Myology, 2-Volume Set

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrew G. Engel 
Professor of Neurology 
William M. McKnight 3M Professor

Dr. Engel is widely regarded as the world authority on Muscle disease.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MYOLOGY,3/E 
SCIENTIFIC BASIS 
Development, Differentiation and Diversity 
1 The Embryonic Origin of Muscle 
2 Morphogenesis of skeletal muscle fibers 
3 Satellite and stem cells; muscle regeneration 
4 The Diversity of Muscle Fibers and its Origin 
5 Physiology of Motor Units and their Control 
6 The extraocular muscles, Muscle contraction 
7 The Structure of Contractile Filaments 
8 The Structure of Vertebrate Muscle Myosin 
9 The Cross Bridge Cycle and the Energetics of Muscle Contraction 
The control of muscle fiber activity 
10 Ionic Channels and their Function in Muscle Activity 
11 The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum and the Transverse Tubules 
12 Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle 
13 Activation of the Contractile Mechanism by Calcium 
14 The Proteins of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum 
Neuromuscular transmission 
15 The Neuromuscular Junction 
16 Neuromuscular Transmission 
17 Acetylcholine receptors: Structure function 
18 Function and Molecular Structure of Acetylcholinesterase 
Muscle as a tissue 
19 The Subcortical Cytoskeleton and the Plasma Membrane 
20 The Extracellular Matrix 
21 The Muscle Spindle 
22 The Microcirculation of Muscle 
23 Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in Muscle 
24 Lysosomal Metabolism and its Relevance to Skeletal Muscle 
GENERAL APPROACHES TO NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES 
25 The clinical examination 
26 Electrodiagnosis of Muscle disorders 
27 Muscle Imaging 
28 Noninvasive evaluation of metabolic myopathies 
29 The Muscle Biopsy 
30 Basic Reactions of Muscle 
31 Ultrastructural changes in diseased muscle 
32 Immune Mechanisms in Muscle Diseases 
33 The Tools of Molecular Genetics And Their Application to the Study Of Muscle Diseases 
DISEASES OF MUSCLE 
Muscular Dystrophies 
34 Dystrophinopathies 
35 Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 
36 Myotonic Dystrophy 
37 Limb Girdle Dystrophies 
38 Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy and Scapuloperoneal Syndrome 
39 Bethlem Myopathy 
40 Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy 
41 X-Linked Vacuolar Myopathy 
42 Distal Muscular Dystrophies 
43 Myofibrillar Myopathies 
44 Congenital Muscular Dystrophies 
45 Cardiomyopathies Associated with Muscular Dystrophies 
Altered Excitability of the Cell Membrane 
46 Nondystrophic Channelopathies: Myotonias and Per Paralyses 
47 Neuromyotonia 
Inflammatory Myopathies 
48 Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Syndromes 
49 Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis 
50 Inclusion Body Myopathy 
51 Virus Related Muscle Diseases 
52 Parasitic Myositis 
53 Other Inflammatory Myopathies 
Congenital Myopathies 
54 Congenital Myopathies 
Metabolic Disorders Affecting Muscle 
55 Nonlysosomal Glycogenoses (and review of carbohydrate metabolism) 
56 Acid Maltase Deficiency 
57 Disorders of Lipid Metabolism (and review of lipid metabolism) 
58 Mitochondrial Diseases 
59 Malignant Hyperthermia 
60 Myoglobinura 
61 Myopathies due to Drugs, Toxins, and Nutritional Deficiency 
62 Endocrine Myopathies 
63 Muscle Pain, Cramps, and Fatigue 
Disturbances of Neuromuscular Transmission 
64 Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis 
65 Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome 
66 Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes 
Neural Diseases 
67 Motor Neuron Diseases in Children 
68 Motor Neuron Diseases in Adults 
69 Disease of Peripheral Nerves 
70 Congenital Deformities