Neurology

Stuart Sealfon MD, Glickenhaus Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY. Dr Sealfon has contributed to more than 100 original research articles, primarily related to receptors, cell signaling and brain disease. This body of work has significant potential for therapeutic advance, already having led to two patents. He has also served on the editorial boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals and scientific advisory boards, and has lectured at universities and conferences throughout the world.Rajeev Motiwala MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.Charles Stacy MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

• Contributors xxxSeries foreword xxxPreface xxxAbout the Companion Website xxxSection 1: Introduction1 Neurologic history and examinationStuart Sealfon2 NeuroradiologyThomas P. Naidich, Ruby J. Lien, Reade De Leacy 3 Neurophysiologic and other neurodiagnostic testsSusan Shin , Deborah Horowitz, David M. SimpsonSection 2: Diagnosis of patients with neurologic symptoms4 Delirium and ComaStephen Krieger5 Episodic collapse, loss of consciousness, seizuresLara V. Marcuse, Madeline C. Fields5 Dysphasias, dyspraxias, and dysexecutive syndromes: the non-memory cognitive impairmentsMartin Goldstein7 Memory Loss and DementiaSam Gandy8 HeadacheMark Green9 Abnormal movements and incoordinationWinona Tse10 Sleep Disorders, Somnolence, and FatigueCharles B Stacy11 Visual loss and double visionJanet C Rucker12 Vertigo, Dizziness and Hearing LossBernard Cohen, Eric Smouha13 Facial weakness, slurred speech and difficulty swallowingHailun Wang, Kenneth Altman14 Difficulty walkingRuth H Walker15 Muscle weakness and paralysisRajeev Motiwala16 Tingling and loss of sensationLan Zhou17 Low back pain and neck painCharles B Stacy18 Suspected spinal cord dysfunctionAaron Miller19 Bladder and sexual dysfunctionSteven Weissbart and Jonathan M. VapnekSection 3: Neurologic Diseases and Therapeutics20 Vascular diseases-ischemic stroke, intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis, arterio-venous malformationsStanley Tuhrim21 Neurologic complications of systemic diseaseMichelle T. Fabian22 NeurooncologyIsabelle Germano23 Multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory diseasesFred D Lublin24 Infections of the nervous systemMichael P. Mullen, Geena Varghese25 Parkinson disease and related disordersBarbara Kelly Changizi26 Hyperkinetic movement disordersRitesh A. Ramdhani, Steven J. Frucht27 Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementiaSam Gandy28 Cerebellar and brain stem disordersFlorence Ching-Fen Chang, Catherine Cho29 Inborn errors of metabolismShannon E. Babineau30 EpilepsyMadeline C. Fields, Lara V. Marcuse, Isabelle Germano31 Autonomic disordersJessica Robinson-Papp32 Peripheral neuropathiesRaj Motiwala33 MyopathyLan Zhou34 Neuromuscular junction disordersMark A. Sivak35 Motor neuron diseaseMark A. Sivak36 Metabolic encephalopathy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and brain deathMandip S. Dhamoon37 Pain disordersCharles B Stacy38 Migraine and other headache syndromesMark W. Green39 Sleep disordersSteven H. Feinsilver40 Neurocritical careErrol L. Gordon41 TraumaJeremy M Steinberger, Margaret Pain, Jamie S. Ullman42 The postoperative Care of Neurosurgical PatientsJustin Mascitelli, Asha Iyer, Joshua BedersonIndex