Brain and Bannister's Clinical Neurology

By Sir Roger Bannister and Roger Bannister

Book Overview

This textbook emphasizes the fundamental attraction of neurology: the balance between clinical history, often with subtle psychological aspects; and knowledge of the basic anatomy and physiology of brain function. It clearly explains how to diagnose and treat common neurological disorders. Since the publication of the sixth edition, there have been extraordinary technical advances in neurology, most notably in the fields of molecular genetics and new imaging techniques. There are new sections on each of these topics. This volume also has a new chapter on the neurological complications of AIDS. Many new topics have been introduced and there have been major revisions to most chapters, particularly to those on vascular disease, the dystonias, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, parkinsonism, neuromuscular diseases, multiple sclerosis, and the neurological consequences of neoplasms. New material is included on extradural hematomas, the Lambert Eaton myasthenic syndrome, inflammatory myopathies, Huntington's disease, the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, cerebral malaria, the anterior spinal artery syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies, sarcoidosis, the MTPT parkinsonism model, multiple system atrophy, lipoidoses, and the Arnold-Chiari malformation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192619136
• ISBN13: 9780192619136
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

valuable in school and later as a reference

Excellent reference even out of school. The sections are: "symptoms, signs and investigations," "disorders of anatomical regions," "infections," "diffuse and system disorders," and "psychological factors in neurology." The diagrams really helped me with learning function and dysfunction in several areas: cranial nerves, epilepsy, headaches, parkinsonism, MS, multiple other disorders. This book is well divided for easy reading into brief chapters with diagrams, photos of imaging studies and even photos of clinical signs and patient presentation where applicable.