Deep brain stimulation : a new treatment shows promise in the most difficult cases /
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| Author / Creator: | Talan, Jamie. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Dana Press, c2009. |
| Description: | xiii, 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7640626 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Prologue
- Part 1. Parkinson's Disease: The Mother Lode
- Chapter 1. Breaking Ground: 100 Years of Research
- Chapter 2. Coop the King: Controversy on the Frontier
- Chapter 3. Finding the Parkinson's Problem
- Chapter 4. The French Connection
- Part 2. Tantalizing Leads
- Chapter 5. Acting on Impulse: DBS and Dystonia
- Chapter 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: DBS for Psychiatry
- Chapter 7. DBS Teams Take On Depression
- Chapter 8. Tourette Syndrome
- Chapter 9. Battling Epilepsy
- Chapter 10. The Hardest Cases: Pain and Minimal Consciousness
- Part 3. Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
- Chapter 11. Patients, Parameters, and Risks
- Chapter 12. Ethics and the Future
- References
- Additional Resources of Interest
- Index
