Using Our Heads: A Foreword by William Safire
Introduction: Welcome to Your Brain
How to Read this Book
Contributors
Your Brain: A Primer
Part I. Understanding Your Brain
1. How to Think About the Brain
2. How We Know: Learning the Secrets of the Brain
3. Basic Brain Care: Protecting Your Mental Capital
4. The Brain-Body Loop
Part II. Your Brain Through Life
5. Prenatal Development
6. Brain Development in Childhood
7. The Adolescent Brain
8. The Brain in Adult Life and Normal Aging
Part III. The Healthy Brain
9. The Body Manager
B1 The Major Senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, and Touch
B2 Body Regulation
B3 Basic Drives: Eating, Sleeping, and Sex
B4 Movement, Balance, and Coordination
B5 Pain Perception
B6 Consciousness
10. Emotions and Social Function
B7 Emotions
B8 Inhibition and Control
B9 Temperament
B10 Attention and Motivation
11. Learning, Thinking, and Remembering
B11 Decision Making and Planning
B12 Intelligence
B13 Learning and Memory
B14 Speech, Language, and Reading
B15 Visualization and Navigation
B16 Creativity, Talents, and Skills
Part IV. Conditions of the Brain and Nervous System
12. Conditions That Appear in Childhood
C1 Dyslexia
C2 Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
C3 Mental Retardation
C4 Cerebral Palsy
C5 Autism
C6 Metabolic Diseases
C7 Neurofibromatosis
C8 Hydrocephalus
C9 Spina Bifida
C10 Tumors of Childhood
13. Disorders of the Senses and Body Function
C11 Sleep Disorders
C12 Narcolepsy
C13 Epilepsy and Seizures
C14 Dizziness and Vertigo
C15 Seeing Problems
C16 Hearing Problems
C17 Smelling and Tasting Problems
C18 Autonomous Disorders
C19 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
14. Emotional and Control Disorders
C20 Depression
C21 Anxiety and Panic
C22 Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
C23 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
C24 Bipolar Disorder
C25 Schizophrenia
C26 Borderline Personality Disorder
C27 Eating Disorders
C28 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
C29 Substance Abuse and Addiction
C30 Alcoholism
C31 Violence and Aggression
C32 Suicidal Feelings
15. Infectious and Autoimmune Disorders
C33 Multiple Sclerosis
C34 Shingles/Herpes Zoster
C35 Neurological Complications of AIDS
C36 Lyme Disease
C37 Meningitis
C38 Viral Encephalitis
C39 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
C40 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
16. Disorder of Movement and Muscles
C41 Parkinson's Disease
C42 Parkinsonism Plus
C43 Tremors
C44 Dystonia, Spasms, and Cramps
C45 Tourette's Syndrom and Tics
C46 Ataxia
C47 Huntington's Disease
C48 Peripheral Neuropathy
C49 Guillain-Barre Syndrome
C50 Bell's Palsy
C51 Myopathies
C52 Myasthenia Gravis
C53 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
17. Pain
C54 Headache
C55 Migraines
C56 Back Pain and Disk Disease
C57 Chronic Pain
C58 Trigeminal Neuralgia
18. Nervous System Injuries
C59 Ischemic Stroke
C60 Hemorrhagic Stroke
C61 Brain Trauma, Concussion, and Coma
C62 Spinal Cord Injury
C63 Paraneoplastic Syndromes
C64 Brain Tumors
C65 Nutritional Disorders
C66 Chemicals and the Nervous System
19. Disorders of Thinking and Remembering
C67 Alzheimer's Disease
C68 Amnesias
C69 Dementia
C70 Trouble with Speech and Language
C71 Apraxias
C72 Agnosias
Glossary
Appendix A: Drugs Used to Treat the Brain and Nervous System
Appendix B: Suggested Reading
Appendix C: Resource Groups
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives
The European Dana Alliance for the Brain
About the Editors
Index