Main description:

Hughlings Jackson, the noted English neurologist, fathered many ideas that today still underlie our understanding of common clinical phenomena. This is a reappraisal of Jackson's work, both within its historical framework and in light of modern concepts of neurology. The approach is new, combining historical, clinical and basic scientific information in one synthesis on the organization and function of the nervous system. The concept of levels of function is addressed, specifically with regard to areas of brain function; and the hierarchical strategy is considered as part of the current concept of a distributed system of neurons. Clinicians and scientists alike will find much food for thought in this modern treatise of Jacksonian concepts.

Contents:

Section I: Historical.- 1 John Hughlings Jackson: A Historical Introduction.- 2 Hughlings Jackson: The Man and His Time.- 3 Hughlings Jackson and European Neurology.- 4 Hughlings Jackson and American Neurology.- 5 The Hughlings Jackson Tradition at The London Hospital.- Section II: Consciousness and Memory.- 6 Hughlings Jackson's Views on Consciousness.- 7 Hierarchies and Human Memory.- Section III: Epilepsy.- 8 Hughlings Jackson and Epilepsy: An Introduction.- 9 Psychiatric Aspects of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.- 10 Photosensitive Epilepsy and Visual Discomfort.- 11 The Basal Ganglia and the Development and Motor Expression of Partial Seizures.- Section IV: Sensory Systems.- 12 Hierarchies and the Visual System.- 13 Single Fibre Microneurography and Sensation.- Section V: Motor System.- 14 Order and Disorder in the Motor System.- 15 Information Processing and Basal Ganglia Function.- 16 Muscle Afferents and Parkinson's Disease.- 17 Hierarchical Aspects of Eye Movement Disorders.- 18 Hierarchies in the Cerebellum.- 19 Sphincter Control Systems in Man.