Preface
PartⅠ:ThePatientPresentsWith
1.DisordersofHigherCerebralFumction
Thefrontallobe
Theparietallobe
Thetemporallobe
Theoccipitallobe
Summary
2.DisturbancesofConsciousness
Transientlossofconsciousness
Coma
3.Headache
Differentialdiagnosis
History
Examination
Summary
4.DisordersofSmell
Differentialdiagnosis
Examination
Investigations
5.VisualInpairment
Thevisualpathway
Clinicalfeaturesoflesionlocalization
Differentialdiagnosis
Investigationofvisualsymptoms
6.DisordersofthePupilsandEyeMovements
Pupildisorders
Differentialdiagnosisoffacialsensory
Disordersofeyemovements
7.FacialSensoryLossandWeakness
Thetrigeminalnerve
Differentialdiagnosisoffacialsensoryloss
Thefacialnerve
Examinationanddifferentialdiagnosisoffacialweakness
Investigationoffacialnumbnessandweakness
8.DeafnessandTinnitus
Theauditorysystem
Differentialdiagnosisofdeafness
Investigations
Differentialdiagnosisoftinnitus
9.DizzinessandVertigo
Thevestibularsystem
DIfferentialdiagnosisofdizzinessandvertigo
Investigations
10.Dysarthria,Dysphonia,andDysphagia
Definitions
Differentialdiagnosisofdysarthria
Differentialdiagnosisofdysphagia
Differentialdiagnosisofdysphonia
11.CerebellarDysfunction
Thecerebellum
Clinicalfeaturesofcerebellardysfunction
Lesionlocalization
12.TremorandOtherInvoluntaryMovements
Tremor
Asterixis
Choreaandathetosis
Dystonia
Hemlballismus
Myoclonus
Habitspasmsandtics
Akathisia
13.LimbWeakness
Terminology
Uppermotorneuronweakness
Patternsofuppermotorreuronweakness
Lowermotorneuronweakness
patternsoflowermotuneuronweakness
Disordersoftheneuromuscularjunction
Myopathy(disordersofthemuscle)
Overviewofconditionscausinglimbweakness
14.LimbSensorySymptoms
Thedorsal(posterior)columnpathway
Thespinothalamicpathway
Summary
15.DisordersofGait
Differentialdiagnosis
PartⅡ:History,ExaminationandCommonInvestigations
16.TakingaHistory
Thingstorememberwhentakingahistory
Structureofthehistory
17.TheNeurologicalExamination
Speech
Mentalstateandhighercerebralfunctions
Gait
Thecranialnerves
Themotorsystem
Thesensorysystem
Generalexamination
18.TheClerking
Sampleneurologyclerking
19.FurtherInvestigations
Routineinrestigations
Neurophysiologicalinvestigations
Imagingofthenervoussytem
PartⅢ:BackgroundInformationandmanagementPlans
20.Dementia
Definition
Epidemiology
Generalclinicalfeatures
Historyandexamination
Investigations
Management
Primarydegenerativedementia
Vasculardementia
Dementiaaspartofotherdigenerativediseases
21.Epilepsy
Definitions
Classification
Epidemiology
Aetiology
Pathophysiology
Clinicalfeatures
Historyandinvestigationstoaiddiagnosis
Differentialdiangosis
Drugtreatment
Statusepilepticus
Neurosurgicaltreatmentofepilepsy
Thesocialconsequencesofepilepsy
Drivingandepilepsy
22.HeadacheandCraniofacialPain
Tensionheadache
Migraine
Diagnosisanddifferentialdiagnosis
Management
Clusterheadache
Giant-cellarteritis
Raisedintracranialpressure
Otherneurologicalcausesofheadacheandcraniofacialpain
Non-neurologicalcausesofheadacheandcraniofacialpain
23.Parkinson'sDisease,OtherExtrapyramidalDisorders,andmyoclonus
Akinetic-rigidsyndrome
Dyskineticsyndrome
Drskineticsyndromes
Drug-inducedmovementdisorders
Myoclonus
24.CommonCranialNeuropathies
Olfactorynerve(firstcranialnerve)
Opticnerve(secondcranialnerve)
Oculomotor,trochlear,andabducensnerves(third,fourth,andsixthcranialnerves)
Trigeminalnerve(fifthcranialnerve)
Facialnerve(seventhcranialverve)
Vestibulocochlearnerve(eighthcranialnerve)
Thelowercranialnerves-glossopharyngeal(ninth),vagus(tenth),accessory(eleventh),andhypoglossal(twelfth)
25.DiseasesAffectingtheSpinalCord(Myelopathy)
Anatomyofthespinalcord
Majorpathwaysinthespinalcord
Causesofspinalcorddisease
26.MotorNeuronDisease
Anatomyofthemotorsystem
Typesofmotorneurondisease(MND)
Epidemiology
Differentialdiagnosis
Diagnosis
Treatment
27.Radiculopathyandplexopathy
Anatomy
Radiculopathy(nerverootlesions)
Plexopathies(lesionsofthebrachialorlumbosacralplexus)
28.DisordersofPeripheralNerve
Anatomy
Nervefibretype
pathologicalprocesses
Definitionsofneuropathies
Symptomsofperipheralnervedisease
Invsetigationofperipheralneuropathy
Specificneuropathies
Neuropathiesassociatedwithsystemicdisease
Neuropathiescausedbynutritionaldeficiencies
Neuroathiescausedbytoxins
Summary
29.DisordersofNeuromuscularTransmission
Normalanatomyandphysiology
Myastheniaguavis
Lambert-Eatonmyasthenicsyndrome
Othermyasthenicsyndromes
Botulinumtoxin
30.DisordersofSkeletalMuscle
Anatomy
Clinicalfeaturesofmuscledisease
Familyhistory
Investigationofmuscledisease
Specificmuscledisease
31.VascularDiseasesoftheNervousSystem
Cerebrovasculardisease
Intracranialhaemorrhage
Cerebrovascularinvolvementinvasculitisandconnectivetissuediseases
Cerebralvenousthrombosis
Spinalcordvasculardisease
32.IntracranialTumours
Typesofintracranialtumour
Clinicalfeaturesofintracranialtumours
Treatment
prognosis
33.InfectionsofthenervousSystem
Generalconditions
Specificorganismsandtheneurological
Diseasestheycause
34.MultipleSclerosis
Incidence
Pathogenesis
Pathology
Clinicalfeatures
Differentialdiagnosis
Management
Othercentraldemydlinatingdiseases
35.SystemicDiseaseandtheNervousSystem
Neurologicalcomplicationsofendocrinedisease
Neurologicalcomplicationsofconnectivetissuedisease
Neurologicalcomplicationsofneoplasticdisease
Neuroligicalcimplicationsassociatedwithcardiacdisease
36.EffectsofDeficiencyDiseasesandToxinsontheNervousSystem
Deficiencydiseases
Toxins
37.HerditaryConditionsoftheNervousSystem
Non-metabolichereditaryconditions
Inbornerrorsofmetabolism
PartⅣ:Self-assessment
Multiple-choiceQuestions
Short-answerQuestions
patientManagementProblems
MCQAnswers
SAQAnswers
PMPAnswers
Index
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