Neurogenetics
Neurogenetics Patricia E. Greenstein ▪ INTRODUCTION This chapter will outline the importance of history taking, and pedigree construction and analysis when suspecting a genetic component to a neurological disease. It…
Behavioral Neurochemistry and Pharmacology
Behavioral Neurochemistry and Pharmacology Alan C. Swann ▪ INTRODUCTION Brain function is simultaneously organized across three spheres—spatial, neurochemical, and temporal. In this chapter we will explore the chemical organization of…
Brain Tumors
Brain Tumors Jai Grewal Harpreet K. Grewal Santosh Kesari ▪ INTRODUCTION On August 1, 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, a student at the University of Texas in Austin, murdered his wife…
Central Nervous System Infections
Central Nervous System Infections Nicholas J. Silvestri ▪ INTRODUCTION The central nervous system (CNS) is susceptible to a number of infections caused by a broad range of pathogens. The presence…
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders Jean K. Matheson ▪ INTRODUCTION Sleep complaints accompany most psychiatric disorders. Conversely, primary sleep disorders may mimic, exacerbate, or possibly induce psychiatric disease. Sleep disorders may represent a…
Pain Syndromes
Pain Syndromes Bushra Malik Mark Stillman ▪ INTRODUCTION The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or…
Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury Michael P. Alexander ▪ INTRODUCTION Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the more common neurological disorders. The incidence is estimated to be 101 per 100,000 for…
Substance Abuse and Neurotoxicology
Substance Abuse and Neurotoxicology Stephen J. Traub Many substances—both legal and illicit—produce alterations in mental status. To the untrained or uncritical eye, these changes may appear to be psychiatric in…
Functional Disease: Hysteria
Functional Disease: Hysteria Michael Ronthal ▪ INTRODUCTION The term “hysteria” has largely been dropped from psychiatric parlance in favor of several other Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth…
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders Sean I. Savitz ▪ INTRODUCTION Stroke results from occlusion or disruption of a blood vessel feeding the brain and has been popularly and incorrectly referred to…
