Preface PartⅠ:The Patient Presents With 1.Disorders of Higher Cerebral Fumction The frontal lobe The parietal lobe The temporal lobe The occipital lobe Summary 2.Disturbances of Consciousness Transient loss of consciousness Coma 3.Headache Differential diagnosis History Examination Summary 4.Disorders of Smell Differential diagnosis Examination Investigations 5.Visual Inpairment The visual pathway Clinical features of lesion localization Differential diagnosis Investigation of visual symptoms 6.Disorders of the Pupils and Eye Movements Pupil disorders Differential diagnosis of facial sensory Disorders of eye movements 7.Facial Sensory Loss and Weakness The trigeminal nerve Differential diagnosis of facial sensory loss The facial nerve Examination and differential diagnosis of facial weakness Investigation of facial numbness and weakness 8.Deafness and Tinnitus The auditory system Differential diagnosis of deafness Investigations Differential diagnosis of tinnitus 9.Dizziness and Vertigo The vestibular system DIfferential diagnosis of dizziness and vertigo Investigations 10.Dysarthria,Dysphonia,and Dysphagia Definitions Differential diagnosis of dysarthria Differential diagnosis of dysphagia Differential diagnosis of dysphonia 11.Cerebellar Dysfunction The cerebellum Clinical features of cerebellar dysfunction Lesion localization 12.Tremor and Other Involuntary Movements Tremor Asterixis Chorea and athetosis Dystonia Hemlballismus Myoclonus Habit spasms and tics Akathisia 13.Limb Weakness Terminology Upper motor neuron weakness Patterns of upper motor reuron weakness Lower motor neuron weakness patterns of lower motu neuron weakness Disorders of the neuromuscular junction Myopathy (disorders of the muscle) Overview of conditions causing limb weakness 14.Limb Sensory Symptoms The dorsal (posterior) column pathway The spinothalamic pathway Summary 15.Disorders of Gait Differential diagnosis PartⅡ:History,Examination and Common Investigations 16.Taking a History Things to remember when taking a history Structure of the history 17.The Neurological Examination Speech Mental state and higher cerebral functions Gait The cranial nerves The motor system The sensory system General examination 18.The Clerking Sample neurology clerking 19.Further Investigations Routine inrestigations Neurophysiological investigations Imaging of the nervous sytem PartⅢ:Background Information and management Plans 20.Dementia Definition Epidemiology General clinical features History and examination Investigations Management Primary degenerative dementia Vascular dementia Dementia as part of other digenerative diseases 21.Epilepsy Definitions Classification Epidemiology Aetiology Pathophysiology Clinical features History and investigations to aid diagnosis Differential diangosis Drug treatment Status epilepticus Neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy The social consequences of epilepsy Driving and epilepsy 22.Headache and Craniofacial Pain Tension headache Migraine Diagnosis and differential diagnosis Management Cluster headache Giant-cell arteritis Raised intracranial pressure Other neurological causes of headache and craniofacial pain Non-neurological causes of headache and craniofacial pain 23.Parkinson's Disease,Other Extrapyramidal Disorders,and myoclonus Akinetic-rigid syndrome Dyskinetic syndrome Drskinetic syndromes Drug-induced movement disorders Myoclonus 24.Common Cranial Neuropathies Olfactory nerve (first cranial nerve) Optic nerve(second cranial nerve) Oculomotor,trochlear,and abducens nerves(third,fourth,and sixth cranial nerves) Trigeminal nerve(fifth cranial nerve) Facial nerve(seventh cranial verve) Vestibulocochlear nerve(eighth cranial nerve) The lower cranial nerves-glossopharyngeal(ninth),vagus(tenth),accessory(eleventh),andhypoglossal(twelfth) 25.Diseases Affecting the Spinal Cord (Myelopathy) Anatomy of the spinal cord Major pathways in the spinal cord Causes of spinal cord disease 26.Motor Neuron Disease Anatomy of the motor system Types of motor neuron disease (MND) Epidemiology Differential diagnosis Diagnosis Treatment 27.Radiculopathy and plexopathy Anatomy Radiculopathy (nerve root lesions) Plexopathies (lesions of the brachial or lumbosacral plexus) 28.Disorders of Peripheral Nerve Anatomy Nerve fibre type pathological processes Definitions of neuropathies Symptoms of peripheral nerve disease Invsetigation of peripheral neuropathy Specific neuropathies Neuropathies associated with systemic disease Neuropathies caused by nutritional deficiencies Neuroathies caused by toxins Summary 29.Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission Normal anatomy and physiology Myasthenia guavis Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome Other myasthenic syndromes Botulinum toxin 30.Disorders of Skeletal Muscle Anatomy Clinical features of muscle disease Family history Investigation of muscle disease Specific muscle disease 31.Vascular Diseases of the Nervous System Cerebrovascular disease Intracranial haemorrhage Cerebrovascular involvement in vasculitis and connective tissue diseases Cerebral venous thrombosis Spinal cord vascular disease 32.Intracranial Tumours Types of intracranial tumour Clinical features of intracranial tumours Treatment prognosis 33.Infections of the nervous System General conditions Specific organisms and the neurological Diseases they cause 34.Multiple Sclerosis Incidence Pathogenesis Pathology Clinical features Differential diagnosis Management Other central demydlinating diseases 35.Systemic Disease and the Nervous System Neurological complications of endocrine disease Neurological complications of connective tissue disease Neurological complications of neoplastic disease Neuroligical cimplications associated with cardiac disease 36.Effects of Deficiency Diseases and Toxins on the Nervous System Deficiency diseases Toxins 37.Herditary Conditions of the Nervous System Non-metabolic hereditary conditions Inborn errors of metabolism PartⅣ:Self-assessment Multiple-choice Questions Short-answer Questions patient Management Problems MCQ Answers SAQ Answers PMP Answers Index
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