The Unusual Suspects: Linguistic Deficits in Non-Language-Dominant Neurodegenerative Diseases
Author: Adolfo M. García
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2022-06-02
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 2889746585
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Cognitive Assessment for Clinicians
Author: John R. Hodges
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017-09-14
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0191066079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third edition of the best-selling Cognitive Assessment for Clinicians provides readers with an up-to-date, practical guide to cognitive function and its assessment to ensure readers have a conceptual knowledge of normal psychological function and how to interpret their findings. Organized into 8 chapters, this resource offers a framework in which various aspects of cognition are considered. This includes the representation of cognition in the brain (such as attention and memory), focal representation (such as language, praxis and spatial abilities), detailed descriptions of the major syndromes encountered in clinical practice, and discussions on taking a patient's history and performing cognitive testing. To ensure readers are aware of the latest developments in patient assessment and neuropsychological practice all content has been carefully revised by John R. Hodges to include essential updates on areas such as the pathology and genetics of frontotemporal dementia, and social cognition and major syndromes encountered in clinical practice such as delirium. This useful resource offers a theoretical basis for cognitive assessment at the bedside or in the clinic, and a practical guide to taking an appropriate history and examining patients presenting with cognitive disorders. This edition also includes the latest version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III), and 16 case histories on a variety of cognitive disorders illustrating the method of assessment and how to use the ACE-III in clinical practice. In addition, the appendix outlines the range of formal tests commonly used in neuropsychological practice.
The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders
Author: Louise Cummings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-10-24
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13: 1107470226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany children and adults experience impairment of their communication skills. These communication disorders impact adversely on all aspects of these individuals' lives. In thirty dedicated chapters, The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders examines the full range of developmental and acquired communication disorders and provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the epidemiology, aetiology and clinical features of these disorders. The volume also examines how these disorders are assessed and treated by speech and language therapists and addresses recent theoretical developments in the field. The handbook goes beyond well-known communication disorders to include populations such as children with emotional disturbance, adults with non-Alzheimer dementias and people with personality disorders. Each chapter describes in accessible terms the most recent thinking and research in communication disorders. The volume is an ideal guide for academic researchers, graduate students and professionals in speech and language therapy.
The Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology of Stroke
Author: Olivier Godefroy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-01-18
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 1139461893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe care of stroke patients has changed dramatically. As well as improvements in the emergency care of the condition, there have been marked advances in our understanding, management and rehabilitation of residual deficits. This book is about the care of stroke patients, focusing on behavioural and cognitive problems. It provides a comprehensive review of the field covering the diagnostic value of these conditions, in the acute and later phases, their requirements in terms of treatment and management and the likelihood and significance of long-term disability. This book will appeal to all clinicians involved in the care of stroke patients, as well as to neuropsychologists, other rehabilitation therapists and research scientists investigating the underlying neuroscience.
Neurologic Differential Diagnosis
Author: Alan B. Ettinger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-17
Total Pages: 693
ISBN-13: 1107014557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnique case-based guide to generating diagnostic possibilities based on the patients' symptoms. Invaluable for psychiatrists and neurologists.
The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia
Author: Bruce L. Miller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-11-17
Total Pages: 491
ISBN-13: 1107077206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDistils the most valuable discoveries in dementia research into clear, insightful chapters written by international experts.
Case Studies in Communication Disorders
Author: Louise Cummings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 527
ISBN-13: 1107154871
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a collection of 48 highly useful case studies of children and adults with communication disorders.
Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography
Author: Donald L. Schomer
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012-10-18
Total Pages: 1308
ISBN-13: 1451153155
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe leading reference on electroencephalography since 1982, Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography is now in its thoroughly updated Sixth Edition. An international group of experts provides comprehensive coverage of the neurophysiologic and technical aspects of EEG, evoked potentials, and magnetoencephalography, as well as the clinical applications of these studies in neonates, infants, children, adults, and older adults. This edition's new lead editor, Donald Schomer, MD, has updated the technical information and added a major new chapter on artifacts. Other highlights include complete coverage of EEG in the intensive care unit and new chapters on integrating other recording devices with EEG; transcranial electrical and magnetic stimulation; EEG/TMS in evaluation of cognitive and mood disorders; and sleep in premature infants, children and adolescents, and the elderly. A companion website includes fully searchable text and image bank.
The Dementias
Author: John Herbert Growdon
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDementia, technically defined as cognitive impairments sufficiently pervasive and severe enough that they disrupt independent life, is one of the most devastating symptoms of neurologic disease. While Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease that causes it, more than 50 medical, psychiatric, and neurological conditions are associated with dementia. Well organized and expertly planned, this text provides new concepts of patient management that have come about through recent neuroscience research. This volume, reviewing the dementias with the needs of the clinician in mind, is unique in that the section dealing with disease mechanisms reviews the exciting recent scientific advance in regard to Alzheimer disease, whereas the clinical section(section A) focuses not on Alzheimer disease but upon related disorders, the less common dementing syndromes due to other neurodegenerative disorders. The editors of this Blue Book have brought together an extraordinary group of experts to define the scientific advances primarily in Alzheimer's disease (section B) and new treatments (section C) being developed. * Written for non-expert general neurologists and residents * Provides new concepts of patient management discovered in neuroscience research * Includes unique coverage of recent scientific advances in Alzheimer's Disease
Human and Animal Models for Translational Research on Neurodegeneration: Challenges and Opportunities From South America
Author: Agustín Ibáñez
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2018-06-21
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 2889454940
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeurodegenerative diseases are the most frequent cause of dementia, representing a burden for public health systems (especially in middle and middle-high income countries). Although most research on this issue is concentrated in first-world centers, growing efforts in South America are affording important breakthroughs. This emerging agenda poses new challenges for the region but also new opportunities for the field. This book aims to integrate the community of experts across the globe and the region, and to establish new challenges and developments for future investigation. We present research focused on neurodegenerative research in South America. We introduce studies assessing the interplay among genetic, neural, and behavioral dimensions of these diseases, as well as articles on vulnerability factors, comparisons of findings from various countries, and works promoting multicenter and collaborative networking. More generally, our book covers a broad scope of human-research approaches (behavioral assessment, neuroimaging, electromagnetic techniques, brain connectivity, peripheral measures), animal methodologies (genetics, epigenetics, proteomics, metabolomics, other molecular biology tools), species (all human and non-human animals, sporadic, and genetic versions), and article types (original research, review, and opinion papers). Through this wide-ranging proposal, we hope to introduce a fresh approach to the challenges and opportunities of research on neurodegeneration in South America.
