Springer Movement Disorders Curricula

This book offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of movement disorders, an important specialty in the field of neurology, guiding readers from the phenomenology to diagnosis and management. Reflecting the latest developments in the field, it offers a unique summary of this dynamic area by pursuing a uniform approach to movement disorders curricula. Divided into three parts,  Movement Disorders Curricula provides an authoritative overview of this growing branch of neurology. The first part presents the basic elements of movement disorders, including descriptions of the anatomy and physiology of the basal ganglia. It also features sections on clinical trials for movement disorders, practical skills, and rating scales. The second and third part examine in detail hypokinetic and hyperkinetic movement disorders, respectively. Equipping readers with the practical and research skills needed in the movement disorders field, the book offers a valuable tool to help them prepare for board examinations on general neurology, as well as for fellowships in movement disorders.  About the Author Cristian Falup-Pecurariu is Head of the Department of Neurology, County Emergency Clinic Hospital from Brasov, and is Lecturer of Neurology at the Transilvania University from Braşov, Romania. During his career  Prof. Falup-Pecurariu was President of the European Association of Young Neurologists and Trainees (EAYNT), EAYNT Liasion Officer with World Federation of Neurological Society, co-representative of Europe on the International Working Group for Young Neurologists and Trainees (World Federation of Neurology). He was also Secretary of the EFNS/MDS-ES Panel on Movement Disorders, member of the Educational Committee of MDS-ES. Currently is member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society Leadership Task Force and European Academy of Neurology Scientific Panel Movement Disorders. He is member of EUROPAR (European Parkinson’s Group) and International Parkinson and Movement Disorders Society Non motor study group. He is the founder and Course Director of the Movement Disorders Teaching Course held in Brasov. His research focuses on non-motor aspects of Parkinson’s diseases and restless legs syndrome. Prof. Falup-Pecurariu has authored several articles in the major peer-reviewed scientific journals. Joaquim Ferreira is Professor of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon and Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. He is also the head of CNS- Campus Neurológico Sénior in Portugal. He became interested in movement disorders during his medical degree and later undertook a Clinical Pharmacology fellowship with Prof. Olivier Rascol in Toulouse, France. He is currently the chair of the European Section of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. His major research interests are neuropharmacology, Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and Huntigton’s disease. Pablo Martinez-Martin is Neurologist and Scientist Researcher of the Spanish Public Boards of Research at the National Center of Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health (ISCIII) and Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED – ISCIII), Madrid, Spain, since 2006. In the past he acted as Coordinator (2003-2006) and Scientific Director of the Research Unit for Alzheimer’s Disease at the Alzheimer Center Reina Sofia Foundation (2006-2014); Head of the Section of Neuroepidemiology at the National Center of Epidemiology, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain (2001-2006); Head of the Department of Neurology in the Hospital de Getafe (Madrid) (1991-2001) and of the Central Red Cross Hospital (Madrid) (1988-1991); and Head of Section of Neurology in the National Hospital for Infectious Diseases (1982-1988). Associated Professor of Neurology, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid (1989-1993). He has received 14 aw