Neurological Disorders

1. Front Matter

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2. Drugs and the Nervous System

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 1-9

3. Headache, Pain and Raised Intracranial Pressure

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 11-23

4. Prevention and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 25-50

5. Epilepsy

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 51-70

6. Treatment of Movement Disorders

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 71-98

7. Drug Treatment of Infections of the Nervous System

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   Pages 99-122

8. Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 123-139

9. Immunosuppressant and Cytotoxic Drugs, Toxic and Metabolic Disorders

   • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

   Pages 141-150

10. Treatment of Diseases of Nerve and Muscle

    • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

    Pages 151-162

11. Treatment of Disorders Involving the Autonomic Nervous System

    • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

    Pages 163-187

12. Drugs in Neuroendocrinology

    • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

    Pages 189-207

13. Vitamins and the Nervous System

    • J. D. Parkes, P. Jenner, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

    Pages 209-218

14. Back Matter

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Neurological Disorders is the latest and fifth monograph in the series on management and treatment in major clinical specialties or patient groups. Each book is complete in'its own right and has been prepared by practising physicians with an interest in treatment and management, together with scientists involved in clinical research. The volumes are intended to fill a gap between standard textbooks of medicine and therapeutics and research reviews, symposia and original articles in superspecialist fields. It is the aim of the series to give authoritative up-to-date advice on treatment and management which will be of use to both specialists and nonspecialists and to allow recent advances in pathophysiol­ ogy and developments in treatment to be viewed in the context of contemporary clinical practice. The approach is intentionally by the minimum number didactic. Each volume has been written of authors to ensure a degree of continuity and uniformity of style. The first four volumes dealt respectively with gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatic diseases, treatment in the elderly and car­ diovascular disease. The present volume covers neurological diseases. Chapter 1 is an introduction to drugs and the nervous system. It reviews the chemical basis of neurotransmission and mechanisms of drug action in neurological disease. There follows a series of chapters discussing patient management in general and drug treatment in particular in common neurological problems presen­ ting in general medical practice. These include headache, cerebral vascular disease, epilepsy and the movement disorders.

• epilepsy
• infection
• intracranial pressure
• management
• medical practice
• medicine
• muscle
• nervous system
• neuroendocrinology
• prevention
• treatment

• University Department of Neurology, King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

  J. D. Parkes, D. N. Rushton, C. D. Marsden

• University Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

  P. Jenner

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