Description

A new take on the classic, definitive text on the full spectrum of neurology. Reflecting a modern approach to neurology, Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 8/e new format highlights a more complete and accessible approaches to treatment and clinical management strategies. This thoroughly revised edition features more coverage of treatment and neuroimaging, renown signs and symptoms sections integrated throughout, and over 800 illustrations.

Contents

Part 1: THE CLINICAL METHOD OF NEUROLOGY
Chapter 1: Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease
Chapter 2: Special Techniques for Neurologic Diagnosis
Part 2: CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE
Section 1: Disorders of Motility
Chapter 3: Motor Paralysis
Chapter 4: Abnormalities of Movement and Posture Due to Disease of the Basal Ganglia
Chapter 5: Incoordination and Other Disorders of Cerebellar Function
Chapter 6: Tremor, Myoclonus, Focal Dystonias, and Tics
Chapter 7: Disorders of Stance and Gait
Section 2: Pain and Other Disorders of Somatic Sensation, Headache, and Backache
Chapter 8: Pain
Chapter 9: Other Somatic Sensation
Chapter 10: Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains
Chapter 11: Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities
Section 3: Disorders of the Special Senses
Chapter 12: Disorders of Smell and Taste.
Chapter 13: Disturbances of Vision
Chapter 14: Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function
Chapter 15: Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium
Section 4: Epilepsy and Disorders of Consciousness
Chapter 16: Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
Chapter 17: Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
Chapter 18: Faintness and Syncope
Chapter 19: Sleep and Its Abnormalities
Section 5: Derangements of Intellect, Behavior, and Language Due to Diffuse and Focal Cerebral Disease
Chapter 20: Delirium and Other Acute Confusional States
Chapter 21: Dementia and the Amnesic (Korsakoff) Syndrome
Chapter 22: Neurologic Disorders Caused NEUROLOGIC in Particular Parts of the Cerebrum
Chapter 23: Disorders of Speech and Language
Section 6: Disorders of Energy, Mood, and Autonomic, and Endocrine Functions
Chapter 24: Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety, and Depressive Reactions
Chapter 25: The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion
Chapter 26: Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Respiration, and Swallowing
Chapter 27: The Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Disorders
Part 3: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE NEUROLOGY OF AGING
Chapter 28: Normal Development and Deviations in Development of the Nervous System
Chapter 29: The Neurology of Aging
Part 4: THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE
Chapter 30: Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Its Circulation, including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes
Chapter 31: Intracranial Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders
Chapter 32: Infections of the Nervous System (Bacterial, Fungal, Spirochetal, Parasitic) and Sarcoidosis
Chapter 33: Viral Infections of the Nervous System, Chronic Meningitis, and Prion Diseases
Chapter 34: Cerebrovascular Diseases
Chapter 35: Craniocerebral Trauma
Chapter 36: Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinative Diseases
Chapter 37: The Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 38: Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 39: Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 40: The Acquired Metabolic Disorders of the Nervous System
Chapter 41: Diseases of the Nervous System Due to Nutritional Deficiency
Chapter 42: Alcohol and Alcoholism
Chapter 43: Disorders of the Nervous System Due to Drugs, Toxins, and Other Chemical Agents
Part 5: DISEASES OF SPINAL CORD, PERIPHERAL NERVE, AND MUSCLE
Chapter 44: Diseases of the Spinal Cord
Chapter 45: Electrophysiologic and Laboratory Aids in the Diagnosis of Neuromuscular Disease
Chapter 46: Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves
Chapter 47: Diseases of the Cranial Nerves
Chapter 48: Principles of Clinical Myology: Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases of Muscle and Neuromuscular Function
Chapter 49: The Inflammatory Myopathies
Chapter 50: The Muscular Dystrophies
Chapter 51: The Metabolic and Toxic Myopathies
Chapter 52: The Congenital Neuromuscular Disorders
Chapter 53: Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
Chapter 54: The Periodic Paralyses and Hereditary, Nondystrophic Myotonias
Chapter 55: Disorders of Muscle Characterized by Cramp, Spasm, Pain, and Localized Masses
Part 6: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
Chapter 56: The Neuroses and Personality Disorders
Chapter 57: Reactive Depression, Endogenous Depression, and Manic-Depressive Disease
Chapter 58: The Schizophrenias and Paranoid States