Table of Contents

Preface: Richard T. Johnson.

1. Repair and Neurorehabilitation Strategies for Spinal Cord Injury: Robert L. Ruff, Lisa McKerracher, and Michael Selzer.

2. Spatial Neglect: Clinical and Neuroscience Review. A Wealth of Information on the Poverty of Spatial Attention: John C. Adair and Anna M. Barrett.

3. Neurological Aspects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Meredith Broderick and Christian Guilleminault.

4. Neuromyelitis Optica and Asian Phenotype of Multiple Sclerosis: Jun-ichi Kira.

5. Drug-induced Movement Disorders in Children: Don Gilbert.

6. Impulse Control and Related Disorders in Parkinson Disease: Review: Shen-Yang Lim, Andrew H. Evans, and Janis M. Miyasaki.

7. Designer Therapies for Glioblastoma Multiforme: Sith Sathornsumetee and Jeremy N. Rich.

8. Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike Episodes: Basic Concepts, Clinical Phenotype, and Therapeutic Management of MELAS Syndrome: Douglas M. Sproule and Petra Kaufmann.

9. Stroke Treatment: Beyond the Three-Hour Window and in the Pregnant Patient: C.A. Cronin, C.J. Weisman, and Rafael H. Llinas.

10. Task-specific Dystonias: A Review: Diego Torres-Russotto and Joel S. Perlmutter.

11. Cervical Arterial Dissection: Current Concepts: Ranjith K. Menon and John W. Norris.

12. Prospects of Cell Therapy for Disorders of Myelin: Tamir Ben-Hur and Steven A. Goldman.

13. Hereditary Episodic Ataxias: Joanna Jen.

14. Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy: Nicoline Schiess and Carlos A. Pardo.

15. Cerebral White Matter: Neuroanatomy, Clinical Neurology, and Neurobehavioral Correlates: Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eric E. Smith, Florian S. Eichler, and Christopher M. Filley.

Index of contributors

About the Author

Richard T. Johnson was a physician and scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johnson was a faculty member in the Department of Neurology since its inception in 1969 and was the former head of the department.