Full Description
Neurogenetics, Part II, Volume 148, the latest release in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology, provides the latest information on the genetic methodologies that are having a significant impact on the study of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Using genetic science, researchers have identified over 200 genes that cause or contribute to neurological disorders. Still an evolving field of study, defining the relationship between genes and neurological and psychiatric disorders is expected to dramatically grow in scope. Part II builds on the foundation of Part I, expanding the coverage to dementias, paroxysmal disorders, neuromuscular disorders, white matter and demyelination diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, adult psychiatric disorders and cancer and phacomatoses.
Contents
Section V. Dementias
26. The genetic landscape of Alzheimer disease
27. Frontotemporal dementia
28. The genetics of dementia with Lewy bodies
29. Prion disease
Section VI. Paroxysmal Disorders
30. Genetics of epilepsy
31. Genetics of migraine
32. Periodic paralysis
33. Episodic ataxias
34. Disorders of sleep and circadian rhythms
Section VII. Neuromuscular Disorders
35. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
36. The genetics of congenital myopathies
37. Genetic basis and phenotypic features of congenital myasthenic syndromes
38. Spinal muscular atrophy
39. Emerging understanding of the genotype: Phenotype relationship in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
40. Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
41. Hereditary spastic paraplegia
42. Neuropathy
Section VIII. Diseases of White Matter and Demyelination
43. The spectrum of adult-onset heritable white matter disorders
44. Alexander disease
45. Neurogenetics of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
46. Multiple sclerosis
Section IX. Cerebrovascular Diseases
47. CADASIL
Section X. Major Adult Psychiatric Disorders
48. Neuroepigenetics and addiction
49. Genetic susceptibility in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Section XI. Cancer and Phakomatoses
50. Brain cancer genomics and epigenomics
51. Neurofibromatosis type 1
52. Tuberous sclerosis complex
53. Von Hippel-Lindau disease and Sturge-Weber syndrome
