2nd Edition
Michael J. Zigmond, Clayton A. Wiley, Marie-Françoise Chesselet
Neurobiology of Brain Disorders: Biological Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Second Edition
provides basic scientists a comprehensive overview of neurological and
neuropsychiatric disease. This book links basic, translational, and
clinical research, covering the genetic, developmental, molecular and
cellular mechanisms underlying all major categories of brain disorders.
It offers students, postdoctoral fellows, and researchers in diverse
fields of neuroscience, neurobiology, neurology, and psychiatry the
tools they need to obtain a basic background in the major neurological
and psychiatric diseases. Topics include developmental, autoimmune,
central, and peripheral neurodegeneration, infectious diseases, and
diseases of higher function.
Organized by individual
disorder, each chapter includes coverage of the clinical condition,
diagnosis, treatment, underlying mechanisms, relevant basic and
translational research, and key unanswered questions. This volume
reflects progress in the field since publication of the first edition,
with fully updated chapters, and new chapters on isolation, aging,
global diseases, vascular diseases, and toxic/metabolic disease. New
disorder coverage includes fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, Restless Legs
Syndrome, myasthenia gravis, and more.
- Links basic, translational and clinical research on disorders of the nervous system
- Covers
a vast array of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Down
syndrome, autism, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, TBI, Parkinson's,
Huntington's, Alzheimer's, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, depression and pain
- Features new chapters on the effects of aging and isolation on brain health
- Expands coverage on disorders, including new chapters on fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and restless legs syndrome
- Features in-text summary points, special feature boxes and research questions
