Catelyn Wilkerson

Current Research in Behavioral Neurology Catelyn Wilkerson

Behavioral neurology is a specialization of neurology, which is concerned with the study of the impact of neurological diseases and damage on cognitive function, behavior and memory. It also deals with the treatment of all such damages and conditions. Some of the diseases and disorders under study in behavioral neurology are amnesia, aprosodia, autism, dementia, apraxia, psychosis, traumatic brain injury, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, etc. In vivo neuroimaging techniques are widely used for the understanding of structural and functional correlations of brain lesions with behavioral dysfunction in individuals. This book is a valuable compilation of topics, ranging from the basic to the most complex advancements in the field of behavioral neurology. It presents this complex subject in the most comprehensible language. With state-of-the-art inputs by acclaimed experts of this field, this book targets students and professionals.