Tag: Neurology/Neurosurgery

Neuroscience For Dummies 3rd Edition

Neuroscience For Dummies 3rd Edition

A fascinating look at what’s rattling around in your skull

Neuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mind-boggling study of the human brain. It tracks to the content of a typical introductory neuroscience class at the college level ―and it’s perfect for anyone curious about what makes us tick. New technologies and an explosion of research have completely transformed our understanding of memory, depression, the mind-body connection, learning, and genetics. This updated edition―still in classic, beginner-friendly Dummies style―covers the latest research advances and technologies in the field of neuroscience. Put some knowledge about the brain into your brain.

Grasp the basic concepts and applications of neuroscience
Understand the brain’s structure and function
Explore how the brain impacts memory, learning, and emotions
Discover how the brain is connected with other physical systems
For students and general readers alike, Neuroscience For Dummies is a great way to understand what’s going on inside our heads.

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Advances in Brain Imaging (Review of Psychiatry) 1st Edition

Advances in Brain Imaging (Review of Psychiatry) 1st Edition

Brain imaging and its application to major psychiatric disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and schizophrenia is one of the most exciting fields in psychiatry today.

This thought-provoking collection details the work of five scientists who report some of the most recent findings in the field, review the relevant data in the literature, and place this research within a critical neuroscience context. Each chapter tells a fascinating story: – Chapter 1, Functional Brain Imaging in Psychiatry: The Next Wave, reviews the strengths and limitations of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), emphasizes the therapeutic implications of brain imaging findings, and suggests that this field may achieve its greatest utility in the search for the genetic bases for psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.

– Chapter 2, Cognitive Neuroscience: The New Neuroscience of the Mind and Its Implications for Psychiatry, emphasizes the importance of cognitive deficits in our understanding of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and OCD, presenting an exciting discussion of the development of a theory of altered executive function.

– Chapter 3, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Research on Emotion, explains a compelling new way of using fMRI to investigate disorders of emotion (such as major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social phobia) in children, synthesizing neuroscience, psychiatry, and developmental psychology.

– Chapter 4, Brain Structure and Function in Late-Life Depression, presents both structural and functional brain imaging findings, such as decreased brain volume and abnormalities of regional cerebral blood flow, in patients with late-life depression, examining how they compare with younger patients with major depression and raising an intriguing question of trait versus state as the cause for some of these abnormalities.

– Chapter 5, Neuroimaging Studies of Major Depression, details a distinctive longitudinal and intensely multimodal neuroscience approach particularly well suited for brain studies, describing not only the abnormalities, but also the changes in these abnormalities after therapeutic intervention, showing that some appear to depend on the patient’s mood and that other neurophysiologic differences persist even after treatment.

The provocative research breakthroughs and findings presented in this volume may lead to important insights in diagnosis, treatment response, and prognosis for some of today’s most challenging psychiatric disorders. Researchers and clinicians alike will find that this remarkable volume enhances their understanding of the theory and practice of brain imaging in psychiatry and offers an exciting glimpse of the future directions of both the technology and the science.

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Neurological Case Histories (Oxford Case Histories) 1st Edition

Neurological Case Histories (Oxford Case Histories) 1st Edition

This book is a collection of over 50 case histories of patients with predominantly acute neurological illness, with particular emphasis on conditions that present to physicians in both acute general (Internal) medicine and neurology, including headache, encephalopathy and altered consciousness, behavioural disturbance, seizures and focal deficits. The majority of the cases have endocrine, vascular, infectious or metabolic aetiologies and include examples of common conditions presenting in unusual ways. The differential diagnosis in such cases is often broad but rapid diagnosis and treatment is often paramount. Each case is outlined in brief and is followed by several questions on clinically important aspects of the diagnosis and management. The answers are accompanied by a detailed discussion of the differential diagnosis, together with other clinically important aspects of the condition. The text is complimented by over 170 radiographic illustrations. The question-and-answer format is designed to enhance the reader’s diagnostic ability and clinical understanding.

Greenberg’s Handbook of Neurosurgery 10th Edition

Greenberg’s Handbook of Neurosurgery 10th Edition

The fundamental, one-stop global resource for neurosurgical practice in updated 10th edition

Unlike traditional medical textbooks, the origins of the now legendary Handbook of Neurosurgery by Mark Greenberg took root in the late 1980’s in the notes the author kept while taking care of his patients, from his weekly grand rounds presentations, and in the literature he read. Now in its 10th edition, the book that is often referred to as the “bible for neurosurgeons” has grown organically over the years to include more topics of importance to those who provide healthcare to patients with neurologic ailments, and to reflect advances in the understanding and management of the underlying conditions and diseases.

Throughout 23 sections and 116 chapters, the generously illustrated text covers information ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics. The comprehensive, conveniently compact book provides detailed, high-value, and actionable information that can be quickly accessed to enhance patient management, thereby eliminating the need to wade through superfluous material. It is also a perfect study companion for board examination and preparation for the maintenance of certification.

Key Features:

  • Updated classification and diagnostic criteria of central and peripheral nervous system tumors, based on the most recent WHO classifications
  • Reworking of numerous sections (including current concepts in pseudotumor cerebri, seizure classification…)
  • Addition of new chapters (including idiopathic scoliosis, LOVA and tuberculosis of the CNS)
  • Current principles of nonsurgical and surgical management, including risk factors, indications, diagnostics, prognoses, contraindications, and differential diagnoses
  • Nearly 500 figures, including new summary flow charts, illustrations, and simplified diagrams for early learners, enhance understanding of material discussed in the text
  • And, as always, thousands of references!

 

This unique book encompasses a wide breadth of neurosurgical topics in an easy digestible format, making it an indispensable daily reference for all neurosurgical residents, fellows, neurosurgeons, and allied health practitioners.

This print book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

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Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Volume 4) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 4)

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Volume 4) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 4)

This book focuses on major trends and challenges in the area of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis.

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Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Alzheimer’s (Volume 3) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 3)

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Alzheimer’s (Volume 3) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 3)

This volume covers the state-of-the-art topics that investigate two significant neurological disorders: the Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) not only from the theoretical perspective but also focuses on the practicalaspects. The materials are presented in a way that can be beneficial to both advanced and layman readers

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Engineering and Clinical Perspectives of Multiple Sclerosis (Volume 2) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 2) Revised edition

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Engineering and Clinical Perspectives of Multiple Sclerosis (Volume 2) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 2) Revised edition

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application of Multiple Sclerosis (Volume 1) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 1)

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Application of Multiple Sclerosis (Volume 1) (IOP Expanding Physics, Volume 1)

 

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease where the body’s immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord, causing debilitating side effects that last a lifetime for those affected. There is currently no cure.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an established tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of MS because of its ability to depict the pathological features of the disease in high detail. Over the past few decades, MRI-based visualization of demyelinated CNS lesions has become pivotal to the diagnosis and monitoring of MS. In recent years, newer MR imaging technologies, including higher-field-strength MR units, have been developed to analyse the overall MS damage and highlight potential mechanisms of recovery in patients at different stages of the disease.

Written by experts in the field, this first volume covers all imaging techniques applied to the analysis of MS, including the physics of CT/MR neurological imaging, MR MS, and miscellaneous MR neurological applications.

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Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Applications in dyslexia, epilepsy and Parkinson’s (Volume 5)

Neurological Disorders and Imaging Physics: Applications in dyslexia, epilepsy and Parkinson’s (Volume 5)

Neuropathic Pain (WHAT DO I DO NOW PAIN MEDICINE)

Neuropathic Pain (WHAT DO I DO NOW PAIN MEDICINE)

Neuropathic pain is one of the most common, debilitating, costly, and difficult to treat categories of chronic pain conditions characterized by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Neuropathic Pain, part of the What Do I Do Now? Pain Medicine series, brings together in one volume 45 cases which expertly explore the diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of various types of neuropathic pain including less common and complex cases.

Treatment of neuropathic pain requires skillful assessment and management. Neuropathic Pain provides an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter challenging situations. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader’s ability to answer the question, “What do I do now?”

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