2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2015. — 545 p. — ISBN: 9780190231866 As many as one million Americans, including Michael J. Fox and Muhammad Ali, suffer from Parkinson's Disease. Now, a leader in the fight against Parkinson's, Dr. J. Eric Ahlskog of the Mayo Clinic, has revised and updated his definitive guide for patients and their families.Dr. Ahlskog offers a...
Springer, 2008. — 127 p. — ISBN10: 3540798498. The synucleinopathy sporadic Parkinson’s disease (sPD) is the second most frequent degenerative disorder of the human nervous system after Alzheimer’s disease. The propensity for developing sPD exists in all ethnic groups worldwide, and the prevalence of the disorder increases considerably with age, thereby imposing an enormous...
SEEd, 2013. — 309 p. In Parkinson’s disease, the past half-century of research has brought many fascinating advances in treatment. Proper identification and treatment of both motor and non-motor symptoms lead to a better overall quality of life, reducing stress incurred by both patient and caregiver. This book provides a comprehensive description of current treatment options...
Oxford University Press, 2009. — 275 p. — ISBN10: 0199237239, ISBN13: 978-0199237234. Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are known to suffer from motor symptoms of the disease, but they also experience non-motor symptoms (NMS) that are often present before diagnosis or that inevitably emerge with disease progression. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease have been...
Health Press Limited, 2011. — 144 p. Most textbooks on Parkinson's disease focus on specific elements of management such as the treatment of motor symptoms, yet there is an overwhelming body of evidence and patient testimony that supports the need for information on holistic care. This beautifully illustrated third edition of Fast Facts: Parkinson's Disease addresses all...
Nova Science Publishers, 2017. — 96 p. Parkinson’s disease, first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson (1755-1824) in 1817 as “shaking palsy”, is a neurodegenerative disorder that manifests symptoms such as resting tremor, muscular rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability. These motor disorders have been extensively researched resulting in improved diagnostic...
New York: ITexLi, 2016. — 400 p. This book is a sum up of knowledge on the genetic factors and neuronal death mechanisms induced by excitotoxic and inflammatory agents. The authors summarize the pathophysiology observed both in patients with Parkinson's disease and in experimental models. The book contains the latest views on drug therapy used in the treatment of parkinsonism...
Nova Science Publishers, 2016. — 230 p. This book focuses on the alternative therapeutic approach for managing Parkinsons disease. This manuscript analyses the curative properties of natural ingredients and bioactive compounds known as nutraceuticals from natural foods, herbs, spices and plant extracts. Scientific revelations supported by conducted research concerning these...
Springer, 2007 — 450 p. Series: Advances in Behavioral Biology This volume contains the proceedings of the 2005 ADPD conference and is unique in that it deals not only with issues related individually to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, but also with the integration of these and other related diseases. The most up-to-date techniques and research findings are...
Nova Biomedical, 2014. — 102 p. Parkinson's disease, a common neurologic disorder of dopamine dysfunction, is characterized by motor, cognitive, psychiatric and autonomic symptoms. Parkinsonism has been defined as a complex syndrome with many etiologies. It is most common in the elderly, its cause is unknown and it is represented by idiopathic Parkinson's disease and other...
Demos Health, 2015. — 320 p. For many with Parkinson's disease, adding complementary, alternative, and lifestyle therapies to a care plan can result in symptom relief and a higher quality of life without compromising conventional treatment. Written by a board-certified neurologist and expert in mind-body medicine, Optimal Health with Parkinson's Disease provides a thorough and...
Manson Publishing Ltd, 2009. — 177 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84076-101-6. Parkinson’s disease facts and figures. Clinical diagnosis of parkinsonism and tremor. Diagnostic testing and neuroimaging. Drug treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Nonmotor features of Parkinson’s disease. Motor and nonmotor assessment scales. Surgical therapy for Parkinson’s disease. The role of the nurse...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. — 517 p. — ISBN: 978-0-470-06648-5 Therapeutics of Parkinson's Disease & Other MovementDisorders is essential reading for residents in clinicalneurology, clinical research fellows in neurology and relateddisciplines, general neurologists, and movement disorderspecialists, as well as those working in the pharmaceuticalindustry with an interest in movement...
Oxford University Press, 2014. — 107 p. Part of the Oxford American Neurology Library, Parkinson's Disease: Improving Patient Care is a clinically-focused text for healthcare professionals involved in the everyday management of Parkinson's disease patients. Primary care physicians, general neurologists, medical trainees, and ancillary therapists including mental health...
Philadelphia: LWW, 2015. — 1463 p. Trusted as the leading text in the field, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, 6th Edition, brings you fully up to date with new developments in this rapidly-changing subspecialty. International experts provide thorough coverage of basic science and clear guidance for your day-to-day clinical challenges – from innovative medical and...
Elsevier, 2007. — 656 p. — (Handbook of Clinical Neurology 83). — ISBN13: 978-0444519009. This volume provides a complete guide to advancements made in the understanding of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. From information on early research conducted in the 1960’s, to modern clinical views of these diseases, this handbook will give clinicians and...
Elsevier, 2007. — 608 p. — (Handbook of Clinical Neurology 84). — ISBN13: 978-0444528933 This volume provides comprehensive information on Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, a group of diseases that are among the most common in the field of neurodegenerative study. Through a high-level presentation of new research regarding these diseases, this handbook will give...
Humana Press, 2005. - XX, 512 p. Despite an enormous amount of research in the past five years, our understanding of atypical parkinsonian disorders (APD) remains very much in its infancy. In Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders: Clinical and Research Aspects, a panel of highly knowledgeable and thoughtful investigators comprehensively reviews, for the first time, what is known not...
Academic Press, 2020. — 2065 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-815958-3. The Neuroscience of Parkinson’s Disease (two-volume set) provides a single source of material covering different scientific domains of neuropathology underlying this condition. The book covers a wide range of subjects and unravels the complex relationships between genetics, molecular biology, pharmaceutical chemistry,...
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 490 p. — ISBN: 978-1-405-19185-2 Parkinson's Disease has traditionally been seen as a movement disorder, and diagnosed by the development of tremor. However, we are beginning to understand that the disease manifests itself in many ways, and that earlier diagnosis might be possible through non-tremor symptoms. This textbook aims to tell the full story of...
CRC Press, 2004. — 83 p. — (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series) — ISBN: 1-85070-943-2 In An Atlas of Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders Dr. David Perkin has compiled a series of photographs highlighting various aspects of Parkinson's disease and related motor disorders. The book provides a useful sample of clinical, investigative (CT, MRI, and PET) and pathological...
The Parthenon Publishing, 2003. — 81 p. — ISBN: 0-203-59621-8 An authoritative introduction to Parkinson's disease and its related disorders and syndromes, this book provides a concise overview of the disease and its diagnosis and management. The author presents samples of clinical, investigative (CT, MRI, and PET), and pathological images with succinct descriptive text of the...
2nd edition. — CRC Press, 2013. — 1319 p. — ISBN: 9781439807149 In recent years, considerable advances have been made in our knowledge and understanding of Parkinson's disease (PD). In particular, there has been an explosion of information regarding genetic contributions to the etiology of PD and an increased awareness of the importance of the non-motor features of the disease....
InTech, 2011. — 552 p. This book about Parkinson’s disease provides a detailed account of etiology and pathophysiology of Parkinson’s disease, a complicated neurological condition. Environmental and genetic factors involved in the causation of Parkinson’s disease have been discussed in detail. This book can be used by basic scientists as well as researchers. Neuroscience...
Rijeka: InTech, 2011. — 212 p. Parkinson’s disease affects many different systems of human body and has both motor as well as non-motor symptoms. As the disease advances, both motor and non-motor symptoms progress and result in significant disability. Indeed with progression of time non-motor symptoms may become major cause of disease caregiver’s burden and morbidity. This book...
Hatherleigh Press, 2017. — 103 p. — ISBN10: 1578267080, 13 978-1578267088. The Parkinson's Playbook puts the power in your hands, giving you the knowledge you need to proactively defend yourself against the progression of Parkinson's disease with energy, vitality, and confidence. The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is not an easy one. In The Parkinson's Playbook, author Robert...
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. — 340 p. This book stems from the 2nd Parkinson's Disease Symposium on Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders, held on Augus 6-7, 1999 at the University of Ulm Medical School in Ulm at the Danube in Germany. The specific topic, neurotoxic factors in Parkinson's Disease, involves neurobiological, epidemiological...
New York: Humana Press, 2009. — 440 p. Cortico-subcortical dynamics in Parkinson’s disease aims to integrate key pathophysiological aspects underlying Parkinson’s disease. The volume offers a broad spectrum of opinions on how chronic dopamine depletion affects cortico-subcortical dynamics, especially how disruptions of the non-dopaminergic systems resulting from chronic...
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