PRION DISEASES
CHAPTER 95 PRION DISEASES Katherine Murray, Robert G. Will Although the human forms of prion disease, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), are rare, this group of fatal disorders of the central…
HYDROCEPHALUS, INCLUDING NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS
CHAPTER 63 HYDROCEPHALUS, INCLUDING NORMAL-PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS Noojan J. Kazemi, Andrew H. Kaye, Elsdon Storey Hydrocephalus is an abnormal enlargement of the ventricles caused by an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid…
INFECTIVE NEUROPATHIES
CHAPTER 84 INFECTIVE NEUROPATHIES Joshua Kershen, Thomas Sabin While most peripheral neuropathies encountered by the clinical neurologist will have toxic or metabolic etiologies, it is very important to consider that…
INHERITED NEUROPATHIES
CHAPTER 82 INHERITED NEUROPATHIES Kinga Szigeti, James R. Lupski During the past decade, molecular genetics research has led to an exponential growth of knowledge of pathogenic genes and has suggested…
GENETICS OF EPILEPSY
CHAPTER 51 GENETICS OF EPILEPSY John M. Lynch, Sanjay M. Sisodiya Epilepsy is a heterogeneous group of conditions, with a very broad range of possible causes, manifesting as recurrent, unprovoked,…
TUMORS OF THE BRAIN
CHAPTER 98 TUMORS OF THE BRAIN Jeremy Rees Tumors of the brain are regarded as one of the most devastating group of neurological diseases—they are associated with significant neurological morbidity,…
NEUROLOGY OF HEMATOLOGY
CHAPTER 115 NEUROLOGY OF HEMATOLOGY Martin A. Samuels THE ANEMIAS Iron deficiency from chronic blood loss is the most common form of anemia. Iron deficiency in the absence of anemia…
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: DEMYELINATION AND AXONAL INJURY
CHAPTER 75 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: DEMYELINATION AND AXONAL INJURY Raju Kapoor, Kenneth J. Smith The inflammatory demyelinating lesions of multiple sclerosis cause a range of axonal conduction abnormalities that,…
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL AND SPINAL CORD CIRCULATION
CHAPTER 41 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF CEREBRAL AND SPINAL CORD CIRCULATION Omar Touzani, Eric T. MacKenzie Of all the mammalian organs, the central nervous system is the most privileged and…
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
CHAPTER 73 FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA Bryan Woodruff, Neill Graff-Radford After Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, and vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementias (FTDs) as a group constitute a significant percentage of the degenerative…
