Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology in Developmental Age

Cognitive and behavioural neurology is increasingly the focus of attention from the neurosciences, both in adults and children. This field combines a number of specialties to ensure that neurological conditions are approached from different standpoints. Appropriate cognitive/behavioural evaluation methods should based upon the known characteristics of neuropathology, molecular genetics and neurophysiology of the disorders. An exhaustive review of a fast-growing discipline: cognitive and behavioural This book provides an update on neurocognitive and behavioural deficits observed in developmental neurology: epilepsy, brain malformations, tumours, autistic spectrum disorders, syndromic and non-syndromic intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy CNS progressive disorders.
It aims to describe cognitive/behavioural phenotypes, define indications for treatment and rehabilitation, and enhance knowledge acquired from clinical studies. The contents are addressed to child neurologists and psychiatrists, psychologists, paediaricians, behavioural and speech therapists.