Mayo Clinic Neurology Board Review

Kelly D. Flemming, MDConsultant, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;Professor of NeurologyMayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

• Section I. Neuroscience and Neuroanatomy1 Cerebrovascular Anatomy and Pathophysiology2 Meninges and Ventricles3 Afferent System Overview4 Peripheral and Central Pain Pathways and Pathophysiology5 Special Somatic Sensory Afferent Systems Overview6 Anatomy of Peripheral Nerves, Neuromuscular Junctions, and Skeletal Muscles7 Anatomy of the Spinal Cord8 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves: Overview and Medulla9 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves: Pons10 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves: Midbrain11 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves: Longitudinal Pathways of the Brainstem12 Supranuclear Ocular Motor Systems13 Cranial Nerves I and II14 Thalamus15 Principles of Neuroendocrinology and Hypothalamic Function 16 Limbic System17 Basal Ganglia18 Cerebellum19 Autonomic Nervous System20 Cortex: Gross Anatomy21 Cortex: Topography and Organization22 Cortical Circuitry, Networks, and Function23 Focal Cognitive Syndromes24 Cellular Signaling25 Cellular Processes26 Cellular Injury and Death27 Neuropharmacology 28 Sleep Pathophysiology 29 Patterns of Inheritance in Neurogenetic Disease30 Chromosomal Syndromes31 Electroencephalography: Basic Concepts32 Electroencephalography: Evaluation of Neurologic Disorders33 Nerve Conduction Studies and Needle Electromyography34 Cerebrospinal Fluid35 Evoked Potentials36 Neuroimaging Section II. Psychiatry37 Principles of Psychiatry and Psychology38 Psychological Development Through the Life Cycle 39 Mood Disorders40 Anxiety Disorders41 Psychotic Disorders42 Personality and Illness43 Miscellaneous Psychiatric Disorders44 Psychiatric Disorders Associated With Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence45 Substance Use Disorders46 Pharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders47 Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Psychiatric DisordersSection III. Cerebrovascular Disorders48 Ischemic Stroke: Common Causes and Diagnosis49 Ischemic Stroke: Uncommon and Special Situations50 Acute Ischemic Stroke Evaluation and Treatment51 Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke 52 Intraparenchymal Cerebral Hemorrhage53 Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations54 Neurorehabilitation Section IV. Neurologic Intensive Care Disorders55 Impaired Consciousness and Coma56 Principles and Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure57 Status Epilepticus58 Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage59 Anoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy60 Traumatic Brain Injury61 Acute Spinal Cord Compression, Spinal Cord Trauma, and Peripheral Neural Injury62 Neuromuscular Disease in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit63 Acute Hyperthermia SyndromSection V. Demyelinating Diseases64 Pathologic Factors and Spectrum of Central Nervous System Inflammatory Demyelinating Diseases65 Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis66 Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis67 Non-Multiple Sclerosis Central Nervous System Inflammatory Disease Section VI. Movement Disorders68 Classification and Approach to Movement Disorders69 Hypokinetic Movement Disorders: Parkinson Disease70 Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes71 Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Tremor and Myoclonus72 Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: Chorea, Tic, and Dystonia73 Cerebellar Disorders and Ataxias: Acquired Disorders74 Cerebellar Disorders and Ataxias: Inherited Disorders75 Childhood Movement DisordersSection VII. Behavioral Neurology76 Syndromes of Cognitive Dysfunction77 Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease78 Frontotemporal Dementias79 Parkinsonism and Related Dementias80 Nondegenerative Dementias and EncephalopathiesSection VIII. Seizure and Epilepsy81 Classification of Epilepsy82 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Epilepsy83 Evaluation of Seizures and Seizurelike Events84 Treatment of EpilepsySection IX. Neuromuscular and Spine Disorders85 Myelopathies86 Motor Neuron Diseases87 Peripheral Nerve Disorders88 Neuromuscular Junction Disorders89 Acquired Muscle Disorders90 Inherited Muscle Disorders91 Autonomic DisordersSection X. Clinical Disorders of the Cranial Nerves and Brainstem92 Neuro-ophthalmology: Visual Fields93 Neuro-ophthalmology: Disorders of Visual Perception, Pupils, and Eyelids94 Neuro-ophthalmology: Extraocular Muscles and Cranial Nerves III, IV, and VI95 Clinical Neurotology96 Disorders of the Cranial Nerves and Brainstem Section XI. Headache and Pain97 Introduction and Approach to Headache98 Primary Headache Disorders: Migraine, Tension-Type, and Chronic Daily Headaches99 Primary Headache Disorders: Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias, Headaches With Specific Triggers, and Other Primary Headache Disorders100 Secondary Headache Disorders101 Neuropathic Pain SyndromesSection XII. Neuro-oncology102 Introduction to Neoplastic Disease103 Glial Tumors104 Nonglial Central Nervous System Tumors105 Spinal Cord Tumors106 Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors107 Metastatic Disease108 Neurologic Complications of Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy109 Paraneoplastic and Other Autoimmune Neurologic DisordersSection XIII. Neurologic Infectious Disease110 Syndromic Approach to Neuroinfectious Diseases111 DNA and RNA Viral Infections of the Nervous System112 Retroviral Infections of the Nervous System113 Bacterial Infections of the Nervous System114 Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System115 Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System116 Prion Disorders: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Related Disorders Section XIV. Pediatric Neurology117 Malformation of the Brain, Skull, and Spine118 Neurodevelopmental Disabilities119 Neurocutaneous Disorders120 Neurometabolic Disorders Associated With Disturbances of Small Molecule Metabolism121 Lysosomal Storage Disorders122 Inherited Leukoencephalopathies123 Mitochondrial Disease Section XV. Neurologic Disorders Due to General Medical Illness124 Electrolyte Disturbances and Acid-Base Imbalance125 Neurologic Complications of Nutritional Disorders126 Neurologic Manifestations of Endocrine Diseases127 Neurologic Associations With Cardiac, Pulmonary, Renal, Hepatobiliary, and Hematologic Disease128 Toxins and Environmental Neurologic Injury129 Neurology and PregnancySection XVI. Sleep Disorders130 Polysomnography and Other Sleep Testing131 Neuropharmacology of Sleep132 Clinical Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders133 Hypersomnias and Sleep-Related Movement Disorders134 Circadian Disorders, Insomnia, and Parasomnias

This book is a well-written review of relevant neurology for the neurologist in training. Trainees may opt to review chapters alongside their current rotations for supplemental learning and reinforcement. The vivid illustrations and relevant clinical pearls allow for a strong review needed for board review.