Brain Disorders Sourcebook, 6th Ed.

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Provides basic consumer health information about the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain disorders, and degenerative diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, directory of resources.

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• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Fitness
• Brain
• Health
• Sourcebook

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• Publié par: Infobase Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
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• EAN13: 9780780819160
• Langue: English
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BRAIN DISORDERS
SOURCEBOOK
SIXTH EDITION
Health Reference Series
BRAIN DISORDERS
SOURCEBOOK
SIXTH EDITION
Provides Basic Consumer Health Information about Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injuries, Brain Tumors, Cerebral Palsy and Other Genetic and Congenital Brain Disorders, Infections of the Brain, Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders, and Degenerative Brain Disorders Such as Dementia, Huntington Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Along with Information on Brain Structure and Function, Treatment and Rehabilitation Options, a Glossary of Terms Related to Brain Disorders, and a Directory of Resources for More Information

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Names: Hayes, Kevin (Editor of health information) editor. Title: Brain disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health Information about acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain tumors, cerebral palsy and other genetic and congenital brain disorders, infections of the brain, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, and degenerative neurological disorders such as dementia, Huntington Disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ; along with Information on brain structure and function, treatment and rehabilitation options, current research, a glossary of terms related to brain disorders, and a directory of resources for more Information / edited by Kevin Hayes.
Description: Sixth edition. | Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2021] | Series: Health reference series | Includes index. | Summary: “Provides basic consumer health information about the diagnosis and treatment of acquired and traumatic brain injuries, brain disorders, and degenerative diseases and conditions. Includes index, glossary of related terms, directory of resources”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021022607 (print) | LCCN 2021022608 (ebook) | ISBN 9780780819153 (library binding) | ISBN 9780780819160 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Brain--Diseases--Popular works.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1. Brain Basics
Chapter 1—Know Your Brain
Chapter 2—Brain Development and Aging
Section 2.1—Brain Development in Childhood
Section 2.2—The Adolescent Brain
Section 2.3—The Aging Brain
Chapter 3—How Toxins Affect the Brain
Section 3.1—Neurotoxicity
Section 3.2—Impact of Drug Abuse and Addiction on the Brain
Section 3.3—Mercury and Neurodevelopment
Section 3.4—Dangers of Lead Exposure
Section 3.5—Manganese and Brain Damage
Chapter 4—Signs and Symptoms of Brain Disorders
Section 4.1—Headache and Seizures
Section 4.2—Memory Loss (Amnesia)
Chapter 5—Neurological Emergencies
Section 5.1—Brain Herniation
Section 5.2—Cerebral Hypoxia
Section 5.3—Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Section 5.4—Delirium (Acute Onset Cognitive Changes)
Section 5.5—Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Chapter 6—Coma
Part 2. Diagnosing and Treating Brain Disorders
Chapter 7—Neurological Tests and Procedures
Section 7.1—Common Screening and Diagnostic Tests for Neurological Disorders
Section 7.2—Neurological Imaging
Section 7.3—Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
Section 7.4—Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Section 7.5—Injury Severity Assessment Tools
Chapter 8—Liquid Biopsy for Brain Cancer
Chapter 9—Brain Surgery
Chapter 10—Chemotherapy and the Brain
Section 10.1—Questions about Chemotherapy Treatments
Section 10.2—Chemo Brain
Chapter 11—Understanding Radiation Therapy
Section 11.1—Basics of Radiotherapy
Section 11.2—Types of Radiation Therapies
Chapter 12—Deep Brain Stimulation
Chapter 13—Brain Rehabilitation
Section 13.1—Rehabilitation Therapies
Section 13.2—Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy
Section 13.3—Rehabilitative Technology for Brain Disorders
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
Section 18.1—Aicardi Syndrome
Section 18.2—Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome
Section 18.3—Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease
Section 18.4—Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Section 18.5—Leigh Syndrome
Chapter 19—Birth Defects That Affect the Brain
Section 19.1—Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum
Section 19.2—Arteriovenous Malformations and Other Vascular Lesions
Section 19.3—Moebius Syndrome
Section 19.4—Neuronal Migration Disorders
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
Section 32.1—What Is Traumatic Brain Injury?
Section 32.2—Diagnosis and Treatment for TBI
Section 32.3—Epilepsy Can Follow Traumatic Brain Injury
Section 32.4—Life after TBI
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
Section 40.1—Stroke Basics
Section 40.2—Stroke Risk
Section 40.3—Preventing 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
Section 46.1—Newly Diagnosed with a Brain or Spine Tumor
Section 46.2—In Treatment for a Brain or Spine Tumor
Section 46.3—When Your Brain or Spine Tumor Recurs
Section 46.4—Managing Your Self-Care
Part 7. Degenerative Brain Disorders
Chapter 47—Dementias
Section 47.1—Dementia Types
Section 47.2—Alzheimer Disease
Section 47.3—Vascular Dementia
Section 47.4—Lewy Body Dementia
Section 47.5—Frontotemporal Disorders
Section 47.6—Mixed Dementia
Section 47.7—Multi-Infarct Dementia
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
Section 58.1—What Is Epilepsy?
Section 58.2—Treating Epilepsy
Section 58.3—Living with Epilepsy
Chapter 59—Nonepileptic Seizures
Section 59.1—Physiologic and Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
Section 59.2—Febrile 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
Index
Preface
About This Book
Millions of Americans and their families experience the daily challenges of living with physical, mental, or emotional difficulties that result from brain disorders caused by heredity, infection, injury, tumors, or degeneration. Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every 4 minutes, someone dies of a stroke. Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes. An estimated 5.5 million Americans are affected by Alzheimer disease (AD), and the number of people living with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. Although damage to the brain may result in permanent disability, with appropriate treatment and follow-up care, many affected individuals are able to participate fully in life’s activities.
Brain Disorders Sourcebook, Sixth Edition provides readers with updated information about brain function and aging process 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. It describes the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation therapies for genetic and congenital brain disorders, brain infections, brain tumors, seizures, trauma