Book Description
This reference contains over 60,000 entries encompassing the function and structure of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, along with disorders of the nervous system and the mind. The collection includes terminology used in psychiatric and neuroradiologic diagnosis and testing, including MRI, CAT, SPECT, and PET, as well as in treatments, such as electric stimulation, drugs, and herbs. Also contains words for surgical instruments, implantable stimulators, and spinal instrumentation, in addition to terminology for acute and chronic pain, aging, stroke, mood and personality disorders, substance abuse and counseling, mind/body connections, and genetic, degenerative, and traumatic disorders and diseases