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edited by Andreas Dlaitaki, $210, Norwell, Mass, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.

Robert S. Dow, MD, Reviewer; Lee Robertson, PhD, Reviewer
Portland, Ore

Arch Neurol. 1994;51(5):445.

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This is a book to which 37 authors from many countries have contributed chapters. As expressed in the preface, the book seeks to bring to bear on fascinating but poorly understood disorders the basic information now available through modern neuro-imaging, neurochemistry, and molecular biology. It is directed to both a clinical and an investigational readership. The articles are authoritative and topical and, by themselves, would have resulted in rewarding readings.

The review of anatomy by J. Hamori is very detailed, with 267 well-chosen references from the 1970s and the 1980s. The chapter on physiology by M. Ito is similarly well referenced, with 121 references. The illustrations range from diagrams to ultramicroscopic photographs and are well chosen and clearly printed. Amino acid transmitters, which are particularly abundant in the cerebellum, are presented in a detailed account of both facilitory and inhibitory neurotransmitters with another very complete bibliography. Chapter 4 by Balazs . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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