Parkinsonism
Chapter 4 Parkinsonism Clinical features and differential diagnosis Chapter contents Introduction 66 Clinical features 66 Bradykinesia 69 Tremor 69 Rigidity and flexed posture 70 Loss of postural reflexes 71 Freezing…
Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders
Chapter 7 Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders Chapter contents Introduction 157 Functional anatomy of the basal ganglia 157 Techniques of stereotactic surgery 159 Thalamotomy 160 Ablative…
Chorea, ballism, and athetosis
Chapter 15 Chorea, ballism, and athetosis Chapter contents Introduction 335 Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy and HD-like disorders 335 Other Huntington disease-like disorders 337 Neuroacanthocytosis 339 Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 341 Other…
Tics and Tourette syndrome
Chapter 16 Tics and Tourette syndrome Chapter contents Introduction 350 Phenomenology of tics 351 Clinical features of Tourette syndrome 353 Pathogenesis 359 Genetics 366 Etiology of tics (secondary tourettism) 368…
Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia
Chapter 3 Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia Chapter contents Introduction 55 Neurotransmitters 55 Components of the basal ganglia 60 Circuitry of the basal ganglia 62 Physiology 64 Introduction The…
Stereotypies
Chapter 17 Stereotypies Chapter contents Pathophysiology of stereotypies 380 Physiologic stereotypies 382 Developmental disorders 382 Schizophrenia and catatonia 386 Obsessive-compulsive disorder and tic disorders 386 Other stereotypies 387 Treatment 388…
Psychogenic movement disorders
Chapter 25 Psychogenic movement disorders Phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment Chapter contents Introduction 513 Degree of certainty of the diagnosis of a psychogenic movement disorder 516 Definitions of psychiatric terminology 517…
Restless legs and peripheral movement disorders
Chapter 23 Restless legs and peripheral movement disorders Chapter contents Restless legs syndrome and periodic movements of sleep 496 Peripheral movement disorders 500 Restless legs syndrome and periodic movements of…
Stiffness syndromes
Chapter 11 Stiffness syndromes Chapter contents Spasticity 250 Stiff-person (stiff-man) syndrome 252 Syndromes of continuous muscle activity 255 Muscle stiffness may be the presenting symptom in many disorders of the…
