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A physiological approach to clinical neurology /
A Physiological Approach to Clinical Neurology deals with the mechanism of various neurological symptoms and signs in terms of disordered physiology. Topics covered by this book include pain and other sensations; weakness; the tendon jerk and the stretch reflex; and disordered control of motor neuro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Butterworths,
1970.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; A Physiological Approach to Clinical Neurology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1. PAIN AND OTHER SENSATIONS; THE PERCEPTION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF SENSATION: SEGREGATION OR INTEGRATION OF NEURAL PATHWAYS?; SENSORY PATHWAYS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMMON PATTERNS OF PAIN; CLINICAL HISTORY TAKING IN RELATION TO PAIN; THE INTERPRETATION OF SENSORY SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS; PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF PAINFUL SYNDROMES; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. WEAKNESS; ASTHENIA; PARALYSIS OR PARESIS; THE LOWER MOTOR NEURONE; THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION.
- Musclehysterical weakness; transient paralysis; the clinical approach to the problem of weakness; summary; references; chapter 3. the tendon jerk: a phasic stretch reflex; the stretch reflex; the muscle spindle; phasic muscle reflexes; the clinical significance of the tendon jerk; summary; references; chapter 4. tonic stretch reflexes: the mechanism of muscle tone and movement; spinal cord influences on tonic and phasic reflexes; supraspinal control of motor neurones; reticulospinal tracts; vestibulospinal tract; effects of extrapyramidal tracts on the stretch reflex.
- The motor cortex and pyramidal tractthe tonic stretch reflex in man; the normal control of movement; summary; references; chapter 5. disordered control of motor neurones; frequency control of motor neurones; physiological or action tremor; action tremor and alternating tremor in parkinson's disease; the mechanism of physiological tremor; lesions of the lower motor neurone; lesions of the upper motor neurone; summary; references; chapter 6. the basal ganglia and their disorders; the extrapyramidal motor system; parkinson's disease; hemiballismus; chorea; athetosis; dystonia; summary.
- The ascending reticular activating systemthe source of consciousness; sleep; loss of consciousness; clinical examination of the unconscious patient; common causes of coma; summary; references; chapter 10. the mechanism of epilepsy; factors in seizure production; factors in seizure prevention; the mechanism of seizures; focal seizures and major (grand mal) seizures; minor (petit mal) seizures; myoclonus; summary; references; chapter 11. the relationship between brain and mind; perception; memory; emotion; response; propositional thought; dementia; focal cerebral symptoms.