CHAPTER 18 SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE PSYCHOSIS Gary Price, Maria A. Ron The first part of this chapter deals with schizophrenia as a primary illness, and the second describes schizophrenia-like features…
CHAPTER 39 PRIMARY MYELOPATHIES (DEGENERATIVE, INFECTIVE, METABOLIC) Mark Paine A number of conditions may selectively involve the spinal cord; some of these conditions also involve other neural tissues, to a…
CHAPTER 30 PRIMARY AUTONOMIC FAILURE Felix Geser, Gregor K. Wenning CLASSIFICATION A convenient approach to the syndromes of autonomic failure is to distinguish those of the primary variety, in which…
CHAPTER 25 EXAMINATION OF HEARING AND BALANCE Brian C. Kung, Thomas O. Willcox, Jr. Hearing loss and balance disorders are two of the most common reasons that patients visit their…
CHAPTER 29 BLADDER AND SEXUAL FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION Ronald F. Pfeiffer The autonomic nervous system is sometimes perceived by neurologists as a somewhat mysterious, even miasmic, component of the nervous…
CHAPTER 26 AUDITORY SYSTEM DISORDERS Thomas O. Willcox, Gregory J. Artz Hearing loss can be defined as an increase in the threshold of sound perception. Understanding speech and the general…
CHAPTER 13 DISORDERS OF SMELL AND TASTE Graeme M. Gonzales, Mark J. Cook The “chemical” senses of smell and taste are the human organism’s means of qualitatively analyzing the chemical…
CHAPTER 17 TOURETTE’S SYNDROME, TICS AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS Anette Schrag, Mary M. Robertson TICS AND GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME Once considered a rarity, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is…
CHAPTER 10 AUTISM AND ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER Bruce J. Tonge, Nicole J. Rinehart Autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are the two main classes of neurodevelopmental disorders that begin…
CHAPTER 14 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP Timothy A. Roehrs, Thomas Roth Sleep is an essential and appetitive behavior characterized by minimal movement; reduced responsiveness to stimuli; reversibility; and species-specific diurnal…
