Behavioral neurology /
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| Author / Creator: | Pincus, Jonathan H., 1935- |
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| Edition: | 2d ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 1978. |
| Description: | xix, 284 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/238270 |
Table of Contents:
- 1.. Epilepsy and Behavior
- Idiopathic versus Symptomatic Epilepsy
- Clinical Genetic Studies
- Complex Partial Seizures--Temporal Lobe Origin
- Subjective Feelings
- Automatisms
- Complex Partial Seizures--Extratemporal Origin
- Electroencephalography and the Diagnosis of Epilepsy
- Abnormal Electroencephalogram without Epilepsy
- Pseudoseizures
- Therapy
- Blood Levels
- Surgery in Epilepsy
- Epileptogenesis, Cognitive, and Behavioral Deterioration
- Psychosis
- Affective Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Sexual Behavior
- Personality Disturbance
- Violence, the Temporal Lobes, and the Limbic System
- Anatomy
- Physiological Psychology
- Aggression and Violence as an Epileptic-like Discharge of the Limbic System
- Episodic Dyscontrol
- Conclusion
- 2.. Violence and Neurobiology
- Brain Damage
- Antisocial Personality and the Frontal Lobe
- Neurotransmitters and Hormones
- Mental Illness
- Abuse
- Violence as a Complex Psycho-Social-Biologic Interaction
- Sociological Aspects of Violence
- Conclusion
- 3.. Schizophrenia
- Clinical Features
- Age at Onset and Gender
- Changing Diagnostic Criteria and Symptomatic Classifications
- Schizoaffective Disorder
- Personality Disorders and Schizophrenia
- Course and Natural History
- Differential Diagnosis
- Differentiating from Other Psychiatric Disorders
- Neurological Diseases
- Drug Reactions
- Sleep Disorders
- Biologic Basis of Schizophrenia
- Genetics
- Biochemical Findings
- Neurological Abnormalities in Schizophrenic Patients
- Minor, nonlocalizing neurological abnormalities
- Electroencephalographic data
- Neuroimaging
- Neuropathological findings
- Psychological Testing for Schizophrenia
- Arousal
- Treatment
- Conclusion
- 4.. Disorders of Cognitive Function
- Regional Syndromes
- Clinical Symptoms Associated with Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
- Clinical Symptoms Associated with Parietal Lobe Dysfunction
- Clinical Symptoms Associated with Temporal Lobe Dysfunction
- Other Symptoms of Cortical Dysfunction
- Aphasia
- Apraxia
- Agnosia
- Alexia and Agraphia
- Dysfunctions Associated with Severing the Corpus Callosum--Split Brains
- Diffuse Disorders of Cognitive Function--Delirium and Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Vascular Dementia
- Pick's Disease and Dementia of the Lewy Body Type
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Dementia
- Occult Hydrocephalus
- Cerebral White Matter Dysfunction and Cognitive Changes
- Depression in Dementia
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Cognitive Syndromes in Childhood
- Early Childhood Autism
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Treatment
- Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults
- Conclusion
- 5.. Movement, Mood, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pathogenesis
- L-dopa
- Stages of Parkinson's Disease
- Stage I. Early dopamine deficiency--mildly symptomatic
- Stage II. Moderate dopamine deficiency--wearing off--fluctuations of motor activity
- Stage III. End stage of dopamine deficiency
- Protein Redistribution Diet
- Pharmacological Treatment
- The balance theory
- Surgical Treatments
- Transplants
- Pallidotomy/thalamotomy
- Brain stimulation
- Psychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
- Depression
- Anxiety versus akathisia
- Painful dystonia
- Psychosis
- Dementia
- Etiology of Neurodegenerative Disorders
- Acute Drug-Induced Movement Disorders
- Tardive Movement Disorders
- Dystonia
- Dystonia and Mental Illness
- Chorea
- Treatment
- Motor Tics, Tourette's Syndrome, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Affective Disorders
- Biologic Changes in Affective Disorders
- Structural changes
- Hypothalamic changes
- Anxiety and arousal
- Sleep
- Neurotransmitter changes
- Immune responses
- Genetics
- Stress and negative life events
- Treatment
- Conclusion
- 6.. Distinguishing Neurological from Psychiatric Symptoms
- Commonality of Neurological and Psychiatric Symptoms
- Panic Disorder/Hyperventilation as a Cause of Common Neurological Symptoms
- Somatization Disorder
- Unexplained Symptoms
- Conversion Disorders
- Specific Classical Conversion Symptoms
- Headache
- Conclusion
- 7.. Clinical Evaluation
- The Importance of the Clinical History
- Neurological Conditions Commonly Associated with a High Incidence of Psychiatric Complications
- The Clinical Examination of the Brain
- Cortical Functions
- Cognitive Functions
- Behaviors Associated with the Frontal Lobes
- Evaluation of the Frontal Lobes
- Cognitive aspects of the frontal lobe evaluation
- Mental Status Examination
- Imaging
- Clinical Laboratory Tests
- Electroencephalography
- Conclusion
- Index
