FREE Neurology e-Book: The Circuitry of the Human Spinal Cord: Its Role in Motor Control and Movement Disorders

Book Description: Studies of human movement have proliferated in recent years, and there have been many studies of spinal pathways in humans, their role in movement, and their dysfunction in neurological disorders. This comprehensive reference surveys the literature related to the control of spinal cord circuits in human subjects, showing how they can be studied, their role in normal movement, and how they malfunction in disease states. Chapters are highly illustrated and consistently organised, reviewing, for each pathway, the experimental background, methodology, organisation and control, role during motor tasks, and changes in patients with CNS lesions. Each chapter concludes with a helpful resume that can be used independently of the main text to provide practical guidance for clinical studies. This will be essential reading for research workers and clinicians involved in the study, treatment and rehabilitation of movement disorders.

Book Info: Published in 2005 by Cambridge University. Author: Emmanuel Pierrot

Neurology in Clinical Practice Free Ebook Download

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0750674695
Edition:2003
Format:PDF, 2570 pages
Size:54.2 MB

Designed as a practical textbook of neurology, this two-volume fourth edition contains 87 chapters covering principles of diagnosis and management (v.1) and neurological disorders (v.2).

Topics include neurological symptoms and conditions such as vision loss, cranial and facial pain, and gait disorders; neurological causes of bladder, bowel, and sexual disorders; laboratory investigations in diagnosis and management of neurological disease; clinical electromyography and neuroimaging; principles of neuropharmacology and therapeutics; vascular diseases of the nervous system; cancer and the nervous system; effects of toxins and physical agent; disorders of the nervous system (approximately 20 chapters), such as cranial neuropathies and disorders of nerve roots and plexuses; and neurological problems of the newborn and of pregnancy.

This edition has been comprehensively revised, with almost half the chapters prepared by new authors. There are new chapters on endovascular surgery and mitochondrial and ion channel disorders. A companion website features regular updates and videos, and a review manual and a pocket companion are in the works.