RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME
CHAPTER 37 RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME Wolfgang H. Oertel, Karin Stiasny-Kolster Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is the most common neurological sleep disorder. It was first described in 1672 and was rediscovered…
SLEEP APNEA
CHAPTER 16 SLEEP APNEA Adrian J. Williams The sleeping patient is still a patient. His disease may progress differently in sleep, or disease may originate in sleep. (Eugene Robin, 1958)…
AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
CHAPTER 19 AFFECTIVE DISORDERS Gad A. Marshall, Jeffrey L. Cummings Affect refers to the external expression of emotions, whereas mood refers to the internal expression or feeling of emotions. Typically,…
THE NEUROLOGICAL VASCULITIDES
CHAPTER 97 THE NEUROLOGICAL VASCULITIDES Neil Scolding Disorders caused by immunological or inflammatory disturbances affecting the nervous system account for a wide range of neurological diseases. They include primary or…
NEUROLOGY OF CEREBRAL PALSY
CHAPTER 121 NEUROLOGY OF CEREBRAL PALSY Geoffrey Miller CLASSIFICATION AND CLINICAL FEATURES The term cerebral palsy is not a diagnosis, nor does its use denote a specific etiology or degree…
HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIAS
CHAPTER 69 HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIAS* John K. Fink The hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs), also known as familial spastic paraplegia and Strümpell-Lorrain disease (per Dorland’s),1 constitute a group of more than…
NEUROLOGY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS
CHAPTER 117 NEUROLOGY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTIONS John C.M. Brust DEFINITIONS Substance dependence is of two types. Psychic dependence consists of craving and drug-seeking behavior. Physical dependence consists of…
NEUROLOGY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
CHAPTER 114 NEUROLOGY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Ronald F. Pfeiffer The enteric nervous system within the gut wall, replete with its neuronal networks and numerous neurotransmitters, mirrors many aspects of…
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA AND OTHER FACIAL PAIN
CHAPTER 64 TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA AND OTHER FACIAL PAIN Alan Stiles, James Evans HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS Trigeminal neuralgia has been identified in the medical literature as the classic neuropathic pain syndrome. The…
