The Dana Guide to Brain Health Book

	Using Our Heads: A Foreword	xiii
	Introduction: Welcome to Your Brain	xvii
	How to Read This Book	xxi
	Contributors	xxiii
	Your Brain: A Primer	xxxii
Part I	Understanding Your Brain
1.	How to Think About the Brain	3
2.	How We Know: Learning the Secrets of the Brain	14
3.	Basic Brain Care: Protecting Your Mental Capital	31
4.	The Brain-Body Loop	41
Part II	Your Brain Through Life
5.	Prenatal Development	61
6.	Brain Development in Childhood	83
7.	The Adolescent Brain	102
8.	The Brain in Adult Life and Normal Aging	116
Part III	The Healthy Brain
9.	The Body Manager	135
B1	The Major Senses: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, and Touch	136
B2	Body Regulation	142
B3	Basic Drives: Eating, Sleeping, and Sex	150
B4	Movement, Balance, and Coordination	158
B5	Pain Perception	165
B6	Consciousness	171
10.	Emotions and Social Function	179
B7	Emotions	180
B8	Inhibition and Control	185
B9	Temperament	190
B10	Attention and Motivation	196
11.	Learning, Thinking, and Remembering	200
B11	Decision Making and Planning	201
B12	Intelligence	210
B13	Learning and Memory	217
B14	Speech, Language, and Reading	226
B15	Visualization and Navigation	232
B16	Creativity, Talents, and Skills	236
Part IV	Conditions of the Brain and Nervous System
12.	Conditions That Appear in Childhood	247
C1	Dyslexia	248
C2	Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder	254
C3	Mental Retardation	259
C4	Cerebral Palsy	265
C5	Autism	270
C6	Metabolic Diseases	278
C7	Neurofibromatosis	284
C8	Hydrocephalus	288
C9	Spina Bifida	293
C10	Tumors of Childhood	298
13.	Disorders of the Senses and Body Function	306
C11	Sleep Disorders	307
C12	Narcolepsy	315
C13	Epilepsy and Seizures	319
C14	Dizziness and Vertigo	327
C15	Seeing Problems	332
C16	Hearing Problems	341
C17	Smelling and Tasting Problems	347
C18	Autonomic Disorders	352
C19	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	357
14.	Emotional and Control Disorders	362
C20	Depression	363
C21	Anxiety and Panic	371
C22	Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)	376
C23	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	379
C24	Bipolar Disorder	385
C25	Schizophrenia	390
C26	Borderline Personality Disorder	394
C27	Eating Disorders	399
C28	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder	405
C29	Substance Abuse and Addiction	409
C30	Alcoholism	419
C31	Violence and Aggression	426
C32	Suicidal Feelings	429
15.	Infectious and Autoimmune Disorders	434
C33	Multiple Sclerosis	435
C34	Shingles/Herpes Zoster	444
C35	Neurological Complications of AIDS	448
C36	Lyme Disease	453
C37	Meningitis	458
C38	Viral Encephalitis	462
C39	Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease	468
C40	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	471
16.	Disorders of Movement and Muscles	476
C41	Parkinson's Disease	477
C42	Parkinsonism Plus	484
C43	Tremors	490
C44	Dystonia, Spasms, and Cramps	494
C45	Tourette's Syndrome and Tics	497
C46	Ataxia	501
C47	Huntington's Disease	505
C48	Peripheral Neuropathy	511
C49	Guillain-Barre Syndrome	516
C50	Bell's Palsy	520
C51	Myopathies	523
C52	Myasthenia Gravis	530
C53	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	535
17.	Pain	539
C54	Headache	540
C55	Migraines	548
C56	Back Pain and Disk Disease	553
C57	Chronic Pain	559
C58	Trigeminal Neuralgia	565
18.	Nervous System Injuries	569
C59	Ischemic Stroke	570
C60	Hemorrhagic Stroke	576
C61	Brain Trauma, Concussion, and Coma	581
C62	Spinal Cord Injury	591
C63	Paraneoplastic Syndromes	600
C64	Brain Tumors	604
C65	Nutritional Disorders	610
C66	Chemicals and the Nervous System	617
19.	Disorders of Thinking and Remembering	624
C67	Alzheimer's Disease	625
C68	Amnesias	635
C69	Dementia	639
C70	Trouble with Speech and Language	643
C71	Apraxias	648
C72	Agnosias	651
	Glossary	655
Appendix A	Drugs Used to Treat the Brain and Nervous System	661
Appendix B	Suggested Reading	669
Appendix C	Resource Groups	673
	The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives	687
	The European Dana Alliance for the Brain	695
	About the Editors	701
	Index	703