Neurology and clinical neurophysiology

Hirnorganische Wesensänderungen und dementielle Syndrome sind im Alter häufig und nehmen "epidemisch" zu.

Distinguished scientists and members of the medicalprofession discuss the research and development of safe andsuitable drugs for the long-term treatment of chronicdiseases.

The proceedings of the XVth Congress of the European Society of Neuroradiology are presented in this volume.

Schmerz gehört zu den häufigsten Ursachen, die den Patienten zum Arzt führen.

This book represents the second, fully revised edition of the original volume published in 1982.

In dem Buch wird ein neues Verfahren, die elektromagnetische Artikulographie (EMA), vorgestellt, das erstmals eine direkte, medizinisch ungefährliche Untersuchung der Mundmotorik beim Sprechen erlaubt.

As in other volumes in the series, this newest volume conveys up-to-date knowledge in a clear and straightforward manner.

Neural networks are not rigidly wired but rather highly plastic structures, the functional architecture of which can be actively reorganized in response to external or internal events.

Das Buch beschreibt die Diagnose, Differentialdiagnose und Therapie der "klassischen" Demenzformen (Demenz vom Alzheimertyp, senile Demenz, vaskuläre Demenz).

It is a privilege to introduce this unusual book.

This volume contains the proceedings of the meeting Genetics and Alzheimer's Disease held in Paris, on March 25,1988, by the Fondation Ipsen pour la Recherche Therapeuti- que.

Abundant evidence indicates that TENS can be used effectively to alleviate certain pain syndromes.

Language depends on a normally functioning left hemisphere.

In this compendium the clinical and pharmacological properties of Ginkgo biloba, a standardized drug and the subject of increasing worldwide interest, are closely portrayed.

I was gratified by the most favorable reception and wide usage received by the first edition of this book.

Die Hyperprolaktinämiesyndrome gehören zu den facettenreichsten endokrinen Erkrankungen.

The role of electrical signalling in the control of endocrine secretions by the brain has been clear for many years.

Die homonymen Hemianopsien - halbseitige, beide Augen betreffende Gesichtsfeldausfälle - sind so häufig, daß sie zum klinischen Alltag gehören.

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This 16th volume of Advances in Neurosurgery contains a selection of pa- pers presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery, held in Munster on 3-6 May 1987.

The landmark description by Delay and Deniker in 1952 of chlorpromazine's effect in psychosis suddenly eclipsed all other progress in psychopharmacology over the previous centuries.

Die spontanen intrazerebralen Hämatome sind die zweithäufigste zerebro-vaskuläre Erkrankung nach den ischämischen Hirninfarkten und gehören daher seit langem in Neurologie, Neurochirurgie und Neuropathologie zu den traditionellen Forschungsgebieten.

One of the most impressive works of scholarship in the field of experimental pharmacology has been the Heffter-Heubner Handbuch der experimentellen Pharmakologie, internationalized some years ago under the title Handbook 0/ Experimental Pharmacology and kept up to date by a series of numbered Ergiin- zungswerke or supplementary volumes which have now replaced in importance the original Handbuch.

Die Untersuchung der Augenmotilität kann einerseits eine Parese, andererseits aber auch Anomalien im Ablauf der Blickbewegungen aufdecken.

Bei über 600 langzeitbehandelten Anfallskranken werden neben klinischen Nebenwirkungen der Antiepileptika mögliche Einflüsse auf Knochendichte, peripher- und zentralnervöse Funktionen sowie eine Vielzahl von Laborwerten einschließlich Immunoglobulinen, Hormonen, Lipiden und Vitaminen untersucht.

Historical photograph of spinal anaesthesia In 1884 the American neurologist J.

Die durch das menschliche Immundefektvirus HIV verursachte erworbene Immunschwäche AIDS gewinnt aufgrund steigender Erkrankungszahlen zunehmend an praktisch-ärztlicher Bedeutung.

Imaging procedures have been used for many years and are becoming increasingly important in a number of medical disciplines.

The aim of the book is to describe the current approach to meningiomas on the basis of experience gained in the fields of histopathology, biology, radiology and surgery.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a new and still rapidly developing imaging technique which requires a new approach to image interpreta- tion.

The normal function of the organism in various stages of activity can be seen as a process of mutual interaction of different regulation mechanisms building up the behaviour of the organism in changing situations and/or ages and/or levels of health or disease.

Catecholamines are important transmitter substances in the autonomic and central nervous systems.

The ability to use tools skillfully is generally regarded as one of the major achievements in the evolutionary development of the human nervous system.

The present book has two origins, one very remote, the other nearer and more contingent.

In many cases of neuromuscular disorders the physician is faced with a complete lack of therapeutic approaches.

Die Geschichte der deutschen Neurologie beginnt Anfang des 19.

Dieser Band behandelt das weite Gebiet der organisch bedingten psychischen Störungen.