Prion Diseases
(1) Asheville, NC, USA Recall from Chap. 1 that it took a visit to Papua New Guinea in the mid-1950s. At that time a rare but fatal disease, kuru,…
Huntington’s Disease and Other Unstable Repeat Disorders
(1) Asheville, NC, USA The year 2001 witnessed the publication of the human genome sequence by two consortia, one headed by Eric Lander (in Nature) and the other led…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
(1) Asheville, NC, USA Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the most common cause of dementia in individuals under the age of 60 years, and overall, follows Alzheimer’s disease and…
Introduction
(1) Asheville, NC, USA Neurodegenerative disorders are diseases of the nervous system in which neurons deteriorate and die off and neural circuits become disabled. The best known of these…
Nerve Entrapment at Shoulder and Arm
, Götz Penkert2 and Thomas Schelle3 (1) Neurological Department, Freiberg Hospital, Freiberg, Germany (2) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany (3) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 8.1 Spinal Accessory Nerve…
Nerve Entrapment at Trunk and Leg
, Götz Penkert2 and Thomas Schelle3 (1) Neurological Department, Freiberg Hospital, Freiberg, Germany (2) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany (3) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 9.1 Ilio-hypogastric, Ilio-inguinal, Genito-femoral…
Electrodiagnostic Testing of the Peripheral Nerves
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 5.1 Introduction Electrodiagnostic examination (EDX) consists of two major parts: nerve conduction studies (NCS), including long latency reflex testing (F-waves), and…
Imaging of the Peripheral Nerves
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 6.1 High Resolution Ultrasound (HRUS) 6.1.1 Introduction In 1988, Fornage was the first to introduce the sonography of peripheral nerves [1]….
Generalized or Multifocal Disorders Occasionally Mimicking Focal Neuropathies
(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany 10.1 Introduction The following chapter will focus on a couple of generalized or multifocal disorders affecting peripheral nerves, plexus and motor-neurons,…
Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerve System
(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany 2.1 Macroscopic Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerve System and Variations Each physician who starts to deal with peripheral nerves – and particularly focal…
