The definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology - presented in full color and better than ever!

Long considered the field""s gold-standard text, Adams and Victor""s Principles of Neurology provides the very latest treatment and management strategies needed to confidently handle both common and rare neurologic conditions. Presented in full color, this classic resource meets the needs of the seasoned professional or the aspiring clinician, and has been hailed as the most detailed, thorough, and authoritative text on the subject. Reviewers have favorably compared the book""s consistent, single voice to consulting with an experienced senior colleague. The latest scientific research is included in just the right amount of detail to serve as a clinical reference or a starting point for additional learning.

The text is logically divided into six sections: The Clinical Method of Neurology Cardinal Manifestations of Neurologic Disease Growth and Development of the Nervous System in the Neurology of Aging Major Categories of Neurologic Diseases Diseases of the Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve, and Muscle Psychiatric Disorders.

CONTENTS:
PART I. The Clinical Method of Neurology
Ch. 1 Approach to the Patient
Ch. 2 Diagnostic Technques

PART II. Cardinal Manifestations
Ch. 3 Motor Paralysis
Ch. 4 Movement and Postural Problems of the Basal Ganglia
Ch 5 Ataxia and Cerebellar Problems
Ch 6 Tremor, Myoclonsu, Focal Dystonia and Tics
Ch 7 Stance and Gait Problems
Ch 8 Pain
Ch 9 Other Abnormalities in Sensation
Ch 10 Headache and Craniofacial Pain
Ch 11 Neck, Back, and Extremity Pain
Ch 12 Disorders of Smell and Taste
Ch 13 Visual Disturbances
Ch 14 Abnormal Eye Movements and Pupillary Dysfunction
Ch 15 Deafness, Dizziness and Disorders of Equilibrium
Ch 16 Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
Ch 17 Coma and Disorders of Consciousness
Ch 18 Faintness and Syncope
Ch 19 Sleep Disorders
Ch 20 Delirium and Confusion
Ch 21 Dementia, Amnestic States, and Problems of Intelligence and Memory
Ch 22 Cerebellar Lesions
Ch 23 Speech and Language Problems
Ch 24 Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety and Depression
Ch 25 Limbic Lobes and Neurology of Emothion
Ch 26 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System
Ch 27 Hypothalamic and Neuroendocrine Disorders

PART III. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Ch 28 Normal Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Ch 29 Neurology of Agin

PART IV MAJOR CATEGORIES OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE
Ch 30 Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders
Ch 31 Neoplasms and Neoplastic Disease
Ch 32 Nonviral Nervous System Infections
Ch 33 Viral Nervous System Infections
Ch 34 Cerebrovascular Disease
Ch 35 Craniocerebral Trauma
Ch 36 Multiple Slerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases
Ch 37 Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Ch 38 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Ch 39 Neurodegenerative Diseases
Ch 40 Acquired Metabolic Disorders
Ch 41 Nutritional Diseases
Ch 42 Alcohol and Alcoholism
Ch 43 Drugs, Toxins, and Chemical Agents

PART V: DISEASES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Ch 44 Spinal Cord Diseases
Ch 45 Neurodiagnostics in Neuromuscular Disease
Ch 46 Peripheral Nerve Diseases
Ch 47 Cranial Nerve Diseases
Ch 48 Muscles Diseases
Ch 49 Myasthenia Gravis and Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
Ch 50 Myotonias, Spasms, and Paralyses

PART VI PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Ch 51 Anxiety, Hysteria, and Personality Disorders
Ch 52 Depression and Bipolar Disease
Ch 53 Schizophrenia, Delusional and Paranoid States