Gait disorders
Chapter 10 Gait disorders Pathophysiology and clinical syndromes Chapter contents Balance 241 Gait 242 Gait disorders 244 Therapeutic considerations 249 Gait is a fundamental skill. It permits movement from place…
Huntington disease
Chapter 14 Huntington disease Chapter contents Introduction 311 Epidemiology 311 Clinical aspects 311 Natural course 314 Neuroimaging 315 Neuropathology and neurochemistry 316 Genetics 318 Pathogenesis 322 Treatment 326 Experimental therapeutics…
The paroxysmal dyskinesias
Chapter 22 The paroxysmal dyskinesias Chapter contents Introduction 476 Definitions: transient, paroxysmal, episodic, and periodic 477 Historical aspects 477 Classification of the paroxysmal dyskinesias 482 Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia (PKD) 483…
Parkinsonism
Chapter 4 Parkinsonism Clinical features and differential diagnosis Chapter contents Introduction 66 Clinical features 66 Bradykinesia 69 Tremor 69 Rigidity and flexed posture 70 Loss of postural reflexes 71 Freezing…
Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders
Chapter 7 Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders Chapter contents Introduction 157 Functional anatomy of the basal ganglia 157 Techniques of stereotactic surgery 159 Thalamotomy 160 Ablative…
Chorea, ballism, and athetosis
Chapter 15 Chorea, ballism, and athetosis Chapter contents Introduction 335 Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy and HD-like disorders 335 Other Huntington disease-like disorders 337 Neuroacanthocytosis 339 Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 341 Other…
Tics and Tourette syndrome
Chapter 16 Tics and Tourette syndrome Chapter contents Introduction 350 Phenomenology of tics 351 Clinical features of Tourette syndrome 353 Pathogenesis 359 Genetics 366 Etiology of tics (secondary tourettism) 368…
Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia
Chapter 3 Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia Chapter contents Introduction 55 Neurotransmitters 55 Components of the basal ganglia 60 Circuitry of the basal ganglia 62 Physiology 64 Introduction The…
Stereotypies
Chapter 17 Stereotypies Chapter contents Pathophysiology of stereotypies 380 Physiologic stereotypies 382 Developmental disorders 382 Schizophrenia and catatonia 386 Obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders 386 Other stereotypies 387 Treatment 388…
