Contributors Preface SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO NEUROLOGY 1 Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease 2 Neuroimaging in Neurologic Disorders 3 Electrodiagnostic Studies of Nervous System Disorders: EEG, Evoked Potentials, and EMG 4 Lumbar Puncture SECTION II CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE 5 Pain: Pathophysiology and Management 6 Headache 7 Back and Neck Pain 8 Syncope 9 Dizziness andVertigo 10 Weakness and Paralysis 11 Gait and Balance Disorders 12 Numbness,Tingling, and Sensory Loss 13 Confusion and Delirium 14 Coma 15 Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal 16 Sleep Disorders 17 Disorders of Vision 18 Disorders of Smell,Taste, and Hearing SECTION III DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 19 Mechanisms of Neurologic Diseases 20 Seizures and Epilepsy 21 Cerebrovascular Diseases 22 Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 23 Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias 24 Parkinson's Disease and Other Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders 25 Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders 26 Ataxic Disorders 27 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases 28 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System 29 Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell's Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders 30 Diseases of the Spinal Cord 31 Concussion and Other Head Injuries 32 Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System 33 Neurologic Disorders of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus 34 Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases 35 Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess,and Empyema 36 Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis 37 HIV Neurology 38 Prion Diseases 39 Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes 40 Peripheral Neuropathy 41 Guillain-Barr6 Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies 42 Myasthenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction 43 Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases 44 Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis 45 Special Issues in Inpatient Neurologic Consultation 46 Atlas of Neuroimaging SECTION IV CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME 47 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 48 Biology of Psychiatric Disorders 49 Mental Disorders SECTION VI ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCY 50 Alcohol and Alcoholism 51 Opioid Drug Abuse and Dependence 52 Cocaine and Other Commonly Abused Drugs Review and Self-Assessment Index