In the last 15 years, a combination of detailed clinical, genetic, molecular electrophysiological, and immunological research has combined to result in a deep understanding of a subgroup of neurological diseases spanning the central and peripheral nervous system and which have become known collectively as the Neurological Channelopathies. Although it was originally considered that significant ion channel dysfunction would not be compatible with life, we now know this is often not the case, although severe disease can often be the result. Given these major advances, it is now the right time to combine this knowledge into a single HCN volume dedicated to the topics at hand.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and pathophysiological themes across the neurologic channelopathies 2. Structure-function and pharmacologic aspects of ion channels relevant to neurologic channelopathies 3. Inherited Myotonias 4. Periodic Paralysis? 5. Andersen-Tawil syndrome 6. Congenital myasthenic syndromes 7. Human pain channelopathies 8. The Episodic Ataxias 9. Familial Hemiplegic Migraine 10. Paroxysmal Movement Disorders 11. Epilepsies 12. Myasthenia Gravis 13. Neuromyotonia 14. Stiff person Syndrome 15. Autoantibody-mediated central nervous system channelopathies 16. Pediatric Neuromuscular Channelopathies