The Gale encyclopedia of neurological disorders
The Gale encyclopedia of neurological disorders [electronic resource] /
Encyclopedia of neurological disorders
Brigham Narins, editor.
- 2nd ed.
- Detroit : Gale, 2012.
- 1 online resource (2 v. (xxii, 1330 p.)) : ill. (chiefly col.)
- Gale virtual reference library .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abulia -- Acetazolamide -- Acupuncture -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Affective disorders -- Agenesis of the corpus callosum -- Agnosia -- Agraphia -- Aids -- Alcohol-related neurologic disease -- Alexander disease -- Alpers' disease -- Alternating hemiplegia -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amantadine -- Amnestic disorders -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Anatomical nomenclature -- Anencephaly -- Aneurysms -- Angelman syndrome -- Angiography -- Anosmia -- Anticholinergics -- Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Antimigraine drugs -- Antiparkinson drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Anxiolytics -- Aphasia -- Apraxia -- Arachnoid cysts -- Arachnoiditis -- Arnold-Chiari malformation -- Arteriovenous malformations -- Asperger syndrome -- Assistive communicative technologies -- Assistive mobile devices -- Ataxia-telangiectasia -- Ataxia -- Atomoxetine -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Autism -- Autoimmune diseases -- Autonomic dysfunction -- Back pain -- Balance and gait disorders -- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome -- Batten disease -- Behcet's syndrome -- Bell's palsy -- Benign positional vertigo -- Benzodiazepines -- Beriberi -- Binswanger disease -- Biopsy -- Blepharospasm -- Botulinum toxin -- Botulism -- Brachial plexus injuries -- Brain anatomy -- Brain and spinal tumors -- Brain death -- Brain edema, cerebral edema -- Brown-s�quard syndrome -- Canavan disease -- Carbamazepine -- Carotid endarterectomy -- Carotid stenosis -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Catechol-o-methyltransferase inhibitors -- Central cord syndrome -- Central nervous system -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Central pain syndrome -- Cerebellum -- Cerebral angiitis -- Cerebral cavernous malformation -- Cerebral circulation -- Cerebral dominance -- Cerebral hematoma -- Cerebral palsy -- Channelopathies -- Charcot-Marie tooth disease -- Cholinergic stimulants -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- Chorea -- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy -- Clinical trials -- Coma -- Congenital myasthenia -- Congenital myopathies -- Corpus callosotomy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Craniosynostosis -- Craniotomy -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- CT scans -- Cushing's syndrome -- Cytomegalic inclusion body disease -- Dandy-walker syndrome -- Deep brain stimulation -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Depression -- Dermatomyositis -- Devic syndrome -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Diadochokinetic rate -- Diazepam -- Dichloralphenazone, isometheptene, and acetaminophen -- Diencephalon -- Disc herniation -- Dizziness -- Dopamine receptor agonists -- Dysarthria -- Dysesthesias -- Dysgeusia -- Dyslexia -- Dyspraxia -- Dystonia -- Electric personal assistive mobility devices -- Electroencephalography -- Electromyography -- Empty sella syndrome -- Encephalitis and meningitis -- Encephalitis lethargica -- Encephaloceles -- Encephalopathy -- Endovascular embolization -- Epidural hematoma -- Epilepsy -- Exercise -- Fabry disease -- Facial synkinesis -- Fahr disease -- Fainting -- Falls (recurrent falls) -- Fatigue -- Febrile seizures -- Felbamate -- Fisher syndrome -- Foot drop -- Fourth nerve palsy -- Friedreich ataxia -- Gabapentin -- Gaucher disease -- Gene therapy -- Gerstmann-straussler-scheinker disease -- Gerstmann syndrome -- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia -- Glucocorticoids -- Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Hallucination -- Headache -- Headache, chronic daily -- Headache, cluster -- Headache, migraine -- Hearing loss and hearing disorders -- Hemianopsia -- Hemifacial spasm -- Hemiplegia and paraplegia -- Hereditary spastic paraplegia -- Holoprosencephaly -- Htlv-1 associated myelopathy -- Huntington disease -- Hydantoins -- Hydranencephaly -- Hydrocephalus -- Hydromyelia -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Hypersomnia -- Hypothermia -- Hypotonia -- Hypoxia -- Idiopathic neuropathy -- Inclusion body myositis -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- Infantile spasms -- Inflammatory myopathy -- Interferons -- Joubert syndrome -- Kennedy disease -- Klippel-Feil syndrome -- Krabbe disease -- Kuru -- Lacosamide -- Lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome -- Laminectomy -- Lamotrigine -- Learning disorders -- Lee Silverman voice treatment -- Leigh disease -- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome -- Lesch-nyhan syndrome -- Leukodystrophy -- Levetiracetam -- Lewy body dementia -- Lidocaine patch -- Lissencephaly -- Locked-in syndrome -- Lumbar puncture -- Lupus -- Lyme disease -- Machado-Joseph disease -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Megalencephaly -- Melodic intonation therapy -- Meniere's disease -- Meninges -- Mental retardation -- Meralgia paresthetica -- Metachromatic leukodystrophy -- Microcephaly -- Mitochondrial myopathies -- Modafinil -- Moebius syndrome -- Monomelic amyotrophy -- Motor neuron diseases -- Movement disorders -- Moyamoya disease -- Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Multi-infarct dementia -- Multifocal motor neuropathy -- Multiple sclerosis -- Multiple system atrophy -- Muscular dystrophy -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myoclonus -- Myofibrillar myopathy -- Myopathy -- Myotonic dystrophy -- Narcolepsy -- Nerve compression -- Nerve conduction study -- Neurocysticercosis -- Neurofibromatosis -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- Neurological emergencies -- Neurologist -- Neuromuscular blockers -- Neuronal migration disorders -- Neuropathologist -- Neuropsychological testing -- Neuroradiology -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosurgery -- Neurotransmitters -- Niemann-Pick disease -- Occipital neuralgia -- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy -- Opsoclonus myoclonus -- Organic voice tremor -- Orthostatic hypotension -- Overactive bladder -- Oxazolindinediones -- Pain -- Pallidotomy -- Pandas -- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration -- Paramyotonia congenita -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Parkinson's disease -- Paroxysmal hemicrania -- Parsonage-turner syndrome -- Perineural cysts -- Periodic paralysis -- Peripheral nervous system -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Periventricular leukomalacia -- Phantom limb -- Pharmacotherapy -- Phenobarbital -- Pick's disease -- Piriformis syndrome -- Plexopathies -- Poliomyelitis -- Polymyositis -- Pompe disease -- Porencephaly -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- Postpolio syndrome -- Primary lateral sclerosis -- Primidone -- Prion diseases -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Pseudobulbar palsy -- Pseudotumor cerebri -- Psychogenic neurological disorders -- Radiation -- Radiculopathy -- Ramsay-hunt syndrome type ii -- Rasmussen's encephalitis -- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Refsum disease -- Repetitive motion disorders -- Respite -- Restless legs syndrome -- Rett syndrome -- Reye's syndrome -- Sandhoff disease -- Schilder's disease -- Schizencephaly -- Schizophrenia -- Sciatic neuropathy -- Seizures -- Septo-optic dysplasia -- Shaken baby syndrome -- Shingles -- Single proton emission computed tomography -- Sixth nerve palsy -- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome -- Sleep apnea -- Sleep disorders or parasomnias -- Social workers -- Sodium oxybate -- Sotos syndrome -- Spasticity -- Speech synthesizer -- Spina bifida -- Spinal cord infarction -- Spinal cord injury -- Spinal muscular atrophy -- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- Status epilepticus -- Stem cell therapy -- Stem cell transplant -- Stiff person syndrome -- Striatonigral degeneration -- Stroke -- Sturge-Weber syndrome -- Stuttering -- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis -- Subdural hematoma -- Succinamides -- Swallowing disorders -- Sydenham's chorea -- Syringomyelia -- Tabes dorsalis -- Tay-Sachs disease -- Temporal arteritis -- Temporal lobe epilepsy -- Tethered spinal cord syndrome -- Third nerve palsy -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Thyrotoxic myopathy -- Tiagabine -- Tics -- Tinnitus -- Todd's paralysis -- Topiramate -- Tourette syndrome -- Transcranial doppler -- Transient global amnesia -- Transient ischemic attack -- Transverse myelitis -- Traumatic brain injury -- Tremor -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Triptans -- Tropical spastic paraparesis -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Ulnar neuropathy -- Ultrasonography -- Valproic acid and divalproex sodium -- Vasculitic neuropathy -- Vasculitis -- Vegetative state; minimally conscious state -- Ventilatory assistance devices -- Ventricular shunt -- Ventricular system -- Vertebrobasilar disease -- Vertigo, motion sickness -- Vestibular schwannoma -- Visual disturbances -- Vitamin/nutritional deficiency -- Von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Wallenberg syndrome -- Weakness -- West Nile virus -- Whiplash -- Whipple's disease -- Williams syndrome -- Wilson disease -- Zellweger syndrome -- Zonisamide.
Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others.
9781414490113
Neurology--Encyclopedias.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abulia -- Acetazolamide -- Acupuncture -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis -- Adrenoleukodystrophy -- Affective disorders -- Agenesis of the corpus callosum -- Agnosia -- Agraphia -- Aids -- Alcohol-related neurologic disease -- Alexander disease -- Alpers' disease -- Alternating hemiplegia -- Alzheimer's disease -- Amantadine -- Amnestic disorders -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Anatomical nomenclature -- Anencephaly -- Aneurysms -- Angelman syndrome -- Angiography -- Anosmia -- Anticholinergics -- Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs -- Antiepileptic drugs -- Antimigraine drugs -- Antiparkinson drugs -- Antiviral drugs -- Anxiolytics -- Aphasia -- Apraxia -- Arachnoid cysts -- Arachnoiditis -- Arnold-Chiari malformation -- Arteriovenous malformations -- Asperger syndrome -- Assistive communicative technologies -- Assistive mobile devices -- Ataxia-telangiectasia -- Ataxia -- Atomoxetine -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) -- Autism -- Autoimmune diseases -- Autonomic dysfunction -- Back pain -- Balance and gait disorders -- Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome -- Batten disease -- Behcet's syndrome -- Bell's palsy -- Benign positional vertigo -- Benzodiazepines -- Beriberi -- Binswanger disease -- Biopsy -- Blepharospasm -- Botulinum toxin -- Botulism -- Brachial plexus injuries -- Brain anatomy -- Brain and spinal tumors -- Brain death -- Brain edema, cerebral edema -- Brown-s�quard syndrome -- Canavan disease -- Carbamazepine -- Carotid endarterectomy -- Carotid stenosis -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Catechol-o-methyltransferase inhibitors -- Central cord syndrome -- Central nervous system -- Central nervous system stimulants -- Central pain syndrome -- Cerebellum -- Cerebral angiitis -- Cerebral cavernous malformation -- Cerebral circulation -- Cerebral dominance -- Cerebral hematoma -- Cerebral palsy -- Channelopathies -- Charcot-Marie tooth disease -- Cholinergic stimulants -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- Chorea -- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy -- Clinical trials -- Coma -- Congenital myasthenia -- Congenital myopathies -- Corpus callosotomy -- Corticobasal degeneration -- Craniosynostosis -- Craniotomy -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- CT scans -- Cushing's syndrome -- Cytomegalic inclusion body disease -- Dandy-walker syndrome -- Deep brain stimulation -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Depression -- Dermatomyositis -- Devic syndrome -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Diadochokinetic rate -- Diazepam -- Dichloralphenazone, isometheptene, and acetaminophen -- Diencephalon -- Disc herniation -- Dizziness -- Dopamine receptor agonists -- Dysarthria -- Dysesthesias -- Dysgeusia -- Dyslexia -- Dyspraxia -- Dystonia -- Electric personal assistive mobility devices -- Electroencephalography -- Electromyography -- Empty sella syndrome -- Encephalitis and meningitis -- Encephalitis lethargica -- Encephaloceles -- Encephalopathy -- Endovascular embolization -- Epidural hematoma -- Epilepsy -- Exercise -- Fabry disease -- Facial synkinesis -- Fahr disease -- Fainting -- Falls (recurrent falls) -- Fatigue -- Febrile seizures -- Felbamate -- Fisher syndrome -- Foot drop -- Fourth nerve palsy -- Friedreich ataxia -- Gabapentin -- Gaucher disease -- Gene therapy -- Gerstmann-straussler-scheinker disease -- Gerstmann syndrome -- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia -- Glucocorticoids -- Guillain-Barre syndrome -- Hallucination -- Headache -- Headache, chronic daily -- Headache, cluster -- Headache, migraine -- Hearing loss and hearing disorders -- Hemianopsia -- Hemifacial spasm -- Hemiplegia and paraplegia -- Hereditary spastic paraplegia -- Holoprosencephaly -- Htlv-1 associated myelopathy -- Huntington disease -- Hydantoins -- Hydranencephaly -- Hydrocephalus -- Hydromyelia -- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy -- Hypersomnia -- Hypothermia -- Hypotonia -- Hypoxia -- Idiopathic neuropathy -- Inclusion body myositis -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- Infantile spasms -- Inflammatory myopathy -- Interferons -- Joubert syndrome -- Kennedy disease -- Klippel-Feil syndrome -- Krabbe disease -- Kuru -- Lacosamide -- Lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome -- Laminectomy -- Lamotrigine -- Learning disorders -- Lee Silverman voice treatment -- Leigh disease -- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome -- Lesch-nyhan syndrome -- Leukodystrophy -- Levetiracetam -- Lewy body dementia -- Lidocaine patch -- Lissencephaly -- Locked-in syndrome -- Lumbar puncture -- Lupus -- Lyme disease -- Machado-Joseph disease -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Megalencephaly -- Melodic intonation therapy -- Meniere's disease -- Meninges -- Mental retardation -- Meralgia paresthetica -- Metachromatic leukodystrophy -- Microcephaly -- Mitochondrial myopathies -- Modafinil -- Moebius syndrome -- Monomelic amyotrophy -- Motor neuron diseases -- Movement disorders -- Moyamoya disease -- Mucopolysaccharidoses -- Multi-infarct dementia -- Multifocal motor neuropathy -- Multiple sclerosis -- Multiple system atrophy -- Muscular dystrophy -- Myasthenia gravis -- Myoclonus -- Myofibrillar myopathy -- Myopathy -- Myotonic dystrophy -- Narcolepsy -- Nerve compression -- Nerve conduction study -- Neurocysticercosis -- Neurofibromatosis -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -- Neurological emergencies -- Neurologist -- Neuromuscular blockers -- Neuronal migration disorders -- Neuropathologist -- Neuropsychological testing -- Neuroradiology -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Neurosurgery -- Neurotransmitters -- Niemann-Pick disease -- Occipital neuralgia -- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy -- Opsoclonus myoclonus -- Organic voice tremor -- Orthostatic hypotension -- Overactive bladder -- Oxazolindinediones -- Pain -- Pallidotomy -- Pandas -- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration -- Paramyotonia congenita -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Parkinson's disease -- Paroxysmal hemicrania -- Parsonage-turner syndrome -- Perineural cysts -- Periodic paralysis -- Peripheral nervous system -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Periventricular leukomalacia -- Phantom limb -- Pharmacotherapy -- Phenobarbital -- Pick's disease -- Piriformis syndrome -- Plexopathies -- Poliomyelitis -- Polymyositis -- Pompe disease -- Porencephaly -- Positron emission tomography (PET) -- Postpolio syndrome -- Primary lateral sclerosis -- Primidone -- Prion diseases -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- Progressive supranuclear palsy -- Pseudobulbar palsy -- Pseudotumor cerebri -- Psychogenic neurological disorders -- Radiation -- Radiculopathy -- Ramsay-hunt syndrome type ii -- Rasmussen's encephalitis -- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Refsum disease -- Repetitive motion disorders -- Respite -- Restless legs syndrome -- Rett syndrome -- Reye's syndrome -- Sandhoff disease -- Schilder's disease -- Schizencephaly -- Schizophrenia -- Sciatic neuropathy -- Seizures -- Septo-optic dysplasia -- Shaken baby syndrome -- Shingles -- Single proton emission computed tomography -- Sixth nerve palsy -- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome -- Sleep apnea -- Sleep disorders or parasomnias -- Social workers -- Sodium oxybate -- Sotos syndrome -- Spasticity -- Speech synthesizer -- Spina bifida -- Spinal cord infarction -- Spinal cord injury -- Spinal muscular atrophy -- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- Status epilepticus -- Stem cell therapy -- Stem cell transplant -- Stiff person syndrome -- Striatonigral degeneration -- Stroke -- Sturge-Weber syndrome -- Stuttering -- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis -- Subdural hematoma -- Succinamides -- Swallowing disorders -- Sydenham's chorea -- Syringomyelia -- Tabes dorsalis -- Tay-Sachs disease -- Temporal arteritis -- Temporal lobe epilepsy -- Tethered spinal cord syndrome -- Third nerve palsy -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Thyrotoxic myopathy -- Tiagabine -- Tics -- Tinnitus -- Todd's paralysis -- Topiramate -- Tourette syndrome -- Transcranial doppler -- Transient global amnesia -- Transient ischemic attack -- Transverse myelitis -- Traumatic brain injury -- Tremor -- Trigeminal neuralgia -- Triptans -- Tropical spastic paraparesis -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Ulnar neuropathy -- Ultrasonography -- Valproic acid and divalproex sodium -- Vasculitic neuropathy -- Vasculitis -- Vegetative state; minimally conscious state -- Ventilatory assistance devices -- Ventricular shunt -- Ventricular system -- Vertebrobasilar disease -- Vertigo, motion sickness -- Vestibular schwannoma -- Visual disturbances -- Vitamin/nutritional deficiency -- Von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Wallenberg syndrome -- Weakness -- West Nile virus -- Whiplash -- Whipple's disease -- Williams syndrome -- Wilson disease -- Zellweger syndrome -- Zonisamide.
Provides in-depth coverage of neurological diseases and disorders, including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, Tourette Syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral palsy, vertigo, amnesia, and epilepsy, targeted to patients, their families and allied health students. Related topics include communication aids, electric personal assistive mobility devices, medications, and the needs of Alzheimer patient caregivers among others.
9781414490113
Neurology--Encyclopedias.
