Practice of Neural Science

by Brust, John C.M., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780838581179
• ISBN10: 083858117X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-07
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical

Summary

A hands-on practical book for the medical users of Kandel's Principles of Neural Science, 4/e. Users first learn and implement the neurological exam. Case studies are then used to examine the differential diagnosis leading to the understanding of the major neurological diseases

Table of Contents

Preface.

Part I: The Neurological Examination.

Overview.

Mental Status: The Components of Thinking Are Not Easily Isolated.

Cranial Nerves: Twelve Is a Misleading Number.

The Motor Examination: There Is Always More Than Weakness.

The Sensory Examination: Boundaries and Comparisons Are Crucial.

Reflexes: Remember the Afferent Limb.

Examination of the Comatose Patient.

Part II: 79 Ways of Looking at the Nervous System: Case Presentations and Commentary.

Mostly Somatosensory.

Mostly Visual.

Mostly Auditory or Vestibular.

Mostly Olfactory.

Mostly Motor.

Mostly Autonomic.

Mixed Disorders: Somatosensory, Motor, and Autonomic.

Disorders of Consciousness.

Disorders of Language, Praxis, Gnosis, and Thought.