Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014 This volume has long prevailed as one of the leading resources on Parkinson's disease (PD). Fully updated with practical and engaging chapters on pathology, neurochemistry, etiology, and breakthrough research, this source spans every essential topic related to the identification, assessment, and treatment of PD. Reflecting the many advances that have taken place in the management of PD, this volume promotes a multidisciplinary approach to care and supplies new sections on the latest pharmacologic, surgical, and rehabilitative therapies, as well as essential diagnostic, imaging, and nonmotor management strategies. New to this edition: * Early identification of premotor symptoms * Potential disease modification agents * Physical and occupational therapy

Filling a gap in the literature, this reference offers 25 authoritative chapters on the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and medical and surgical treatment of essential tremor and various tremor disorders, including chapters on Parkinsonian, cerebellar, neuropathic, post-traumatic, psychogenic, and drug-induced tremor. Reporting on the latest findings and research in the field, this guide discusses specific tremor disorders along with the various therapeutic regimens used to treat each of them. The authors supply up-to-date information on the etiology and pathogenesis of tumor, as well as state-of-the-art methods of identification and management of essential tremor and tremor disorders.

A comprehensive review of current tactics in the therapeutic management of Parkinson's disease, this volume offers summaries of salient research findings as well as contemporary attitudes and practical advice from field specialists. The well-timed Third Edition is expanded and topically reorganized to register trends and progress in anti-parkinsonian medications, ablative surgical options, deep brain stimulation, nonmotor symptom treatments, nonmedical strategies, and investigational therapies.