Diseases of the Nervous System 2E

• 2016 PROSE Award winner of the Best Textbook Award in Biological and Life Sciences
• Provides a focused tutorial introduction to the core diseases of the nervous system
• Includes comprehensive introductions to Stroke, Epilepsy, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, ALS, Head and Spinal Cord Trauma, Multiple Sclerosis, Brain Tumors, Depression, Schizophrenia and many other diseases of the nervous system
• Covers more than 40 diseases from the foundational science to the best treatment protocols
• Includes discussions of translational research, drug discovery, personalized medicine, ethics, and neuroscience
• New Edition features two new chapters on Pain and Addiction

Section I. Static Nervous System Diseases
1. Cerebrovascular Infarct: Stroke
2. Central Nervous System Trauma
3. Seizure Disorders and Epilepsy

Section II. Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases
4. Aging, Dementia, and Alzheimer Disease
5. Parkinson Disease
6. Diseases of Motor Neurons and Neuromuscular Junctions
7. Huntington Disease

Section III. Secondary Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases
8. Multiple Sclerosis
9. Brain Tumors
10. Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System

Section IV. Developmental Neurological Conditions
11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Section V. Neuropsychiatric Illnesses
12. Mood Disorders and Depression
13. Schizophrenia
14. Pain
15. Drug Addiction

Section VI. Common Concepts in Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Illnesses
16. Shared Mechanisms of Disease

Section VII. Bench-To-Bedside Translation
17. Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine

Section VIII. Neuroscience Jargon
18. "Neuro"-Dictionary