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Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System

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Editors:
  1. Marina Bentivoglio

    1. Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

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  2. Esper A. Cavalheiro

    1. Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

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  3. Krister Kristensson

    1. Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

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  4. Nilesh B. Patel

    1. Department of Physiology School of MedicineCollege of Health Science, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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  • Covers diseases that affect the severely impoverished

  • Provides information on how these diseases affect the human nervous systems

  • Details areas of interest that are usually neglected by the neuroscience community

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The “Global World Village” and Neglected Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System: Past, Present and Perspectives

      • Marina Bentivoglio, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Krister Kristensson, Nilesh B. Patel
      Pages 3-19

    3. Travel, Migration and Neglected Tropical Diseases

      • Zeno Bisoffi, Dora Buonfrate, Andrea Angheben
      Pages 21-43

    4. Stigma in Neurological Diseases in the Tropics

      • Earnest N. Tabah, Faustin Yepnjio, Alfred K. Njamnshi
      Pages 45-63

  3. Neglected Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Nematode Infections: Neurological Involvement and Neurobiology

      • Pewpan M. Intapan, Wanchai Maleewong, Yukifumi Nawa
      Pages 67-92

    3. Amoebiasis: Neurological Involvement and Neurobiology

      • Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Naveed Ahmed Khan
      Pages 93-110

    4. Neuroschistosomiasis

      • Teresa Cristina de Abreu Ferrari
      Pages 111-126

    5. Neurocysticercosis: Neurology and Neurobiology

      • Arturo Carpio, Agnès Fleury
      Pages 127-146

    6. Onchocerciasis: Neurological Involvement

      • Alfred K. Njamnshi, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Daniel Etya’ale
      Pages 147-164

    7. Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Highly Neglected Neurological Disease

      • Alain Buguet, Ghislain Mpanzou, Marina Bentivoglio
      Pages 165-181

    8. Neurobiology of African Trypanosomiasis

      • Willias Masocha, Krister Kristensson, Martin E. Rottenberg
      Pages 183-200

    9. Chagas Disease: Neurology and Neurobiology

      • José Rodrigues Coura
      Pages 201-215

    10. Neurodegeneration in Leprosy: Insights from Model Systems and Patients

      • Toshihiro Masaki, Anura Rambukkana
      Pages 217-232

    11. Rabies: Neurology

      • Alan C. Jackson
      Pages 233-249

    12. Rabies: Neurobiology

      • Monique Lafon
      Pages 251-267

    13. Japanese Encephalitis and Dengue Virus Infection: Neurology and Neurobiology

      • Usha K. Misra, Jayantee Kalita
      Pages 269-290

  4. Neglected Toxic Disorders of the Nervous System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291
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    2. Mental Health Problems Associated with the Use and Abuse of Khat (Catha edulis)

      • Michael Odenwald
      Pages 293-305
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Keywords

About this book

A number of diseases and conditions that occur primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries have traditionally been neglected by the neuroscience research community. These diseases and conditions affect the nervous system directly (sometimes with lethal consequences) and/or are associated with severe neurological sequels such as epilepsy, cognitive deficits, and sleep disruption.  Several diseases also have the effect of promoting poverty by leaving sufferers unable to lead economically productive lives due to cognitive and behavioral disturbances or severe stigmatization. The pathogenesis of neural dysfunction in the diseases addressed in this book and their sequels remains unclear. Neuroscience of Neglected Diseases and Conditions makes available much needed information about how these diseases affect the human nervous system as well as to promote interest in further research. Further research into neglected diseases and conditions will uncover information that sheds light on more general topics of interest to the neuroscience research community.​  

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Marina Bentivoglio

  • Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil

    Esper A. Cavalheiro

  • Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    Krister Kristensson

  • Department of Physiology School of MedicineCollege of Health Science, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Nilesh B. Patel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System

  • Editors: Marina Bentivoglio, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Krister Kristensson, Nilesh B. Patel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8100-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8099-0Published: 31 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4415-6Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8100-3Published: 30 May 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 401

  • Number of Illustrations: 71 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Virology, Public Health, Neurology

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