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Our understanding of dystonia is advancing rapidly. This
comprehensive reference work provides an effective guide to this
challenging group of disorders, offering an overview of the current
and emerging treatment options for all manifestations. Treatments
for the many forms of dystonia differ substantially in pediatrics
and adults - both are covered in detail in this book. Approaches
include botulinum toxin therapy, deep brain stimulation, oral drug
applications, rehabilitation, and behavioral and experimental
therapies. Special emphasis is also given to combining different
treatment modalities in order to achieve optimal effect. Treatment
of Dystonia brings together peer-reviewed articles, written by
experts and based on work presented at international conferences.
By enabling the physician to select and combine the best therapies,
it is an essential resource for neurologists, neurosurgeons and
physical therapists.
Music, Neurology, and Neuroscience: Historical Connections and
Perspectives provides a broad and comprehensive discussion of
history and new discoveries regarding music and the brain,
presenting a multidisciplinary overview on music processing, its
effects on brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in
neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the
disorders that plagued famous musicians and how they affected both
performance and composition are critically discussed, as is music
as medicine and its potential health hazard. Additional topics,
including the way music fits into early conceptions of localization
of function in the brain, its cultural roots in evolution, and its
important roles in societies and educational systems are also
explored.
Did you ever ask whether music makes people smart, why a Parkinson
patient's gait is improved with marching tunes, and whether Robert
Schumann was suffering from schizophrenia or Alzheimer's disease?
This broad but comprehensive book deals with history and new
discoveries about music and the brain. It provides a
multi-disciplinary overview on music processing, its effects on
brain plasticity, and the healing power of music in neurological
and psychiatric disorders. In this context, the disorders the
plagued famous musicians and how they affected both performance and
composition are critically discussed, and music as medicine, as
well as music as a potential health hazard are examined. Among the
other topics covered are: how music fit into early conceptions of
localization of function in the brain, the cultural roots of music
in evolution, and the important roles played by music in societies
and educational systems.
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