| Description |
xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-237) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The diagnostic conversation, diagnosis and prognosis of Parkinson's disease -- Making the diagnosis -- James Parkinson and the shaking palsy -- Jean Charcot and better examinations -- Checking diagnostic accuracy -- Specificity and sensitivity -- Prognosis -- The Hoehn and Yahr scale -- The unified Parkinson's disease rating scale -- 2. Pathology of Parkinson's disease -- What part of the brain fails in Parkinson's disease? -- Nerve cell connections -- Chemical pathology of Parkinson's disease -- 3. Is there an epidemic of Parkinson's disease? -- Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease -- John Snow, the father of epidemiology -- Koch's postulates -- Investigating clusters of Parkinson's disease -- Kuru and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Does smoking cause Parkinson's disease? -- Causation versus association, the Hill criteria -- Epidemiology of smoking and Parkinson's disease -- Pesticides, head trauma, and Parkinson's disease -- Parkinson's at the manor -- |
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4. Causes of Parkinson's disease -- Does an infection cause Parkinson's disease? -- When prophecy fails -- Do toxins cause Parkinson's disease? : an answer from the frozen addicts -- Do genes cause Parkinson's disease? -- All disease is genetic disease -- 5. Medications for Parkinson's disease -- The herbal tradition -- Herbal treatment of Parkinson's disease -- Awakenings, L-Dopa therapy -- Dopamine and schizophrenia, the dopamine receptor -- Rational drug therapy, trying to prevent progression of Parkinson's disease -- Coenzyme Q₁₀, another quest for neuroprotection -- The challenges of taking L-dopa -- 6. Images of the brain, a picture of the brain is worth a thousand words -- Imaging and diagnosis -- Imaging and presymptomatic diagnosis -- Imaging and disease progression -- |
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7. A better model of Parkinson's disease -- Dopamine nerve cells connect to many parts of the brain -- Dopamine is one of many neurotransmitters that are important in Parkinson's disease -- Patients with Parkinson's disease lose cells from many areas of the brain -- 8. Brain surgery for Parkinson's disease -- Can destroying part of the brain be good? -- "Brain transplantation," implanting new brain cells -- Gene therapy -- 9. Living with Parkinson's disease -- Mood, behavior, and Parkinson's disease -- Can L-Dopa make people gamble? -- Are Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease related? -- Sleep and Parkinson's disease -- Fall and injury prevention -- 10. Conclusions -- What happens to brain cells to cause Parkinson's disease? -- Living better with Parkinson's disease -- The story of Parkinson's disease is not finished -- Appendix. Reading about Parkinson's disease -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Parkinson's disease.
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Parkinson Disease.
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| ISBN |
0275991660 alkaline paper |
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9780275991661 alkaline paper |
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