Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Diverse Volumes:

pp. 1-1351 (2008) Stroke Part III: Investigation and Management
pp. 1-982 (2008) Stroke Part II: Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis
pp. 1-433 (2008) Stroke
pp. 1-451 (2008) Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
pp. 1-391 (2008) Disorders of Consciousness
pp. 1-913 (2008) Dementias
pp. 1-594 (2008) Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology
pp. 1-644 (2007) Malformations of the Nervous System
pp. 1-414 (2007) Myopathies
pp. 1-367 (2007) HIV/AIDS and the Nervous System
pp. 1-570 (2007) Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, Part II

The Handbook of Clinical Neurology series has an international reputation as the ultimate reference tool for neurologists involved in clinical research and for neuroscience research workers. It offers a comprehensive coverage of the whole field of neurology with the highest quality of scientific content.

Supervising the compilation of the series and choosing topics for future volumes is an internationally known team of series editors

* Dr Michael J. Aminoff, Department of Neurology, University of California, USA
* Dr Francois Boller, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
* Dr Dick F. Swaab, Netherlands Unit for Brain Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The mission for the third series of HCN is to cover the entire field of neurology in approximately 30 volumes, and to become once again the world’s most comprehensive source of information in neurology. It will cover recent developments in clinical neurology, taking into account new information from the neurosciences, neurogenetics, neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. There will be systematic inclusion of neurobiological aspects of the nervous system in health and disease, in order to clarify physiological and pathogenic mechanisms and to provide new therapeutic strategies. Each volume will include data on epidemiology, imaging, genetics and therapy.

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Three Volumes:
Volume 18, Pages 1-634 (2008) Handbook of Episodic Memory. Edited by: Ekrem Dere, Alexander Easton, Lynn Nadel and Joseph P. Huston. ISBN: 9780444531742

Volume 16, Pages 1-697 (2006) Handbook of Microdialysis – Methods, Applications and Perspectives. Ben H.C. Westerink and Thomas I.F.H. Cremers. ISBN: 9780444522764

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, with chapters authored by the leading researchers, provides a comprehensive overview over the current research on episodic memory, the memory system in the brain dealing with the remembering of personal experiences as a significant part of awareness and consciousness.

Handbook for the Assessment of Driving Capacity
Maria T. Schultheis, John DeLuca and Douglas L. Chute
Elsevier 2008, ISBN: 978-0-12-631255-3

Handbook for the Assessment of Driving Capacity is a resource for professionals involved in determining the driving capacity of individuals with neurological involvement and or trauma. While much work has been completed in this new and growing field, this is the first attempt to bring together clinical work on assessing driving capacity for different clinical populations and conditions. Specific topics include, traumatic brain injury, stroke, dementia, normal aging, medications, retraining, interventions, medical conditions, legal issues, practical issues, assessment instruments, simulators, research and epidemiology. Each chapter will address clinically relevant issues specific to the clinical population. This comprehensive compilation of driving assessment of cognitively compromised populations is the first of its kind and Dr. Schultheis is regarded as a leader in the field.

Genomic and Personalized Medicine

Huntington F. Willard, Ph.D., and Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D.
Elsevier 2009, ISBN: 978-0-12-369420-1

The two-volume set Genomic and Personalized Medicine Volume I & II provides an in-depth look at one of the most promising avenues for advances in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of human disease. The inclusion of the latest information on diagnostic testing, population screening, predicting disease susceptibility, pharmacogenomics and more presents this book as an essential tool for both students and specialists across many biological and medical disciplines, including human genetics and genomics, oncology, neuroscience, cardiology, infectious disease, molecular medicine, and biomedical science, as well as health policy disciplines focusing on ethical, legal, regulatory and economic aspects of genomics and medicine. Volume One Includes:Principles, Methodology and Translational Approaches, takes readers on the journey from principles of human genomics to technology, informatic and computational platforms for genomic medicine, as well as strategies for translating genomic discoveries into advances in personalized clinical care. Volume Two Includes:Genome Discoveries and Clinical Applications presents the latest developments in disease-based genomic and personalized medicine. With chapters dedicated to cardiovascular disease, oncology, inflammatory disease, metabolic disease, neuropsychiatric disease, and infectious disease, this work provides the most comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of genomic and personalized medicine.

Genetic Diseases of the Kidney

Richard P. Lifton, Stefan Somlo, Gerhard H. Giebisch and Donald W. Seldin
Elsevier 2009, ISBN: 978-0-12-449851-8

Genetic Diseases of the Kidney identifies and analyzes genetic abnormalities causing renal diseases in human subjects. Although in a sense the genome contains all the instructions required for the formation of a phenotype, the information is encoded in an extremely complicated fashion. In primary genetic diseases, the genetic instruction specifies a phenotype clearly linked with a discreet lesion confined to the kidney. However, the genetic disturbance may be imbedded in a complicated physiologic ensemble, so that the nexus between the genetic disturbance and the phenotype may be obscured; in consequence, the causal sequence is extremely difficult to unravel. In many instances the renal disease is one component of a complicated systemic hereditary disease, either monogenic or polygenic. Indeed, renal disease may arise as the sum of minor inputs from many different, seemingly unrelated genes, so that the genetic contributions may be difficult to identify. Confounding the problem further are environmental influences, originating either in the chromosomal environment from modifier genes, or in the extra-chromosomal environmental from intrauterine or postnatal influences. These considerations have determined both the organization of the text as well as the detailed description of the genetic disorders and the physiologic derangements that emerge.