Randy W. Beck (Clinical Diagnosis Senior Lecturer and F Neurology

Functional Neurology for Practitioners of Manual Medicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing our understanding of how the nervous system works in the treatment of a variety of clinical conditions, this title takes the readers from the embryonic beginnings of the nervous system, through the biochemistry of receptor activation and on to the functional systems of the nervous system.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 228mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1408g
• ISBN-13: 9780702040627
• ISBN-10: 0702040622
• Artikelnr.: 33562679

Autorenporträt

Dr Beck is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Diagnosis and Neurology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; and Associate Professor, Clinical Neurology at the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Florida, USA. He is also Director of the Institute of Functional Neuroscience, in Perth, Australia. Dr Beck graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1984 and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada in 1988. He has subsequently completed a PhD focusing on psycho-neuroimmunology and spent the last 12 years practicing and developing the clinical applications of functional neurology. He has been involved with postgraduate and undergraduate education of chiropractoic and medical students for over 15 years. Dr Beck is married with six children and enjoys a variety of sporting activities and life with his family.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Fundamental concepts in functional neurology
2. Early developmental events
3. Biochemistry and physiology of receptor activation
4. History and examination
5. Neurology of sensory and receptor systems
6. Neuronal integration and movement
7. The spinal cord and peripheral nerves
8. The autonomic nervous system
9. The cortex
10. The thalamus and hypothalamus
11. The basal ganglia
12. The limbic system
13. The brainstem and reticular formation
14. The cerebellum and vestibular system
15. Neuroimmune functional interactions
16. Psychoneurological aspects
17. Headaches
18. Fundamental evidence
19. Approaches to patient management
20. Approaches to treatment