Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders, w. DVD

Section I: Overview

1. Clinical overview and phenomenology of movement disorders

2. Motor control: Physiology of voluntary and involuntary movements

3. Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia

Section II: Hypokinetic disorders

4. Parkinsonism: Clinical features and differential diagnosis

5. Current concepts on the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson disease

6. Medical treatment of Parkinson disease

7. Surgical treatment of Parkinson disease and other movement disorders

8. Nonmotor problems in Parkinson disease

9. Atypical parkinsonism, parkinsonism-plus syndromes, and secondary parkinsonian disorders

10. Gait disorders: Pathophysiology and clinical syndromes

11. Stiffness syndromes

Section III: Hyperkinetic disorders

12. Dystonia: Phenomenology, classification, etiology, pathology, biochemistry, and genetics

13. Treatment of dystonia

14. Huntington disease

15. Chorea, ballism, and athetosis

16. Tics and Tourette syndrome

17. Stereotypies

18. Tremors

19. The tardive syndromes: Phenomenology, concepts on pathophysiology and treatment, and other neuroleptic-induced syndromes

20. Myoclonus: Phenomenology, etiology, physiology, and treatment

21. Ataxia: Pathophysiology and clinical syndromes

22. The paroxysmal dyskinesias

23. Restless legs and peripheral movement disorders

24. Wilson disease

25. Psychogenic movement disorders: Phenomenology, diagnosis, and treatment

Index

After receiving his MD degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1973, Dr. Jankovic completed medicine internship at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and residency in Neurology at the Neurological Institute, Columbia University, New York City, where he was selected as the Chief Resident and also obtained additional training in movement disorders with Stanley Fahn, MD. In 1977 he joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine and became a founder and director of the Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic, which has since been recognized as a "Center of Excellence" by the National Parkinson Foundation and the Huntington Disease Society of America. Promoted to a full professor of Neurology in 1988, Dr. Jankovic currently holds the endowed Distinguished Chair in Movement Disorders.

One of the founders of the international Movement Disorder Society, Dr. Jankovic was elected its 3rd president in 1994. He is an Honorary Member of the American Neurological Association, Australian Association of Neurologists, French Neurological Society, European Federation of Neurological Societies, and the International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Society. Selected as a "Great Teacher by the National Institute of Health, Dr. Jankovic is the recipient of many other honors including the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Movement Disorders Research Award, sponsored by the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, the Guthrie Family Humanitarian Award, presented by the Huntington's Disease Society of America, the Tourette Syndrome Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Distinguished Service Award, the Baylor College of Medicine Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, and the Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award.

Listed in Highly Cited Researcher (ISIHighlyCited.com), Dr. Jankovic had been principal investigator in over hundred clinical trials and his pioneering research on

Doody's Review Service:

Weighted Numerical Score: 100 - 5 Stars!

"The best feature of this book is the link to all the video clips noted in the chapters. This is a valuable tool for anyone wanting to learn about movement disorders because visualizing the movements is crucial. I commend the authors for this outstanding addition and I appreciate the time and preparation that was devoted to developing this. This textbook is an adjunct to the yearly Movement Disorders Course that is hosted by the authors in Aspen, CO. I highly recommend the course and this textbook for anyone, from medical students to nurses to neurologists and movement disorders specialists, who is interested in a comprehensive review of movement disorders."