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The author profiles seven neurological patients, including a surgeon with Tourette's syndrome and an artist whose color sense is destroyed in an accident but finds new creative power in black and white.

Humans may all look pretty much the same on the outside, but some people have unique conditions and amazing abilities! Whether it's having no fingerprints at all (adermatoglyphia), hearing music every time you taste chocolate (synesthesia), or being able to see one hundred million colors (tetrachromacy), some conditions bring our understanding of the human body to another level entirely.

They Human nervous system is the soft tissue conduit within our body in which signals from the brain travel to various parts of the body to perform specific functions. Some of these functions may be automatic, such as breathing and others may be by the express intent of the individual, such as typing on the computer. A chart showing the body's nervous system would help explain how signals are sent from the brain to various parts of the body.

Gracias a un cerebro de un kilo y medio, los humanos somos los seres más hábiles y complejos de la Tierra. La evolución genética nos ha llevado a tener un cerebro versátil que determina nuestras interacciones con el entorno, acumula experiencia y programa nuestra conducta. Este libro nos permite descubrir cómo funciona este órgano fundamental para andar, pensar, hacer la digestión, amar, odiar o ser feliz.

This handbook is aimed at clinicians and others who are engaged in caring for ageing adults with developmental disabilities. It is intended to inform understanding, promote assessment, assist in care planning, and especially to improve everyday living for this needy but sadly often neglected group of vulnerable individuals. The authors base their guidance on evidence, focusing on important insights that are likely to be valuable to the clinician interested...

This book has been extensively updated since the publication of the first edition in 2007 and contains a detailed presentation of the current definitions of insomnia and the differential diagnosis with conditions associated with insomnia (psychiatric, neu

Given the tremendous recent advances in the understanding of acquired neonatal brain injury and in the care of affected newborn infants, this book provides a timely review for the practising neurologist, neonatologist and pediatrician. The editors take a pragmatic approach, focusing on specific populations encountered regularly by the clinician. They begin by addressing aspects of fetal neurology and the interpretation of fetal imaging studies. They...

La memoria y su posible deterioro es una de las preocupaciones de salud más comunes en las sociedades modernas. Nos inquieta desconocer por qué perdemos agilidad mental, así como la posibilidad de padecer en el futuro alguna enfermedad neurodegenerativa. Con voluntad didáctica, el doctor Álvaro Bilbao acaba con muchos mitos y recelos sobre la memoria, nos explica cómo funciona y cómo cuidarla, y cuándo se deben resolver nuestras dudas ante...

Until now there has been no book giving an overview of childhood hemiplegia for the people who are most affected by it - the children and young people themselves, and their parents, families, friends and teachers, as well as the professionals working with them on the management of their condition. This highly accessible guide provides this overview, giving the background to how and why hemiplegia happens in children, outlining the different approaches...

Das Buch gibt allen von MS Betroffenen eine kompetente Hilfestellung, ihre Krankheit besser zu verstehen, und klärt sie über aktuelle Diagnosemethoden und Behandlungsansätze auf. Mit unabhängigen Informationen liefert der Ratgeber den Schlüssel zu einem selbstbestimmten Leben mit der Erkrankung. Komplexe medizinische Sachverhalte wie das fehlgeleitete Immunsystem oder der MRT-Befund werden in verständlichen Worten und begleitenden Zeichnungen...