemiology of brain tumours
18.3 Biological basis
18.4 Clinical features and imaging diagnosis
18.5 Importance of histological confirmation
18.6 Head, neck, and skull tumours
18.7 Intracranial extracerebral tumours
18.8 Primary intracerebral tumours
18.9 Metastatic intracerebral tumours