Science and Practice in Clinical NeurologyS. C. Gandevia, David C. Burke, Michael Anthony Science and Practice in Clinical Neurology illustrates the changing face of neurology by reviewing many recent developments in the field. Among the many topics covered are headache, movement disturbances, abnormalities of sensation, autonomic failure, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and molecular genetic approaches to neurological disease. The authors emphasize the pathophysiology of neurological disorders and make suggestions for diagnosis and treatment. They also discuss a number of new diagnostic tests, incuding PET scanning and motor-evoked potentials. The volume concludes with an authoritative overview of important new directions in neuroscience, concentrating particularly on the contribution of molecular genetics. |
Contents
Aspects of proprioception D I McCloskey and S C Gandevia | 3 |
The pathophysiological basis of paresthesiae D Burke | 20 |
backache and neck pain N Bogduk | 39 |
Corticospinal control of movement R Porter | 61 |
strength testing and transcranial | 75 |
Muscle spindles muscle tone and the fusimotor system | 89 |
The neurophysiology of human spinal spasticity P Ashby | 106 |
Future strategies for the treatment of Parkinsons disease S Fahn | 130 |
Experimental headaches A useful tool in the investigation | 253 |
Unilateral headache M Anthony | 266 |
Pathways for headache G A Lambert | 284 |
Pathophysiology of migraine P J Goadsby | 303 |
Serotonin sumatriptan and migraine P P A Humphrey | 323 |
The treatment of primary headache F Clifford Rose | 334 |
205 | 359 |
the evolution of new challenges R T Johnson | 363 |
Understanding the genetics of classical idiopathic torsion dystonia | 139 |
Functional imaging in motor disorders J G Colebatch | 154 |
Tonic stretch reflex in normal subjects and in cerebral palsy | 169 |
Measurement of physiological and essential tremor J D Gillies | 191 |
Disorders of the autonomic nervous system J G McLeod | 205 |
Autonomic innervation of the face P D Drummond | 223 |
Stroke and antiphospholipid antibodies K M A Welch | 243 |
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