Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, 2th edition > Psychiatry

Written as a complement to Adams' and Victor's , to facilitate communication between the two fields announced in the title, whose theories, methods, and terminology differ despite largely common goals. Sixty-seven contributed chapters are grouped in sections on general principles; aphasia and other dominant hemisphere syndromes; disorders of perception, attention, and awareness; frontal, callosal, and subcortical syndromes; memory and amnesia; dementia and delirium; epilepsy and related issues; emotional disorders; and neurobehavioral disorders in children. -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Synopsis
Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology reflects the state-of-the-art in both the clinical and theoretical aspects of brain-behaviour studies, with an emphasis on the clinical. Features authoritative coverage of disorders of perception, attention and awareness; frontal, colossal, and subcortical syndromes and delirium and dementia. The 2nd edition has five new chapters on the topics of cerebral plasticity, functional brain imaging, genetics of neural development and alterations in the state of consciousness. New chapters representing the most current information in cognitive neuropsychology strengthen its market position
Book Info
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Explores the many aspects of neurology and neuropsychology focusing on the growing use of functional neuroimaging. Includes new data on the interpretation of MRI. Also addresses the growing use of transcranial magnetic stimulation and the genetic approaches to neurodevelopmental disorders. Previous edition: c1996.
Book Description
The leading clinical reference on behavioral neurology! This state-of-the-art second edition reflects groundbreaking coverage of both clinical and theoretical aspects of brain-behavior studies. Features five new chapters in such rapidly expanding areas as cerebral plasticity, functional brain imaging, alterations in states of consciousness, and genetics of neural development.
KEY FEATURES
-Comprehensive and Comprehensible
-Very clinically oriented
-Wealth of new information on Functional Brain Imaging
-Provides synthesis of information from fields of neurology and psychiatry

Contributors
Preface
1 The Development of Modern Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 3
2 The Mental Status Exam 23
3 Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment 33
4 Some Anatomic Principles Related to Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 45
5 Mechanisms of Plasticity and Behavior 57
6 The Lesion Method in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 71
7 Functional Imaging in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 85
8 Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Neuropsychological Patients 97
9 Electrophysiological Methods and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 105
10 Computational Modeling in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology 135
11 Aphasia: Clinical and Anatomic Issues 147
12 Aphasia: Cognitive Neuropsychological Issues 165
13 Rehabilitation of Aphasia 179
14 Acquired Disorders of Reading 195
15 Acalculia and Number Processing Disorders 207
16 Disorders of Skilled Movements: Limb Apraxia 217
17 Visual Perception and Visual Imagery 227
18 Visual Object Agnosia 233
19 Prosopagnosia 239
20 Disorders of Color Processing 243
21 Auditory Agnosia and Amusia 257
22 Tactile Agnosia and Disorders of Tactile Perception 271
23 Disorders of Body Perception and Representation 285
24 Visuospatial Function 295
25 Neglect: Clinical and Anatomic Issues 303
26 Neglect: Cognitive Neuropsychological Issues 313
27 Ballint's Syndrome and Related Disorders 325
28 Disorders of Consciousness in Coma, Stupor, and Minimally Responsive States 337
29 Anosognosia 345
30 Confabulation 363
31 Misidentification Syndromes 373
32 Frontal Lobes: Clinical and Anatomic Issues 385
33 Frontal Lobes: Cognitive Neuropsychological Issues 393
34 Callosal Disconnection 401
35 Syndromes due to Acquired Basal Ganglia Damage 411
36 Syndromes due to Acquired Thalamic Damage 419
37 Amnesia: Neuroanatomic and Clinical Issues 431
38 Amnesia: Cognitive Neuropsychological Issues 445
39 Semantic Memory Impairment 457
40 Learning and Memory Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury 463
41 Memory Impairment Following Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm 477
42 Rehabilitation of Memory Dysfunction 487
43 Delirium and Dementia: an Overview 495
44 Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical and Anatomic Issues 515
45 Alzbeimer's Disease: Biochemical and Pharmacologic Issues 545
46 Alzheimer's Disease: Cognitive Neuropsychological Issues 573
47 Frontotemporal Dementia and Variants 582
48 Dementia in Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, and Related Disorders 593
49 Vascular Dementia 609
50 Infective Causes of Dementia Including Human Immunodeficiency Virus 629
51 Wernicke-Korsakoff and Related Nutritional Disorders of the Nervous System 639
52 Neurobehavioral Aspects of Vasculitis and Collagen Vascular Syndromes 651
53 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus 659
54 Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy 675
55 Neuropsychological Aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery 695
56 Emotion and the Brain: An Overview 711
57 Emotional Disorders in Relation to Unilateral Brain Damage 725
58 Emotional Disorders in Relation to Nonfocal Brain Dysfunction 735
59 The Aprosodias 743
60 Violence and the Brain 755
61 The Neurobehavioral Examination for Children 765
62 Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment 773
63 Acquired Disorders of Language in Children 783
64 Developmental Reading Disorders 801
65 Nonverbal, Social, and Emotional Learning Disabilities 821
66 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 831
67 Mental Retardation 843
68 The Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Autism and Related Conditions 853
69 Molecular Genetics of Cognitive Developmental Disorders 867
Glossary of Linguistic Terms 881
Index 883

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