Diabetes and the Nervous System: Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller and Swaab): Volume 126 (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Volume 126) - Hardcover

Douglas W. Zochodne Dr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444534806 ISBN 13: 9780444534804

Publisher: Elsevier, 2014

Synopsis

This is a unique compilation, by experts worldwide, addressing how diabetes impacts the nervous system. For example, diabetic polyneuropathy, a disorder more common than MS, Parkinson’s disease, and ALS combined, is a major source of disability to diabetic persons worldwide. This book addresses diabetic polyneuropathy and how diabetes alters other parts of the nervous system.

• Offers a unique emphasis on the neurological manifestations of diabetes
• Provides thorough coverage of the clinical, experimental, mechanistic, therapeutic, peripheral, and central aspects of diabetic neuropathy
• Edited work with chapters authored by leaders in the field around the globe – the broadest, most expert coverage available

About this title

Review:

The most authoritative and up-to-date reference on the experimental and clinical aspects of diabetic neuropathy available on the market today

About the Author:

Douglas Zochodne is a Professor with tenure at the University of Calgary in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. He trained in medicine and subsequently Neurology at the University of Western Ontario. He completed fellowships in Neuromuscular disease with Dr. Charles Bolton at Western and Drs. Phillip Low and Peter Dyck at Mayo Clinic. He served on faculty at Queen’s University, Ontario Canada then subsequently at the University of Calgary where he has worked since 1992. He is a consultant Neurologist of Alberta Health Services, Calgary zone and serves as the Director of the Neuromuscular Clinic (Adult), University of Calgary and as Director of Clinical Neurophysiology (Adult EMG). Dr. Zochodne served as Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences from 1999-2007 and President of the Peripheral Nerve Society from 2009-2011. His research laboratory has been externally funded since 1988 by CIHR, CDA, JDRF, NIH and other agencies. He has published work focused on the peripheral neurobiology of regeneration, experimental diabetic neuropathy and clinical neuropathies and has authored over 240 original articles, chapters and books. He was awarded the Wolfe Prize in Neuropathy Research by the American Neurological Association in 2011. His more recent papers, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, Brain and Nature Communications, identifies roles for tumour suppressor proteins in enhancing adult neuron regeneration. He has recently accepted an offer to Chair the Division of Neurology at the University of Alberta and will be moving with his laboratory to take up this new role in July 2014.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0444534806
• ISBN 13: 9780444534804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Douglas W. Zochodne Dr., Rayaz A. Malik Professor