Table
of Contents
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Preface |
xi |
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PART I |
BRAIN
BASICS |
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Chapter 1 |
Inside the
Human Brain |
3 |
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Chapter 2 |
Brain
Changes Related to Healthy Aging |
11 |
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Chapter 3 |
How Toxins
Affect the Brain |
15 |
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Section 3.1 |
Impact of
Drug Abuse and Addiction on the Brain |
16 |
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Section 3.2 |
Mercury and
Neuro-Development |
19 |
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Section 3.3 |
Dangers of
Lead Exposure |
22 |
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Section 3.4 |
Manganese
and Brain Damage |
24 |
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Chapter 4 |
Signs and
Symptoms of Brain Disorders |
29 |
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Section 4.1 |
Symptom
Overview |
30 |
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Section 4.2 |
Headache |
35 |
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Section 4.3 |
Memory Loss
(Amnesia) |
40 |
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Chapter 5 |
Neurological
Emergencies |
45 |
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Section 5.1 |
Brain
Attack: Know the Signs, Act in Time |
46 |
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Section 5.2 |
Brain Herniation |
48 |
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Section 5.3 |
Cerebral
Hypoxia |
50 |
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Section 5.4 |
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
53 |
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Section 5.5 |
First Aid
for Seizures |
57 |
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Section 5.6 |
Delirium
(Acute Onset Cognitive Changes) |
59 |
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Chapter 6 |
Impaired
Consciousness |
65 |
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Section 6.1 |
Coma |
66 |
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Section 6.2 |
Facts About
the Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States |
68 |
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Chapter 7 |
Brain Death |
79 |
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PART II |
DIAGNOSING
AND TREATING BRAIN DISORDERS |
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Chapter 8 |
Neurological
Tests and Procedures |
85 |
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Section 8.1 |
Mental
Status Tests |
86 |
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Section 8.2 |
Common
Screening and Diagnostic Tests for Neurological Disorders |
89 |
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Section 8.3 |
Neurological
Imaging |
96 |
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Section 8.4 |
Carotid
Ultrasound |
105 |
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Section 8.5 |
Lumbar
Puncture (Spinal Tap) |
107 |
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Section 8.6 |
Intracranial
Pressure Monitoring |
110 |
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Chapter 9 |
Steroids
for Brain Disorders |
113 |
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Chapter 10 |
Chemotherapy
and the Brain |
121 |
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Section 10.1 |
Chemotherapy
for Brain Tumors |
122 |
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Section 10.2 |
Chemobrain |
140 |
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Section 10.3 |
Questions
About Chemotherapy Treatments |
142 |
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Chapter 11 |
Radiation
Therapy |
145 |
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Section 11.1 |
Conventional
Radiation Therapy |
146 |
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Section 11.2 |
Stereotactic Radiosurgery |
153 |
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Chapter 12 |
Brain
Surgery |
161 |
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Chapter 13 |
Restoring
Consciousness: Aiding Recovery from Coma |
165 |
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Chapter 14 |
Brain
Rehabilitation |
169 |
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Section 14.1 |
Rehabilitation
Therapies |
170 |
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Section 14.2 |
Cognitive
Rehabilitation |
177 |
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Section 14.3 |
Scales and
Measurements of Brain Functioning |
189 |
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Section 14.4 |
Types of
Services for People With Brain Disorders |
196 |
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Section 14.5 |
Finding
Rehabilitation Facilities |
205 |
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PART III |
GENETIC
AND CONGENITAL BRAIN DISORDERS |
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Chapter 15 |
Adrenoleukodystrophy |
215 |
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Chapter 16 |
Batten
Disease (Neuronal Ceroid
Lipofuscinoses) |
219 |
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Chapter 17 |
Cerebral Autosomal
Dominant Arteriopathy
with Sub-Cortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) |
223 |
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Chapter 18 |
Mental
Health Disorders Rooted in Genetic Brain Disorders |
227 |
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Chapter 19 |
Other
Inherited Neurological Disorders |
233 |
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Chapter 20 |
Birth
Defects that Affect the Brain |
239 |
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Section 20.1 |
Agenesis of
the Corpus Callosum |
240 |
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Section 20.2 |
Arteriovenous Malformations and
Other Vascular Lesions |
241 |
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Section 20.3 |
Moebius Syndrome |
247 |
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Section 20.4 |
Neuronal
Migration Disorders |
248 |
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Chapter 21 |
Cephalic
Disorders |
251 |
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Chapter 22 |
Cerebral
Palsy |
259 |
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PART
IV |
BRAIN
INFECTIONS |
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Chapter 23 |
Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS): Neurological
Complications |
273 |
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Chapter 24 |
Brain
Abscess |
279 |
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Chapter 25 |
Encephalitis |
285 |
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Section 25.1 |
Recognizing
and Treating Encephalitis |
286 |
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Section 25.2 |
Rabies
Virus Causes Encephalomyelitis |
289 |
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Section 25.3 |
Arboviral Encephalitides |
291 |
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Section 25.4 |
Acute
Disseminated Encephalomyelitis |
298 |
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Chapter 26 |
Meningitis |
301 |
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Chapter 27 |
Neurocysticercosis |
305 |
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PART
V |
ACQUIRED
AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES |
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Chapter 28 |
Head
Injury: Identification and First Aid |
311 |
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Chapter 29 |
Preventing
Brain Injuries |
317 |
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Chapter 30 |
Concussion
(Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) |
321 |
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Section 30.1 |
Facts About
Concussion and Brain Injury |
322 |
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Section 30.2 |
Children’s
Concussion Recovery: No Sports, No School-Work, No Text Messages |
325 |
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Chapter 31 |
Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) |
329 |
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Section 31.1 |
Facts About
TBI |
330 |
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Section 31.2 |
Impact of a
Recent TBI on Family Members |
336 |
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Section 31.3 |
Difficulties
with Cognition, Emotions, or Fatigue After TBI |
342 |
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Section 31.4 |
TBI Often
Causes Sleep Problems |
355 |
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Section 31.5 |
TBI can
Affect Ability to Drive |
360 |
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Section 31.6 |
Employment
After TBI |
363 |
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Section 31.7 |
Outcomes of
TBI |
367 |
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Chapter 32 |
Abusive
Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) |
371 |
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Chapter 33 |
Brain
Aneurysm |
377 |
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Chapter 34 |
Cavernous Angioma |
381 |
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Section 34.1 |
What We
Know and Don’t Know About Cavernous Angioma |
382 |
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Section 34.2 |
Raising
Children with or at Risk for Cavernous Angioma |
390 |
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Chapter 35 |
Hydrocephalus |
399 |
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Chapter 36 |
Stroke |
403 |
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Section 36.1 |
Stroke
Basics |
404 |
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Section 36.2 |
Stroke
Treatment and Rehabilitation |
412 |
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Section 36.3 |
Preventing
Stroke |
416 |
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PART VI |
BRAIN
TUMORS |
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Chapter 37 |
Benign and
Tumor-Associated Brain Cysts |
423 |
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Chapter 38 |
Primary
Brain Tumors |
431 |
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Chapter 39 |
Metastatic Brain Tumors |
441 |
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Chapter 40 |
Pituitary
Tumors |
445 |
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Chapter 41 |
Childhood
Brain Tumors |
455 |
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Chapter 42 |
Living with
a Brain Tumor |
463 |
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Section 42.1 |
Managing
Fatigue |
464 |
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Section 42.2 |
Cognitive
Changes |
467 |
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Section 42.3 |
Returning
to Work |
470 |
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PART VII |
DEGENERATIVE
BRAIN DISORDERS |
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Chapter 43 |
Dementias |
475 |
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Section 43.1 |
Dementia
Types, Causes, and Treatments |
476 |
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Section 43.2 |
Alzheimer
Disease |
479 |
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Section 43.3 |
Vascular
Dementia |
484 |
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Section 43.4 |
Lewy Body Dementia |
486 |
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Section 43.5 |
Memory Loss
and Early Dementia |
493 |
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Section 43.6 |
Body Fat
Increases Risk of Dementia |
497 |
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Chapter 44 |
Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) |
501 |
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Chapter 45 |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease |
503 |
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Chapter 46 |
Huntington
Disease |
507 |
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Chapter 47 |
Multiple
Sclerosis (MS) |
509 |
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Chapter 48 |
Parkinson
Disease |
513 |
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Chapter 49 |
Progressive
Supranuclear
Palsy (PSP) |
515 |
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PART
VIII |
SEIZURES
AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS OF SLEEP |
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Chapter 50 |
What is
Epilepsy? |
519 |
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Chapter 51 |
Treating
Epilepsy |
527 |
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Section 51.1 |
Medications
and Surgery |
528 |
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Section 51.2 |
Vagus Nerve Stimulation |
532 |
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Section 51.3 |
Ketogenic Diet |
534 |
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Section 51.4 |
Research
Progress in Epilepsy |
538 |
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Chapter 52 |
Living with
Epilepsy |
541 |
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Chapter 53 |
Nonepileptic Seizures |
547 |
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Section 53.1 |
Physiologic
and Psychogenic Nonepileptic
Seizures |
548 |
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Section 53.2 |
Febrile
Seizures |
555 |
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Chapter 54 |
Myoclonus: Involuntary Muscle Jerking |
557 |
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Chapter 55 |
Restless
Legs Syndrome |
563 |
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Chapter 56 |
Narcolepsy |
569 |
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PART
IX |
ADDITIONAL
HELP AND INFORMATION |
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Chapter 57 |
Glossary of
Terms Related to Brain Disorders |
577 |
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Chapter 58 |
Directory
of Organizations With Information About
Brain Disorders |
585 |
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Index |
597 |
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