Parkinson''s Disease and Related Disorders, Part II

Section 5: Treatment of Parkinson's disease Physical therapy in Parkinson's disease. Neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease: clinical trials. Levodopa. Dopamine agonists. Monoamine oxidase A and B inhibitors in Parkinson's disease. Anticholinergic medications. Antiglutamatergic drugs in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Investigational drugs. The importance of patients groups and collaboration Section 6: Complications of therapy Motor and non-motor fluctuations. Levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease. Treatment induced mental changes in Parkinson's disease. Section 7 Surgical treatment Ablative surgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Deep brain stimulation. Transplantation. Gene therapy approaches for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Section 8: Other parkinsonian disease syndromes Multiple system atrophy. Progressive supranuclear palsy. Corticobasal degeneration. Infectious basis to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Toxic causes of Parkinson's disease. Drug induced parkinsonism. Vascular parkinsonism. Old age and Parkinson's disease. Other degenerative processes. Hydrocephalus and structural lesions. Calcification of the basal ganglia. Trauma and Parkinson's disease. Psychogenic parkinsonism. Parkinsonism and dystonia. Dementia with Lewy bodies. Myoclonus and parkinsonism.

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• Authors: William C. Koller, William C. (Department of Neurology Koller, William C. Melamed Koller, KOLLER WILLIAM C MELAMED ELDAD, Eldad Melamed, Eldad (Department of Neurology Melamed
• Assisted by: Michael J. Aminoff (Editor), William C. Koller (Editor), Eldad Melamed (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2007
• EAN: 9780444528933
• ISBN: 978-0-444-52893-3
• No. of pages: 608
• Series: Handbook of Clinical Neurology; Handbook of Clinical Neurology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine