Brain Disorders Sourcebook.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One An Overview of the Brain -- Chapter 1 Brain Basics: Know Your Brain -- Chapter 2 Brain Development and Aging -- Section 2.1-Brain Development in Childhood -- Section 2.2-The Adolescent Brain -- Section 2.3-The Aging Brain -- Chapter 3 How Toxins Affect the Brain -- Section 3.1-Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction on the Brain -- Section 3.2-Dangers of Mercury Exposure -- Section 3.3-Dangers of Lead Exposure -- Section 3.4-Dangers of Manganese Exposure -- Chapter 4 Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures -- Part Two Degenerative Brain Disorders -- Chapter 5 Dementias -- Section 5.1-Dementias -- Section 5.2-Frontotemporal Dementia -- Section 5.3-Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) -- Section 5.4-Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) -- Section 5.5-Multi-Infarct Dementia (MID) -- Section 5.6-Subcortical Dementia-Binswanger's Disease -- Section 5.7-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) -- Section 5.8-Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) -- Section 5.9-Current Research on Dementias -- Chapter 6 Huntington's Disease -- Chapter 7 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) -- Chapter 8 Alzheimer's Disease -- Chapter 9 Parkinson's Disease -- Chapter 10 Cerebral Palsy -- Chapter 11 Friedrich's Ataxia -- Chapter 12 Batten Disease -- Part Three Brain Infections -- Chapter 13 Cysticercosis -- Chapter 14 Neurological Complications of AIDS -- Chapter 15 Meningitis and Encephalitis -- Chapter 16 Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) -- Chapter 17 Vasculitis Syndromes of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems -- Part Four Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injuries -- Chapter 18 Concussion and Mild TBI -- Chapter 19 Traumatic Brain Injury -- Chapter 20 Cerebral Aneurysm -- Chapter 21 Stroke -- Part Five Congenital Brain Disorders.

Chapter 22 Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions Of The Central Nervous System -- Chapter 23 Cephalic Disorders -- Chapter 24 Spina Bifida -- Part Six Brain Tumors -- Chapter 25 Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor Cerebri) -- Chapter 26 Hydrocephalus -- Chapter 27 Adult Brain Tumors -- Section 27.1-General Information about Adult Brain Tumors -- Section 27.2-Classification of Adult Brain Tumors -- Section 27.3-Treatment Option Overview -- Section 27.4-Management of Specific Tumor Types and Locations -- Section 27.5-Recurrent Adult Brain Tumors -- Part Seven Seizures -- Chapter 28 Seizures and Epilepsy -- Chapter 29 Febrile Seizures -- Chapter 30 Infantile Spasms -- Chapter 31 Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome -- Part Eight Other Brain Disorders -- Chapter 32 Agnosia -- Chapter 33 Chiari Malformation -- Chapter 34 Facts about Encephalocele -- Chapter 35 Headache -- Chapter 36 Memory Loss -- Chapter 37 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) -- Chapter 38 Narcolepsy -- Chapter 39 Peripheral Neuropathy -- Chapter 40 Restless Legs Syndrome -- Chapter 41 Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome -- Part Nine Additional Help and Information -- Chapter 42 Recent Research in Brain Disorders -- Section 42.1-Alzheimer's Disease Research -- Section 42.2-Brain Cancer Research -- Section 42.3-Multiple Sclerosis Research -- Section 42.4-Parkinson's Disease Research -- Chapter 43 Glossary of Terms Related to Brain Disorders -- Chapter 44 Directory of Organizations with Information about Brain Disorders -- Index.

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