NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE edited by Sid Gilman , 1104 pp., Elsevier Academic Press, $199.95 This is a large book, measuring 38.5 × 22 cm, and it exceeds 1,000 acid free pages. It is designed to acquaint neuroscientists without medical training with clinical neurology and the basic sciences that buttress the specialty. The volume, which is edited by Sid Gilman, is subdivided into 19 sections, each edited by a subeditor who is a renowned expert in the field. No claim is made for a complete account of neurology, yet a wide and judicious selection of topics gives this book an encyclopedic flavor. Most sections are composed of four to six articles; some include a historical vignette of the subject. Each article provides a description of the clinical aspects of the disorder in question, which varies in …