**Meet the editor**

Dr Nizar Souayah is a neuromuscular program director and a faculty member at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He is board certified in Neurology, Psychiatry and Neuromuscular Disorders from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is also board certified in Electrodiagnostic Medicine from the American Board of Electrodiagnotic Medicine. He is an

active member of the American Academy of Neurology and a fellow of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr Souayah published extensively in the field of Neurology. He published more than 180 peer reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, poster presentations and books in the neurology and neuromuscular disorders field, including the peripheral neuropathy field. He contributed to several national and international neuroscience meetings. He is also directing a basic sciences laboratory focusing on translational research in inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Application 3**

**Neuropathy 29**

Chapter 4 **Compression Neuropathies 103**

Kathrine Jáuregui-Renaud

**Pharmacotherapies 147**

Lauren E. Ta

**Section 1 Peripheral Neuropathy: From Bench to Bedside 1**

Emily A. Ramirez, Charles L. Loprinzi, Anthony Windebank and

**from Current Translational Progress of Diabetic Peripheral**

Sabatino Maione, Enza Palazzo, Francesca Guida, Livio Luongo, Dario Siniscalco, Ida Marabese, Francesco Rossi and Vito de Novellis

Chapter 2 **From Animal Models to Clinical Practicality: Lessons Learned**

Chengyuan Li, Anne E. Bunner and John J. Pippin

Chapter 3 **New Insights on Neuropathic Pain Mechanisms as a Source for**

**Section 2 Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Neuropathy 101**

Javier López Mendoza and Alexandro Aguilera Salgado

Chapter 1 **Neuropathic Pain: From Mechanism to Clinical**

**Novel Therapeutical Strategies 77**

Chapter 5 **Postural Balance and Peripheral Neuropathy 125**

Yuko Kanbayashi and Toyoshi Hosokawa

Chapter 6 **Predictive Factors for Postherpetic Neuralgia and Recent**
