Neurodegeneration

This book unites the diverse range of complex neurodegenerative diseases into a textbook designed for clinical practice, edited by globally leading authorities on the subject. Presents a clinically oriented guide to the diseases caused by neurodegeneration  Templated chapters combine clinical and research information on neurodegenerative diseases beginning with the common elements before treating each disease individually Diseases are grouped by anatomical regions of degeneration and include common disorders such as Parkinson s Disease, Alzheimer s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Motor Neuron Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis as well as less common diseases  Edited by globally leading authorities on the subject, and written by expert contributing authors INDICE: List of Contributors, vi .Preface, ix .Dedication, x .1 Pathology of Brain Aging, 1Janna H. Neltner and Peter T. Nelson .2 Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration: Tauopathies and Synucleinopathies, 12Michel Goedert .3 Prion Degeneration, 25James A. Mastrianni .4 Excitotoxicity, 37Mark P. Mattson .5 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Parkinson Disease, 46Ruth–Mary deSouza and Anthony H.V. Schapira .6 Parkinson Disease: Treatment Options Surgical Therapy, 53Travis S. Tierney and Andres M. Lozano .7 Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical, Genetics, and Neuropathology, 58Lucia V. Schottlaender, Anna Sailer, Zeshan Ahmed, Dennis W. Dickson, Henry Houlden, and Owen A. Ross .8 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, 72Huw R. Morris .9 Dementia with Lewy Bodies, 83Rodolfo Savica and David S. Knopman .10 Corticobasal Degeneration, 93Keith A. Josephs, Jr. .11 Alzheimer s Disease, 102Qurat ul Ain Khan and Neill R. Graff–Radford .12 Frontotemporal Dementia, 115Christian W. Wider, Barbara Jasinska–Myga, Takuya Konno, and Zbigniew K. Wszolek .13 Prion Diseases and Other Rapidly Progressive Dementias, 126Eric Eggenberger and Daniel L. Murman .14 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Primary Lateral Sclerosis, 137Kevin B. Boylan, Mark A. Ross, and Eric J. Sorenson .15 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, 161Pawel P. Liberski and Craig Blackstone .16 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, 179Joseph R. Wooley, Melissa E. Crowder, Noah J. Pyles, and Charlotte J. Sumner .17 Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (Kennedy Disease), 202Erich Peter Bosch .18 Optic Neuropathies, 211Desmond Kidd .19 Peripheral Nerve Neuropathies Including Charcot Marie Tooth Disease, 218Amelie Pandraud and Henry Houlden .20 Axonal Loss and Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis, 238Ranjan Dutta, Jacqueline Chen, Nobuhiko Ohno, Daniel Ontaneda, and Bruce D. Trapp .21 Huntington s Disease and Other Choreas, 248Salman Haider, Edward Wild, and Sarah J. Tabrizi .22 Spinocerebellar Ataxias, 284H. Brent Clark and Harry T. Orr .23 Ataxia Telangiectasia, 296Malcolm Taylor .24 Niemann Pick Disease, 303Marc C. Patterson .25 X–linked Adrenoleukodystrophy, 309Deborah L. Renaud .26 Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation, Wilson Disease, and Manganism, 317Alisdair McNeill .Index, 327

• ISBN: 978-0-470-67268-6
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 344
• Fecha Publicación: 14/04/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés