Neurobiology of Brain Disorders

Neurobiology of Brain Disorders provides a comprehensive overview of neurological and neuropsychiatric disease. This book links basic, translational, and clinical research, covering the genetic, developmental, molecular, and cellular mechanisms underlying all major categories of brain disorders. It offers students, postdoctoral fellows, researchers, clinicians, and instructors the tools they need to obtain a basic background in the major neurological and psychiatric diseases and to discern connections between basic research and these relevant clinical conditions. Topics include developmental, autoimmune, central, and peripheral neurodegeneration; infectious diseases; and diseases of higher function. Organized by individual disorder, these chapters include coverage of the clinical condition, diagnosis, treatment, underlying mechanisms, relevant basic and translational research, and key unanswered questions. The new edition reflects progress in the field since publication of the first edition, with fully updated chapters, and new chapters on the neurobiological impact of isolation, aging, global diseases, vascular diseases, toxic/metabolic disease, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, restless legs syndrome, and myasthenia gravis. Final chapters deal with broader issues, including some of the ethical concerns raised by neuroscience and a discussion of health disparities. Written and edited by a diverse team of international experts, the second edition of Neurobiology of Brain Disorders is essential reading for anyone wishing to explore neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Key Features

• Links basic, translational, and clinical research on disorders of the nervous system

• Covers a vast array of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including Down syndrome, autism, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, TBI, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, depression, and pain

• Features new chapters on the effects of aging, isolation, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and restless legs syndrome

• Chapters feature in-text summary points, special feature boxes, and research questions