Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System [Hardcover]

A number of diseases and conditions that occur?primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries?have traditionally been neglected by the neuroscience research community. These?diseases and conditions?affect the nervous system directly?(sometimes with lethal consequences) and/or?are associated with severe neurological sequels such as epilepsy, cognitive deficits, and sleep disruption.? Several diseases also have the effect of promoting poverty by leaving sufferers unable to lead economically productive?lives due to cognitive?and behavioral disturbances?or severe stigmatization. The pathogenesis of neural dysfunction in the diseases addressed in this book and their sequels remains unclear. Neuroscience of Neglected Diseases and Conditions makes available much needed information about how these diseases affect the?human nervous system as well as to promote interest in further research. Further research into neglected diseases and conditions will uncover information that sheds light on?more general?topics of interest to the neuroscience research community. ?This book examines diseases and conditions that occur primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries. It provides information on how these diseases affect the human nervous systems.THE GLOBAL WORLD VILLAGE AND NEGLECTED DISEASES 1. Overview on neglected nervous system diseases: past, present and perspectives The volume editors 2. Travel, migration and neglected tropical diseases Zeno Bisoffi, Dora Buonfrate and Andrea Angheben, Centre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy 3. Stigma in neurological diseases at the Tropics Faustin Yepnjio, EN Tabah and Alfred Njamnshi, University of Yaound? 1, Cameroon NEGLECTED INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 4. Nematode infections: Neurological involvement and neurobiology Yukifumi Nawa, Khon Kaen, University, Bangkok, Thailand 5. Amoebiasis: Neurological involvement and neurobiology Naveed Ahmed Khl”