Physiology of ALS and related diseases

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Physiology of ALS and related diseases

editors, Jun Kimura and Ryuji Kaji

Elsevier, 1997

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780444825575

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This book is targeted at neurologists and clinical electrophysiologists with interest in theoretical and practical aspects of ALS research and patient care. The volume gives in-depth reports of clinical aspects and treatment approaches, such as: diagnosis and management of patients with muscular atrophies including those suspected of having ALS; clinical and electrophysiologic aspects useful in differentiating treatable muscular atrophies from ALS; pros and cons for the concept of a purely immune-mediated motor neuron disease; and frontiers of research as relating to the pathophysiology of ALS as well as reliable measures for clinical trials.

Table of Contents

Muscular atrophies, motor neuropathies, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and immunology (L.P. Rowland). Physiological basis. Physiological and technical basis of peripheral nerve and motoneuron testing (R. Kaji). Susceptibility to conduction block: differences in the biophysical properties of cutaneous afferents and motor axons (D. Burke, M. Kiernan, I. Mogyoros, H. Bostock). Treatable muscular atrophies. Multifocal motor neuropathy and conduction block (J. Kimura). Multifocal motor neuropathy: pathology and treatment (G. Parry). Pathophysiology and clinical variants of multifocal motor neuropathy (R. Kaji). Motor neuropathy: Is conduction block the only manifestation? (D.J. Lange). The postpolio syndrome and neuralgic amyotrophy (J.D. England). Acute motor axonal neuropathy (C.Y. Gao et al. ). Physiology of ALS and the frontier of the research. Clinical neurophysiology of ALS: differential diagnosis (N. Murray). Abnormal excitability of motor axons in ALS (H. Bostock). Excitability of cutaneous sensory axons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (D. Burke, I. Mogyoros, M. Kiernan, H. Bostock). The corticomotoneuron: aging, sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and first-degree relatives (A. Eisen, M. Nakajima, M Enterzari-Taher, H. Stewart). Magnetic stimulation in ALS: single motor unit studies (K. Mills, N. Kohara). Physiological abnormalities of motor cortices in motor neuron diseases studied by neuroimaging (H. Shibasaki). Clinical trials and diagnostic criteria. Motor unit number estimates in ALS (J.R. Daube). Clinical parameters for the natural course of ALS (N. Yanagisawa, M. Shindo, H. Momoi). Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of partial conduction block and multifocal motor neuropathy (A.J. Sumner).
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780444826688

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Paperback. This book is targeted at neurologists and clinical electrophysiologists with interest in theoretical and practical aspects of ALS research and patient care.The volume gives in-depth reports of clinical aspects and treatment approaches, such as: Diagnosis and management of patients with muscular atrophies including those suspected of having ALS; Clinical and electrophysiologic aspects useful in differentiating treatable muscular atrophies from ALS; Pros and cons for the concept of a purely immune-mediated motor neuron disease; Frontiers of research as relating to the pathophysiology of ALS as well as reliable measures for clinical trials.

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