The Behavioral Neurology of White Matter

Christopher M. Filley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

298 Seiten

2001
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-513561-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This text examines the role of the brain's white matter in the organization of human mental function. It is founded on the study of patients with white matter disorders, and considers white matter dementia and other neobehavioural syndromes in developing a behavioural neurology of white matter.

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This text examines the role of the brain's white matter in the organization of human mental function. The white matter is discussed as an important complement to cortical and subcortical gray matter in the distributed neural networks that subserve all aspects of cognition and emotion. The book is founded on the study of patients with white matter disorders, and considers white matter dementia and other neobehavioural syndromes in developing a behavioural neurology of white matter.

Inhalt

PART 1: THE BRAIN, THE MIND AND WHITE MATTER; 1. The Neurologic Background; 2. White Matter Structure and Function; 3. Development and Aging; 4. Neuroimaging; PART 2: DISORDERS OF WHITE MATTER; 5. Genetic Disorders; 6. Demyelinative Diseases; 7. Infectious Diseases; 8. Inflammatory Diseases; 9. Toxic Leukoencephalopathies; 10. Metabolic Disorders; 11. Vascular Diseases; 12. Traumatic Disorders; 13. Neoplasms; 14. Hydrocephalus; PART 3: WHITE MATTER AND HIGHER FUNCTION; 15. Cognitive Disfunction and Dementia; 16. Focal Neurobehavioral Syndromes; 17. Neuropsychiatric Syndromes; 18. The Behavioral Neurology of White Matter; INDEX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.9.2001
• Zusatzinfo: numerous halftones
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• ISBN-10: 0-19-513561-X / 019513561X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-513561-9 / 9780195135619
• Zustand: Neuware