Table of Contents

Introduction. PART I: Basic Information -- Role of the Basal Ganglia; Role of the Cerebellum; Genetics in Movement Disorders; Neuropathology in Movement Disorders. PART II: Parkinsonism --Parkinsonism; Parkinson's Disease; Parkinson's Disease-related Gait, Posture and Balance Disorders; Parkinson's Disease-related Sleep Disorders; Parkinson's Disease-related Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (PDD and DLB); Parkinson's Disease-related Paramedical Rehabilitation; Parkinson's Disease-related Pharmacotherapy; Parkinson's Disease-related Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery; Multiple System Atrophy; Progressive Supranuclear Palsy; Corticobasal Degeneration; Frontotemporal Dementia with Parkinsonism; Vascular Parkinsonism; Drug-induced and toxic Parkinsonism; PART III: Related Disorders -- Tremor; Dystonia; Tics and the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome; Mycolonus; Chorea and Huntington's Disease; Ballism; Restless Legs Syndrome; Psychogenic Movement Disorders; Psychiatric Movement Disorders; Degenerative Cerebellar Ataxias; Spasticity. PART IV: Diagnostic Procedures -- Clinical Examination in Movement Disorders: a Structured Approach; Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders: Magnetic Resonance and Sonography; Neuroimaging in Movement Disorders: PET and SPECT; Clinical Neurophysiology in Parkinsonism; Clinical Neurophysiology in Related Disorders; Clinimetrics and Movement Disorders; Index.

About the Author

E.CH. Wolters, neurologist Dept. of Neurology VU University Medical Center. T. van Laar, neurologist Dept. of Neurology Leiden University Medical Center. H.W. Berendse, neurologist Dept. of Neurology VU University Medical Center.