Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease

Larry E. Davis, MD Chief Neurology ServiceDistinguished Professor of NeurologyNew Mexico VA Health Care System1501 San Pedro Dr. SEAlbuquerque, NM, 87108Sarah Pirio Richardson, M.D.Assistant ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyHealth Sciences CenterMSC 11 60351 University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM 87131-0001

• Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Foreword.- Approach to the patient with neurologic problem: key steps in neurological diagnosis and treatment.- Neurologic examination.- Common neurologic tests.- Disorders of muscle.- Disorders of the neuromuscular junction.- Disorders of peripheral nerves.- Disorders of the spinal cord and vertebral bodies.- Disorders of the brainstem and cerebellum.- Disorders of the cerebrovascular system.- Disorders of myelin.- Disorders of higher cortical function.- Disorders of the extrapyramidal system.- Infections of the Nervous System.- Brain tumors.- Seizures and status epilepticus.- Cardiac arrest, coma and cerebral death.- Disorders of the developing nervous system.- Traumatic brain injury and subdural hematoma.- Neurologic complications of alcohol and B12 deficiency.- Disorders of pain and headache.- Disorders of the vestibular system.- Sleep.