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Table of Contents

January 2007

The Dana Guide is a practical family reference from medical experts, edited by Floyd Bloom, M.D., M. Flint Beal, M.D. and David J. Kupfer, M.D. 

Part I Understanding Your Brain

How to Think About the Brain 

How We Know: Learning the Secrets of the Brain 

Basic Brain Care: Protecting Your Mental Capital 

The Brain-Body Loop 

Part II Your Brain Through Life

Prenatal Development 

Brain Development in Childhood 

The Adolescent Brain 

The Brain in Adult Life and Normal Aging 

Part III The Healthy Brain

The Body Manager

The Major Sense: Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell, and Touch 

Body Regulation 

Basic Drives: Eating, Sleeping, and Sex

Movement, Balance, and Coordination 

Pain Perception 

Consciousness 

Emotions and Social Function

Emotions 

Inhibition and Control 

Temperament 

Attention and Motivation 

Learning,  Thinking, and Remembering

Decision Making and Planning 

Intelligence 

Learning and Memory 

Speech, Language, and Reading 

Visualization and Navigation 

Creativity, Talents, and Skills 

Part IV Conditions of the Brain and Nervous System

Conditions That Appear in Childhood

Dyslexia 

Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 

Mental Retardation 

Cerebral Palsy 

Autism 

Metabolic Diseases 

Neurofibromatosis 

Hydrocephalus 

Spina Bifida 

Tumors of Childhood 

Disorders of the Senses and Body Function

Sleep Disorders 

Narcolepsy 

Epilepsy and Seizures 

Dizziness and Vertigo 

Seeing Problems 

Hearing Problems 

Smelling and Tasting Problems 

Autonomic Disorders 

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 

Emotional and Control Disorders

Depression 

Anxiety and Panic 

Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 

Bipolar Disorder 

Schizophrenia 

Borderline Personality Disorder 

Eating Disorders 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 

Substance Abuse and Addiction 

Alcoholism 

Violence and Aggression 

Suicidal Feelings 

Infectious and Autoimmune Disorders

Multiple Sclerosis 

Shingles/Herpes Zoster 

Neurological Complications of AIDS 

Lyme Disease 

Meningitis 

Viral Encephalitis 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 

Disorders of Movement and Muscles

Parkinson’s Disease 

Parkinsonism Plus 

Tremors 

Dystonia, Spasms, and Cramps 

Tourette’s Syndrome and Tics 

Ataxia 

Huntington’s Disease 

Peripheral Neuropathy 

Guillain-Barré Syndrome 

Bell’s Palsy 

Myopathies 

Myasthenia Gravis 

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 

Pain

Headache 

Migraines 

Back Pain and Disk Disease 

Chronic Pain 

Trigeminal Neuralgia 

Nervous System Injuries

Ischemic Stroke 

Hemorrhagic Stroke 

Brain Trauma, Concussions, and Coma 

Spinal Cord Injury 

Paraneoplastic Syndromes 

Brain Tumors 

Nutritional Disorders 

Chemicals and the Nervous System 

Disorders of Thinking and Remembering

Alzheimer’s Disease 

Amnesias 

Dementia 

Trouble with Speech and Language 

Apraxias 

Agnosias 

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