Meet the editors

Stavros J. Baloyannis is Professor Emeritus of Neurology at Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece. He graduated from the School of Medicine, Aristotelian University. He trained in Neurology at the same university and at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. He also trained in Neuropathology and Electron Microscopy at the Institute of Neurology, London; Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; University of Penn-

sylvania; and Yale University. He trained in Acoustic Neuropathology at Harvard University, and in Neuroimmunology at Yale University. Dr. Baloyannis has conducted research on the blood-brain barrier, mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease, synaptogenesis, neurodegeneration, dendritic and synaptic pathology, and Golgi apparatus in dementias. His special interests include neuroethics, neurolinguistics, neurophilosophy, history of neurosciences, neurology and art, and the brain and music. He is a member of sixty-two scientific societies and an honorary member of the Academy of Hellenic Air Forces. He is also the president of the Society for the amelioration of the quality of life in neurological diseases and former president of the Orthodox Association for the medical mission. He is a visiting professor at Tufts University, Democritus University, School of Theology, School of Philosophy. Dr. Baloyannis is the author of 29 textbooks, 760 papers on neurology and neurosciences, and 3 books of poems. From 1992 to 2011, he was the head of the Department of Neurology and director of the Research Institute for Alzheimer's disease.

Professor Fabian H. Rossi, MD, is the head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, Orlando VA Medical Center, Florida, and an associate professor at the Department of Neurology, University of Central Florida Medical School. His expertise is in clinical neurophysiology, and he writes extensively on sleep neurology and polysomnography, epilepsy and electroencephalography, neuromuscular disorders, nerve conduction studies, and elec-

tromyography. He held board certifications in each of the subspecialties of clinical neurophysiology. He has also contributed research in the field of motor neuron cultures and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He has given multiple national and international lectures on several topics in clinical neurology. Dr. Rossi has received Teacher of the Year awards for excellence in medical education.

Dr. Welwin Liu obtained her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her neurology residency at Emory University, Georgia, and her fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Temple University, Pennsylvania. She is board certified in neurology and has been a VA staff neurologist for more than 21 years. She is currently working at the Spark M. Matsunaga VAMC in Honolulu, HI where she has also

performed duties as acting chief of neurology. She has co-authored multiple articles and received numerous awards.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Central Demyelination-Multiple Sclerosis **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

Peripheral Demyelination-Schwann Cells **31**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 71**

Peripheral Neuropathies **83**

**Chapter 6 85**

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Demyelination Disorders

of Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis

*by Katarzyna Wiszniewska*

*and Carolina Salinas-Oviedo*

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

*and Venugopal Pavithra*

**Section 3**

*by Any Docu Axelerad, Silviu Docu Axelerad and Alina Zorina Stroe*

Role of Physiotherapy and Practice of Judo as an Alternative Method

Schwann Cell Plasticity in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration after Injury *by Emilia Manole, Alexandra Eugenia Bastian, Ana Maria Oproiu, Monica Teodora Neagu, Carolina Constantin and Gheorghita Isvoranu*

Non-Myelinating Schwann Cells in Health and Disease *by Octavian Ioghen, Emilia Manole, Mihaela Gherghiceanu,* 

Recurrence of Guillain Barré Syndrome in Patient Pediatric with Presentation of Two Different Clinical Variants *by Angel Solana-Rojas, Luis Miguel García-Melo, María Daniela Reyes-Varela, Juan Francisco Díaz-Sotelo, Juan Carlos Pérez-Moreno, Francisco Eduardo Basulto-López* 

*by Manoharlal Manoj Abraham, Subramaniam Hari Hara Sudan* 

*Bogdan O. Popescu and Laura Cristina Ceafalan*
