Brain disorders sourcebook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Keith.

Contributor:

Jones, Keith (Editor at Omnigraphics, Inc.), editor.

Series:

Health reference series.

Health Reference Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Diseases--Popular works.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 688 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

[Detroit] : Omnigraphics, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides information about brain function, neurological emergencies such as a brain attack (stroke) or seizure, and symptoms of brain disorders.

Contents:

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

Notes:

"Basic consumer health information about acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors, cerebral palsy and other genetic and congenital brain disorders, infections of the brain, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, and degenerative neurological disorders such as dementia, huntington disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Along with information on brain structure and function, current research, a glossary of terms related to brain disorders, and a directory of resources for more information."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2015).

ISBN:

9781785394454

1785394452

9780780813977

0780813979

OCLC:

912325574