Brainstorm - Detective Stories From the World of Neurology

From the Wellcome Prize-winning author of It's All in Your Head Brainstorm examines the stories of people whose symptoms are so strange even their doctor struggles to know how to solve them. A man who sees cartoon characters running across the room; a teenager who one day arrives home with inexplicably torn clothes; a girl whose world turns all Alice in Wonderland; another who transforms into a ragdoll whenever she even thinks about moving. The brain is the most complex structure in the universe, and neurologists must puzzle out life-changing diagnoses from the tiniest of clues - it's the ultimate in medical detective work. In this riveting book, one of the UK's leading neurologists takes you with her as she follows the trail of her patients' symptoms: feelings of deja vu lead us to a damaged hippocampus; spitting and fidgeting to the right temporal lobe; fear of movement to a brain tumour; a missed heart beat to the limbic system.It's a journey that will open your eyes to the unfathomable intricacies of the brain, and the infinite variety of human capacity and experience.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne O'Sullivan
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781784704995
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-499-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; popular science, MEDICAL / Neurology, Popular psychology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Diseases & disorders, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Diseases and disorders