A coherent, up-to-date overview of the rapidly advancing field of neurogenetics for neurologists of any level.

Nicholas Wood is Galton Professor of Genetics and Head, Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.

Preface; 1. The human genome project - what it really means and where next? Sonia Gandhi and Nicholas Wood; 2. Genetic counselling and genetic testing for neurogenetic disorders David Craufurd and Peter S. Harper; 3. Alzheimer's disease and related dementias John Hardy; 4. The epilepsies Mark Gardiner; 5. The ataxias S. H. Subramony; 6. Huntington's disease Sarah J. Tabrizi and Edward J. Wild; 7. Parkinsonism Vincenzo Bonifati; 8. Prion diseases Simon Mead and John Collinge; 9. Channelopathies Michael G. Hanna and Dimitri M. Kullmann; 10. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other disorders of the lower motor neuron Christopher E. Shaw, Jameen Sreedharan, Caroline A. Vance and Ammar Al-Chalabi; 11. The muscular dystrophies Kate Bushby and Una Sheerin; 12. Charcot-Marie-Tooth diseases Odile Dubourg, Alexis Brice and Eric LeGuern; 13. Mitochondrial disorders Robert McFarland, Robert Taylor, Andrew Schaefer and Doug Turnbull; 14. The neurofibromatoses and related disorders Rosalie E. Ferner; 15. The future of neurogenetics Thomas D. Bird; Index.