Netter's Concise Neurology Updated Edition Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition

• Guides you through neurologic and relevant medical examination.
• Explores anatomy, anatomic localization, differential diagnosis, and diagnosis of presenting symptoms.
• Reviews the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of specific conditions.
• Provides access to frequently needed anatomic and tabular reference information.

Evaluation

History
Mental Status Examination
Language Examination
Cranial Nerve Examination
Cranial Nerve I-XII Functions
Cranial Nerves I-XII Function Testing
Cranial Nerves I-XII Test Findings and Implications
Eye Examination
Motor Examination
Sensory Examination
Coordination Examination
Gait Examination
Reflex Examination
Reflex Examination—Tendon
Reflex Examination—Pathologic
Medical Examination

Diagnosis

Approach to Diagnosis
Neurodiagnostic Tests Used for Evaluation
Brain and Spine Imaging
Vascular Imaging
Clinical Neurophysiology
Lumbar Puncture
Mental Status Change: Approach
Mental Status: Delirium
Mental Status: Dementia
Mental Status: Coma
Mental Status: Brain Death
Cranial Nerve Dysfunction
Ataxia: Approach
Ataxia: Gait and Limb
Episodic Disorders: Approach
Episodic Disorders: Syncope
Episodic Disorders: Seizures
Headache
Weakness
Sensation: Cutaneous Sensory Deficit
Sensation: Vision
Tremor
Rigidity and Stiffness
Hyperkinetic Disorders

Disorders

DISORDERS—MENTAL STATUS
Dementia Overview
Alzheimer’s Disease
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Frontotemperal Dementia
Vascular Dementia
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Transient Global Amnesia
Metabolic Encephalopathy
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Toxic Encephalopathy
Psychiatric Causes of Mental Status Change

DISORDERS—MOVEMENT

Overview of Movement Disorders
Essential Tremor
Parkinson’s Disease
Drug Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Drug-Induced Parkinsonism
Secondary Parkinsonism
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Multiple System Atrophy
Torticollis
Huntington’s Disease
Wilson’s Disease
Corticobasal Degeneration
Central Pontine Myelinolysis
Dystonia
Tardive Dyskinesia
Athetosis, Chorea, and Ballism
Myoclonus

DISORDERS—SEIZURES

Overview
Seizure Symptoms and Signs
Generalized Seizures
Partial Seizures
Absence
Generalized Tonic/Clonic Seizures
Pseudoseizures
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Simple Partial Seizures
Complex Partial Seizures
Eclampsia
Post-Traumatic Seizures
Surgical Treatments for Epilepsy
Status Epilepticus

DISORDERS—VASCULAR DISEASES

Overview of Stroke
Types of Stroke
Emergency Management
Transient Ischemic Attack
General Features of Infarction
Diagnostic Tests for Infarction
Management of Infarction
Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
Vertebrobasilar Infarction
Vertebrobasilar Infarction: Brainstem Syndromes
Arterial Dissection
Venous Infarction
Prevention of Infarction
General Features of Hemorrhage
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subdural Hematoma
Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage
Epidural Hematoma
Hypercoagulable States
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
Congenital Heart Defects
Rehabilitation

DISORDERS—PAIN

Overview of Pain Disorders
Migraine Headache
Cluster Headache
Tension (Muscle Contraction) Headache
Rebound Headache
Temporal Arteritis
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Overview of Neuropathic Pain
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Fibromyalgia

DISORDERS—IMMUNE

Overview of Immune Disorders
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Multiple Sclerosis
Optic Neuritis
Sarcoidosis
Other Immune Disorders

DISORDERS—NEUROMUSCULAR

Overview of Neuromuscular Diseases
Overview of Neuropathy
Neuropathy Evaluation
Median Neuropathy Carpal Tunnel syndrome
Ulnar Neuropathy
Radial Neuropathy
Peroneal Neuropathy
Sciatic Neuropathy
Diabetic Neuropathy
AIDP (Guillain-Barré syndrome)
CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy)
Multifocal Motor Neuropathy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Thoracic Radiculopathy
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Brachial Plexopathy
Lumbosacral Plexopathy
Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
Motor Neuron Diseases
Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis
HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Polio and Post-polio Syndrome
Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
Myasthenia
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Botulism
Overview of Myopathies
Inflammatory Myopathies
Muscular Dystrophies
Toxic Myopathies
Periodic Paralysis
Critical Illness Myopathy

DISORDERS—INFECTIONS

Overview of Infections
Evaluation of Suspected CNS Infection
Bacterial Meningitis
Brain Abscess
Spinal Epidural Abscess
Septic Thrombophlebitis
Fungal Meningitis
Viral Meningitis
Encephalitis
Prion Diseases
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

DISORDERS—TUMORS

Overview of Neuro-oncology
Primary Brain Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors
Spinal Cord Tumors
Paraneoplastic Syndromes

DISORDERS—TOXIC/METABOLIC

Approach to Toxic/Metabolic Disorders
Heavy Metal Intoxication
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Withdrawal Syndromes
Electrolyte Abnormalities
Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia

DISORDERS—NUTRITIONAL

B12 Deficiency
Thiamine Deficiency

DISORDERS—ENDOCRINE

Diabetes Mellitus
Thyroid Disorders
Adrenal Disorders
Pituitary Disorders

DISORDERS—CRANIAL NERVES

Anosmia
Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Horner’s Syndrome
Bell’s Palsy and Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome
Acoustic Neuroma
Vestibulopathy and Ménière’s
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

DISORDERS—GENETIC

Overview of Genetic Disorders
Hereditary Neuropathies
Neurofibromatosis
Storage Diseases

DISORDERS—SLEEP

Overview of Sleep Disorders
Periodic Limb Movements
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy

DISORDERS—DEVELOPMENTAL

Overview of Developmental Disorders
Chiari Malformation
Syringomyelia

Appendix
Localization
Common Disorders
Index