Greenfield's Neuropathology

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This authoritative volume provides a comprehensive survey of the pathology of diseases of the nervous system. The fifth edition is a thorough revision of the work, reflecting significant advances in the field while retaining established facts in a useful and accessible form for all those involved in the study and treatment of neurological disease. The editors have gathered authoritative chapters from an impressive array of experts. A number of new contributors have radically revised or rewritten chapters, some of which present information not available elsewhere. This encyclopedic work describes the recent progress in neuropathology that has been influenced and Pnhanced by new techniques, such as the accurate identification and localization of components of the nervous system achieved by immunohistochemistry. The revolutionary improvements that have taken place in the understanding of neurotransmitters, brain damage and nutritional and toxic disorders are all reflected in this revised edition along with important developments in molecular genetics. The effect of AIDS and other immunological disorders on the nervous system is also covered. Thoroughly updated and extensively illustrated, Greenfield's Neuropathology remains a classic reference work.