Health Reference Series: Brain Disorders Sourcebook

Editor: Hayes, Kevin
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Omnigraphics, Inc.

Single-User Purchase Price: $97.00 This title is available for purchase on Credo platforms only. This is not a download.
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $145.50
ISBN: 978-1-80316-062-7
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Image Count: 11
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Brain Disorders Sourcebook, Sixth Edition provides readers with updated information about brain function and aging process and as well as how the environment can affect brain disorders, neurological emergencies such as a brain attack (stroke) or seizure, and symptoms of brain disorders.

This book is found in the following Credo Collections:

Preface
Part 1. Brain Basics
Chapter 1—Know Your Brain
Chapter 2—Brain Development and Aging
Chapter 3—How Toxins Affect the Brain
Chapter 4—Signs and Symptoms of Brain Disorders
Chapter 5—Neurological Emergencies
Chapter 6—Coma
Part 2. Diagnosing and Treating Brain Disorders
Chapter 7—Neurological Tests and Procedures
Chapter 8—Liquid Biopsy for Brain Cancer
Chapter 9—Brain Surgery
Chapter 10—Chemotherapy and the Brain
Chapter 11—Understanding Radiation Therapy
Chapter 12—Deep Brain Stimulation
Chapter 13—Brain Rehabilitation
Part 3. Genetic and Congenital Brain Disorders
Chapter 14—Genes at Work in the Brain
Chapter 15—Adrenoleukodystrophy
Chapter 16—Batten Disease (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses)
Chapter 17—Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
Chapter 18—Other Inherited Neurological Disorders
Chapter 19—Birth Defects That Affect the Brain
Chapter 20—Cephalic Disorders
Chapter 21—Cerebral Palsy
Chapter 22—Chiari Malformations
Part 4. Brain Infections
Chapter 23—Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Neurological Complications
Chapter 24—Brain Abscess
Chapter 25—Cysticercosis
Chapter 26—Meningitis
Chapter 27—Encephalitis
Chapter 28—Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Chapter 29—Neurosyphilis
Chapter 30—Vasculitis Syndromes of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Part 5. Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injuries
Chapter 31—Concussion
Chapter 32—Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 33—Deaths from Fall-Related Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 34—Abusive Head Trauma
Chapter 35—Preventing Traumatic Brain Injuries
Chapter 36—Agnosia
Chapter 37—Cerebral Aneurysm
Chapter 38—Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
Chapter 39—Hydrocephalus
Chapter 40—Stroke
Part 6. Brain Tumors
Chapter 41—Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors: Overview
Chapter 42—Adult Central Nervous System Tumors
Chapter 43—Pituitary Tumors
Chapter 44—Childhood Brain Tumors
Chapter 45—Tuberous Sclerosis
Chapter 46—Living with a Brain Tumor
Part 7. Degenerative Brain Disorders
Chapter 47—Dementias
Chapter 48—Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Chapter 49—Cerebellar Degeneration
Chapter 50—Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Chapter 51—Friedreich Ataxia
Chapter 52—Huntington Disease
Chapter 53—Multiple Sclerosis
Chapter 54—Parkinson Disease
Chapter 55—Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Part 8. Seizures and Neurological Disorders of Sleep
Chapter 56—Understanding Sleep
Chapter 57—Sleep and Brain
Chapter 58—Epilepsy
Chapter 59—Nonepileptic Seizures
Chapter 60—Myoclonus: Involuntary Muscle Jerking
Chapter 61—Restless Legs Syndrome
Chapter 62—Narcolepsy
Part 9. Additional Help and Information
Chapter 63—Glossary of Terms Related to Brain Disorders
Chapter 64—Directory of Organizations with Information about Brain Disorders