Description
Imaging in Atypical Parkinsonism and Familial Movement Disorders provides an up-to-date and comprehensive textbook addressing the use of imaging modalities across the spectrum of movement disorders and dementias. Over the last decades, advances in neuroimaging tools has played a pivotal role in expanding our understanding of disease aetiology and pathophysiology, identifying biomarkers to monitor disease progression, aiding differential diagnosis and in the identification of novel targets for therapeutic intervention. This book brings together lessons learnt from neuroimaging tools in the content of movement disorders, including idiopathic and sporadic forms of Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Atypical Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Essential Tremor, Restless Leg Syndrome, Tourette’s Syndrome and Tic Disorders, Functional Movement disorders and Cerebellar disorders, and movement disorder dementias including Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
