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Informationen zum Autor Richard T. Johnson , The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Klappentext This second volume in The Year in Neurology series focuses on present reviews covering novel approaches to our understanding neurological diseases through both basic science and clinical approaches. A wide-range of topics is covered within this volume, including:* vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia* neurological nanotechnology* neurologic diseases* sleep disorders* chronic inflammatory diseasesNOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member. Zusammenfassung This second volume in The Year in Neurology series focuses onpresent reviews covering novel approaches to our understandingneurological diseases through both basic science and clinicalapproaches. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Sleep disorders in children 1 REM sleep behavior disorder: updated review of the core features, the REM sleep behavior disorder-neurodegenerative disease association, evolving concepts, controversies, and future directions 15 Lewy body pathology in fetal grafts 55 Congenital heart disease and brain development 68 The tuberous sclerosis complex 87 Neurological complications of immune reconstitution in HIV-infected populations 106 Vertebrobasilar dilatative arteriopathy (dolichoectasia) 121 Dermatomyositis and polymyositis: clinical presentation, autoantibodies, and pathogenesis 134 Advances in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders employing nanotechnology 154 Neurologic Wilson's disease 173 The progression of pathology in Parkinson's disease 188 Familial pain syndromes from mutations of the Na[subscript v]1.7 sodium channel 196 Epilepsy in the elderly 208 Flightless flies: Drosophila models of neuromuscular disease E1 ...
