A number of diseases and conditions that occurprimarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countrieshave traditionally been neglected by the neuroscience research community. Thesediseases and conditionsaffect the nervous system directly(sometimes with lethal consequences) and/orare associated with severe neurological sequels such as epilepsy, cognitive deficits, and sleep disruption. Several diseases also have the effect of promoting poverty by leaving sufferers unable to lead economically productivelives due to cognitiveand behavioral disturbancesor severe stigmatization. The...

This book examines diseases and conditions that occur primarily in remote rural or poor urban areas of low-income countries. It provides information on how these diseases affect the human nervous systems.