DESCRIPTION:
Trusted as the leading text in the field, Parkinson""s Disease and Movement Disorders, 6th Edition, brings you fully up to date with new developments in this rapidly-changing subspecialty. International experts provide thorough coverage of basic science and clear guidance for your day-to-day clinical challenges - from innovative medical and surgical treatments to new drug delivery systems and recent discoveries in genetics, plus much more. In addition, an extensive online video atlas demonstrates movement and posture abnormalities, as well as unique and unusual phenomenology.
- Get comprehensive, current information on every aspect (including behavioral and psychologic concomitants) of all common and uncommon movement disorders, including Parkinson""s disease, other neurodegenerative diseases, tremors, dystonia, Tourette""s syndrome, Huntington""s disease, and ataxias.
- Focus on the new discoveries you need to know about: the role of ubiquitin-proteosome and autophagy systems in neurodegeneration genetics of Parkinson""s disease and other movement disorders innovative medical and surgical treatment of Parkinson""s disease and hyperkinetic movement disorders and more.
- Stay up to date with new information on autoimmune disorders, novel deliveries of drugs, and new formulations of botulinum toxin.
- Benefit from access to an outstanding online video library (with dozens of new videos) that demonstrate what you""re likely to see in practice and key elements to look for.
Instantly view videos online with your tablet or smartphone, thanks to new QR codes inserted throughout the text.
Now with the print edition, enjoy the online access to:
- Dozens of videos that demonstrate the movement and posture abnormalities and other disturbances associated with Parkinson""s disease and other neurologic disorders.
- Complete content with enhanced navigation.
- Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web.
- Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation.
- Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text.
- Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues.
- Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use.
CONTENTS:
1. Functional Organization of the Basal Ganglia
2. Neurophysiologic Testing of Motor Control and Movement Disorders
3. Neurobehavioral Disorders Associated with Basal Ganglia Lesions
4. Mechanisms and Prevention of Cell Death
5. Epidemiology of Parkinson""s Disease
6. Non-motor Symptoms in Parkinsons""s Disease
7. Etiology and Pathogenesis of Parkinson""s Disease
8. Genetics of Parkinson""s Disease
9. Disease-Modifying Strategies in Parkinson""s Disease
10. Pharmacological Management of Parkinson""s Disease
11. Experimental Therapeutics of Parkinson""s Disease
12. Dementia Associated with Parkinson""s Disease: Features and Management
13. Neuropsychiatric aspects of Parkinson""s Disease
14. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
15. Multiple System Atrophy
16. Corticobasal Degeneration
17. Extrapyramidal Syndromes in Frontotemporal Dementia
18. Secondary Parkinsonism
19. Huntington""s Disease
20. Sydenham Chorea and Other Choreas
21. Ballism
22. Stereotypies
23. Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation
24. Neurologic Aspects of Wilson""s Disease: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment Considerations
25. Neuropathology of Parkinsonian Disorders
26. Mitochondria in Movement Disorders
27. Essential Tremor and Other Tremors
28. Dystonic Disorders
29. Treatment of Dystonia
30. Tics and Tourette Syndrome
31. Myoclonus and Exaggerated Startle Syndrome
32. Paraneoplastic and Immunologically Mediated Movement Disorders
33. Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
34. Restless Legs Syndrome and Akathisia
35. Hereditary Ataxias
36. Disorders of Gait
37. Paroxysmal Dyskinesias
38. Catatonia
39. Movement Disorders in Children
40. Rigidity and Spasticity
41. Sleep and Fatigue in Parkinson""s Disease
42. Movement Disorders in Systemic Disease
43. Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders
44. Neuroacanthocytosis
45. Functional Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders
46. Botulinum Toxin in Movement Disorders
47. Surgery for Parkinson""s Disease
48. Surgery for Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
49. Cell-Based Therapy for Parkinson""s Disease
50. Tropic Factor and Gene Therapies of Parkinson""s Disease
51. Non-Pharmacological Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Parkinson""s Disease
52. Peripherally Induced Movement Disorders
53. Clinical Rating Scales in Movement Disorders
