Netter's Concise Neurology Updated Edition

Dr. Misulis is a neurologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, specializing in hospital neurology. After a fellowship in neurophysiology, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty practicing general neurology and researching nerve regeneration and brain tumor biology. He moved to West Tennessee Healthcare where he was a hospital neurologist and Chief Medical Information Officer, while retaining his faculty appointment at Vanderbilt. Dr. Misulis has returned to full-time practice at Vanderbilt University Hospital as Professor of Clinical Neurology and Director of the Neurology Hospitalist service. He has a secondary appointment as Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Misulis is board certified in neurology and recently completed his 10-year recertification. He is also certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventative Medicine and certified in EEG by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Misulis has received numerous awards including being listed in Best Doctors for many years. He has published numerous books, including a co-authorship on "Neurologic Localization and Diagnosis” to publish with Elsevier this year. He has taught medicine around the world, working directly with physicians on three continents and lecturing on six. Dr. Head received his medical degree from University of Alabama School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is board certified in neurology as well as in clinical neurophysiology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology), with a focus on neuromuscular. Dr. Head served as co-author with Dr. Misulis for the previous edition of this text as well as on Netter's Concise Neurology Updated Edition.

• EvaluationHistoryMental Status ExaminationLanguage ExaminationCranial Nerve ExaminationCranial Nerve I-XII FunctionsCranial Nerves I-XII Function TestingCranial Nerves I-XII Test Findings and ImplicationsEye ExaminationMotor ExaminationSensory ExaminationCoordination ExaminationGait ExaminationReflex ExaminationReflex Examination-TendonReflex Examination-PathologicMedical ExaminationDiagnosisApproach to DiagnosisNeurodiagnostic Tests Used for EvaluationBrain and Spine ImagingVascular ImagingClinical NeurophysiologyLumbar PunctureMental Status Change: ApproachMental Status: DeliriumMental Status: DementiaMental Status: ComaMental Status: Brain DeathCranial Nerve DysfunctionAtaxia: ApproachAtaxia: Gait and LimbEpisodic Disorders: ApproachEpisodic Disorders: SyncopeEpisodic Disorders: SeizuresHeadacheWeaknessSensation: Cutaneous Sensory DeficitSensation: VisionTremorRigidity and StiffnessHyperkinetic DisordersDisordersDISORDERS-MENTAL STATUSDementia OverviewAlzheimer's DiseaseMild Cognitive ImpairmentDementia with Lewy BodiesFrontotemperal DementiaVascular DementiaNormal Pressure HydrocephalusTransient Global AmnesiaMetabolic EncephalopathyWernicke's EncephalopathyHypoxic-Ischemic EncephalopathyToxic EncephalopathyPsychiatric Causes of Mental Status ChangeDISORDERS-MOVEMENTOverview of Movement DisordersEssential TremorParkinson's DiseaseDrug Treatment of Parkinson's DiseaseDrug-Induced ParkinsonismSecondary ParkinsonismProgressive Supranuclear PalsyMultiple System AtrophyTorticollisHuntington's DiseaseWilson's DiseaseCorticobasal DegenerationCentral Pontine MyelinolysisDystoniaTardive DyskinesiaAthetosis, Chorea, and BallismMyoclonusDISORDERS-SEIZURESOverviewSeizure Symptoms and SignsGeneralized SeizuresPartial SeizuresAbsenceGeneralized Tonic/Clonic SeizuresPseudoseizuresJuvenile Myoclonic EpilepsySimple Partial SeizuresComplex Partial SeizuresEclampsiaPost-Traumatic SeizuresSurgical Treatments for EpilepsyStatus EpilepticusDISORDERS-VASCULAR DISEASESOverview of StrokeTypes of StrokeEmergency ManagementTransient Ischemic AttackGeneral Features of InfarctionDiagnostic Tests for InfarctionManagement of InfarctionMiddle Cerebral Artery InfarctionAnterior Cerebral Artery InfarctionPosterior Cerebral Artery InfarctionVertebrobasilar InfarctionVertebrobasilar Infarction: Brainstem SyndromesArterial DissectionVenous InfarctionPrevention of InfarctionGeneral Features of HemorrhageSubarachnoid HemorrhageSubdural HematomaIntraparenchymal HemorrhageEpidural HematomaHypercoagulable StatesSubacute Bacterial EndocarditisCongenital Heart DefectsRehabilitationDISORDERS-PAINOverview of Pain DisordersMigraine HeadacheCluster HeadacheTension (Muscle Contraction) HeadacheRebound HeadacheTemporal ArteritisPseudotumor CerebriOverview of Neuropathic PainTrigeminal NeuralgiaFibromyalgiaDISORDERS-IMMUNEOverview of Immune DisordersSystemic Lupus ErythematosusMultiple SclerosisOptic NeuritisSarcoidosisOther Immune DisordersDISORDERS-NEUROMUSCULAROverview of Neuromuscular DiseasesOverview of NeuropathyNeuropathy EvaluationMedian Neuropathy Carpal Tunnel syndromeUlnar NeuropathyRadial NeuropathyPeroneal NeuropathySciatic NeuropathyDiabetic NeuropathyAIDP (Guillain-Barré syndrome)CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy)Multifocal Motor NeuropathyCervical RadiculopathyThoracic RadiculopathyLumbosacral RadiculopathyBrachial PlexopathyLumbosacral PlexopathyCritical Illness PolyneuropathyMotor Neuron DiseasesPrimary Lateral SclerosisHereditary Spastic ParaparesisHTLV-1 Associated MyelopathySpinal Muscular AtrophyAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisPolio and Post-polio SyndromeNeuromuscular Junction DisordersMyastheniaLambert-Eaton Myasthenic SyndromeBotulismOverview of MyopathiesInflammatory MyopathiesMuscular DystrophiesToxic MyopathiesPeriodic ParalysisCritical Illness MyopathyDISORDERS-INFECTIONSOverview of InfectionsEvaluation of Suspected CNS InfectionBacterial MeningitisBrain AbscessSpinal Epidural AbscessSeptic ThrombophlebitisFungal MeningitisViral MeningitisEncephalitisPrion DiseasesHuman Immunodeficiency VirusDISORDERS-TUMORSOverview of Neuro-oncologyPrimary Brain TumorsMetastatic Brain TumorsSpinal Cord TumorsParaneoplastic SyndromesDISORDERS-TOXIC/METABOLICApproach to Toxic/Metabolic DisordersHeavy Metal IntoxicationCholinesterase InhibitorsWithdrawal SyndromesElectrolyte AbnormalitiesHypoglycemia and HyperglycemiaDISORDERS-NUTRITIONALB12 DeficiencyThiamine DeficiencyDISORDERS-ENDOCRINEDiabetes MellitusThyroid DisordersAdrenal DisordersPituitary DisordersDISORDERS-CRANIAL NERVESAnosmiaIschemic Optic NeuropathyHorner's SyndromeBell's Palsy and Ramsay-Hunt SyndromeAcoustic NeuromaVestibulopathy and Ménière'sCavernous Sinus ThrombosisDISORDERS-GENETICOverview of Genetic DisordersHereditary NeuropathiesNeurofibromatosisStorage DiseasesDISORDERS-SLEEPOverview of Sleep DisordersPeriodic Limb MovementsSleep ApneaNarcolepsyDISORDERS-DEVELOPMENTALOverview of Developmental DisordersChiari MalformationSyringomyeliaAppendixLocalizationCommon DisordersIndex