Neurobiology of Brain Disorders: Biological Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, 2nd Edition

This book covers the genetic, developmental, molecular, and cellular mechanisms underlying all significant categories of brain disorders.

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Neurobiology of Brain Disorders Description

Basic scientists can get a thorough overview of neurological and neuropsychiatric illness from the second edition of Neurobiology of Brain Disorders: Biological Basis of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders. This book covers the genetic, developmental, molecular, and cellular mechanisms underlying all significant categories of brain disorders, which combines fundamental, translational, and clinical research.

Here’s what you will learn in this course:

Section I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Developmental disabilities and metabolic disorders
Chapter 3. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Chapter 4. Down syndrome: a model for chromosome abnormalities
Chapter 5. Autism spectrum disorder
Chapter 6. Rett syndrome: from the involved gene(s) to treatment
Chapter 7. Fragile X-associated disorders

Section II. Diseases of the peripheral nervous system

Chapter 8. Introduction
Chapter 9. Myasthenia gravis
Chapter 10. Muscular dystrophy
Chapter 11. Peripheral neuropathies
Chapter 12. Diabetes and cognitive dysfunction
Conclusion
Chapter 13. Tumors of the nervous system

Section III. Neurodegenerative diseases

Chapter 14. Introduction to neurodegenerative disease section
Chapter 15. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Chapter 16. Parkinson disease and other synucleinopathies
Chapter 17. Huntington disease
Chapter 18. Repeat expansion disorders
Chapter 19. Alzheimer diseases
Chapter 20. Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Chapter 21. Prion diseases
Chapter 22. Toxic/metabolic diseases of the nervous system
Chapter 23. The role of inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

Section IV. Acute insults to the central nervous system

Chapter 24. Introduction: acute insults to the central nervous system
Chapter 25. Spinal cord injury
Chapter 26. Traumatic brain injury
Chapter 27. Cerebrovascular disease—stroke

Section V. Infectious and immune-mediated diseases affecting the nervous system

Chapter 28. Introduction
Chapter 29. Infections and nervous system dysfunctions
Chapter 30. Pathobiology of CNS human immunodeficiency virus infection
Chapter 31. Autoimmune and paraneoplastic neurological disorders
Chapter 32. Fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Chapter 33. Multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

Section VI. Diseases of higher function

Chapter 34. Introduction
Chapter 35. Disorders of higher cortical function
Chapter 36. Neurobiology of sleep and circadian disorders
Chapter 37. Restless Legs Syndrome
Chapter 38. Pain: from neurobiology to disease
Chapter 39. Migraine
Chapter 40. Dystonia
Chapter 41. Epilepsy
Chapter 42. Stress
Chapter 43. Addictions
Chapter 44. Fear-related anxiety disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder
Chapter 45. Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Chapter 46. The neurobiology of schizophrenia
Chapter 47. Depression and suicide
Chapter 48. Inflammation as a mediator of stress-related psychiatric disorders
Chapter 49. Role of the gut microbiome in the pathophysiology of brain disorders