About the Book
This thoroughly revised new edition of a classic book provides a clinically inspired but scientifically guided approach to the biological foundations of human mental function in health and disease. It includes authoritative coverage of all the major areas related to behavioral neurology, neuropsychology, and neuropsychiatry. Each chapter, written by a world-renowned expert in the relevant area, provides an introductory background as well as an up-to-date review of the most recent developments. Clinical relevance is emphasized but is placed in the context of cognitive neuroscience, basic neuroscience, and functional imaging. Major cognitive domains such as frontal lobe function, attention and neglect, memory, language, prosody, complex visual processing, and object identification are reviewed in detail. A comprehensive chapter on behavioural neuroanatomy provides a background for brain-behaviour interactions in the cerebral cortex, limbic system, basal ganglia, thalamus, and cerebullum. Chapters on temperolimbic epilepsy, major psychiatric syndromes, and dementia provide in-depth analyses of these neurobehavioral entities and their neurobiological coordinates. Changes for this second edition include the reflection throughout the book of the new and flourishing alliance of behavioral neurology, neuropsychology, and neuropsychiatry with cognitive science;major revision of all chapters; new authorship of those on language and memory; and the inclusion of entirely new chapters on psychiatric syndromes and the dementias. Both as a textbook and a reference work, the second edition of Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology represents an invaluable resource for behavioural neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, cognitive and basic neuroscientists, geriatricians, physiatrists, and their students and trainees.
Table of Contents:
1: M.-Marsel Mesulam: Behavioral Neuroanatomy
2: Sandra Weintraub: Neuropsychological Assessment of Mental State
3: M.-Marsel Mesulam: Attentional Networks, Confusional States, and Neglect Syndromes
4: Hans J. Markowitsch: Memory and Amnesia
5: Antonio R. Damasio and Hanna Damasio: Aphasia and the Neural Basis of Language
6: Elliott D. Ross: Affective Prosody and the Aprosodias
7: Antonio R. Damasio, Daniel Tranel, Matthew Rizzo: Disorders of Complex Visual Processing
8: Donald L. Schomer, Margaret O'Connor, Paul Spiers, Margitta Seeck, M.-Marsel Mesulam, David Bear: Temporolimbic Epilepsy and Behavior
9: Robert M. Post: Neural Substrates of Psychiatric Syndromes
10: M.-Marsel Mesulam: Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia
About the Author :
M.-Marsel Mesulam, M.D., is Ruth and Evelyn Dumbar Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
Review :
"The volume should be highly useful to medical students, residents in neurology and psychiatry, and practicing psychiatrists and neurologists." -Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
"The volume should be highly useful to medical students, residents in neurology and psychiatry, and practicing psychiatrists and neurologists." -Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
"...[T]he book is still a fundamental reference for those coming from multiple areas of thought who are interested in brain function....In my opinion this is indeed one of the best texts (if not the best) in neuroanatomy oriented towards the question of behavior and cognition. It should be an obligatory reading both for students and professionals." Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
"The book's most important strength is that the chapters are written by individuals with expertise in the field. In addition, each chapter has many current references. Overall, this book has been masterfully edited by Mesulam."--Annals, March 2001
From reviews of the First Edition: "This is a truly wonderful book. The editor solidifies his reputation as one of a handfulod superb behavioral neurologists. He combines creative and innovative ideas with a lucid and a pleasurable writing style. The book is not only pacesetting intellectually but truly a pleasurable to read. The editor's first chapter on behavioral neuroanatomy is a "tour de force" and more that worth the price of admission. This is a "must
have" book for anyone with even the slightest interest in cognitive neurology or behavioral neurology." --Doody's
" . . . extremely well organized . . . each section is written succinctly, with detailed cases and diagrams for illustration . . . I recommend this book; it brings together a wide range of current concepts in a single compact and well edited volume." JAMA
"There is a reawakening of clinical and research interest in the interface between neurology and psychiatry . . . Amid this growing interest has been a virtual surfeit of books. among them, Principles of Behavioral Neurology easily rises to the top. It is a gem." New England Journal of Medicine
"All of the chapters are of high quality and the book is recommended to those interested in te biological, evolutionary, and social aspects of human behavior. It is a fitting memorial to a great behavioral scientist, Norman Geschwind." Psychiatry
"The book, thanks in part to its very manageable format and in part to its careful editing, is very readable and surprisingly comprehensive. It is highly recommended to all clinicians and researchers interested in furthering their knowledge of brain and behavior relationships." Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
"This is an excellent book. It covers in a clear and comprehensive manner the neuroanatomy of the brain and how this anatomy relates to behavior. There is a nice mix of clinical observation and data. The book is very well edited and reads as if one author had written it all. This is not a neurology textbook but a find contemporary discussion of how the central nervous system causes the behaviors we observe in clinical practice and daily life." -- G.J.
Tucker, MD, The Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease, Vol 189, No. 1, Jan 2001
"At last! The second edition of this great book has finally become available to us...In my opinion, the first edition of this book was the textbook of behavioral neurology, and this second edition is even better. No card-carrying behavioral neurologist or neuropsychiatrist should be without this volume, and many others interested in the neurobiological basis of behavior and of behavioral disorders will find this book to be extremely useful."--Jeffrey
L. Cummings, MD in Annals of Neurology
