Movement Disorders

Neurology, Volume 2: Movement Disorders is a part of an international series of critical reviews of topics in neurology. This volume focuses on Parkinsonism and dyskinesia, a condition characterized by abnormal involuntary movements. Organized into 18 chapters, this book first elucidates the problems, causes, pathology, brain neurotransmitter changes and receptors, depression, dementia, fluctuations of disability, and treatment of Parkinson's disease. Subsequent chapters then explore the problems, controversies, and surgical approaches involved in certain dyskinesias. The role of dopamine receptors in movement disorders is also explored. This book will be valuable to neurologists-in-training, as well as to those in research field or in practice in this field of interest. The book's clinical content will help in the management of patients with movement disorders.

1 Problems in Parkinson's Disease2 The Cause of Parkinson's Disease3 Pathology of Parkinson's Disease4 Brain Neurotransmitter Changes in Parkinson's Disease5 Brain Neurotransmitter Receptors in Parkinson's Disease6 Depression and Dementia in Parkinson's Disease7 Fluctuations of Disability in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Aspects8 Fluctuations of Disability in Parkinson's Disease: Pathophysiological Aspects9 Treatment of Advanced Parkinson's Disease with Dopamine Agonists10 Deprenyl in Parkinson's Disease11 Parkinsonism, System Degenerations and Autonomic Failure12 Problems in Dyskinesias13 The Nosology and Pathophysiology of Myoclonus14 Clinical Controversies in Tardive Dyskinesia15 Controversies in Animal Models of Tardive Dyskinesia16 Care of Patients and Families with Huntington's Disease17.1 Surgical Approaches to the Dyskinesias: Foreword17.2 Surgical Approach to Tremor17.3 Surgical Approach to Dystonia17.4 Surgical Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis17.5 Peripheral versus Central Surgical Approach for the Treatment of Spasmodic Torticollis17.6 Surgical Approach to Blepharospasm: Nerve Thermolysis17.7 The Surgical Management of Essential Blepharospasm17.8 Surgical Approach to Hemifacial Spasm: Microvascular Decompression17.9 Cerebellar and Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders17.10 Surgical Approaches to the Dyskinesias: Afterword18.1 Dopamine Receptors in Movement Disorders18.2 Interpretation of Radioactive Ligand Binding to Cerebral Dopamine ReceptorsIndex