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Informationen zum Autor Masud Husain is Professor of Neurology & Cognitive Neuroscience at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences! University of Oxford! UK. He is an experienced clinician who leads a research team focused on cognitive disorders in neurological diseases. His work is supported by a Principal Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust.Jonathan M. Schott is Reader in Clinical Neurology and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the Dementia Research Centre! UCL Institute of Neurology. An experienced cognitive neurologist running a busy cognitive disorders clinic! he has an extensive portfolio of translational clinical research in dementias! with particular interests in how clinical assessment! biomarkers and genetics can be combined to improve diagnosis and identify pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's disease. Both editors serve on anumber of national and international bodies influencing clinical practice and research! and are committed to translating research advances into improved patient care. In this textbook! they have brought together an expert! international team to provide a practical resource for busyclinicians. Klappentext Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series! this text covers the dramatic developments that have occurred in basic neuroscience and clinical research in cognitive neurology and dementia. The text is based on the clinical approach to the patient! and provides essential knowledge that is fundamental to clinical practice. WINNER in the Neurology category of the British Medical Association Book Awards 2017. Zusammenfassung Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series! the Oxford Textbook of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia covers the dramatic developments that have occurred in the basic neuroscience and clinical research in both cognitive neurology and dementia in an integrated fashion. The text is firmly based on the clinical approach to the patient with cognitive impairment and dementia! while also providing the essential background scientific knowledgethat is fundamental to clinical practice.Divided into three main sections! this book combines the basic science (Section 1) with different types of cognitive deficit or neuropsychological presentation (Section 2)! and disease specific chapters (Section 3).With contributions from a range of international experts! this is essential reading for clinicians with an interest in cognition and dementia including neurologists! geriatricians and psychiatrists. It provides a powerful means of bringing together different aspects of conceptual understanding and factual knowledge! in a way that usually can only come after many years in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Normal cognitive function; 1 Charles Gross: Historical aspects of neurology; 2 Giovanna Zamboni: Functional specialisation and network connectivity in brain function; 3 Teresa Torralva! Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht! Agustin Ibanez! and Facundo Manes: The frontal lobes; 4 Morgan D. Barense! Jason D. Warren! Timothy J. Bussey! and Lisa M. Saksida: The temporal lobes; 5 Masud Husain: Parietal cortex; 6 Geraint Rees: The human occipital lobe; 7 James Rowe and Timothy Rittman: The basal ganglia in cognitive disorders; 8 Marco Catani: Principles of white matter organization; 9 Trevor W. Robbins: Neurochemistry of cognition; Section 2: Cognitive dysfunction; 10 Seyed A Sajjadi and Peter J. Nestor: Bedside assessment of cognition; 11 Diana Caine and Sebastian Crutch: Neuropsychological assessment; 12 Dalia Abou Zeky and Argye E. Hillis: Acquired disorders of language and speech; 13 Lara Harris! Kate Humphreys! Ellen M. Migo! and Michael D. Kopelman: Memory disorders; 14 Anna Katharina Schaadt and Georg Kerkhoff: Vision and visual processing deficits; 15 Paolo Bartolomeo and Raffaella Migliaccio: Disorders of attentional processes; 16 Georg Goldenberg: Apraxia; 17 Marinella Cappelletti: The...
