PRIMARY DISORDERS OF SLEEP
CHAPTER 15 PRIMARY DISORDERS OF SLEEP John W. Winkelman, Milena Pavlova Difficulty with the regulation of sleep and wake states is present in up to 25% of the general population…
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE PSYCHOSIS
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…
PRIMARY AUTONOMIC FAILURE
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…
PRIMARY MYELOPATHIES (DEGENERATIVE, INFECTIVE, METABOLIC)
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…
EXAMINATION OF HEARING AND BALANCE
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…
BLADDER AND SEXUAL FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION
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…
AUDITORY SYSTEM DISORDERS
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…
DISORDERS OF SMELL AND TASTE
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…
TOURETTE’S SYNDROME, TICS AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
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…
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP
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…
