The Neurologic Examination

Professor Hiroshi Shibasaki trained at Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square. He was Director of Human Brain Research Center (1990-2003) and Chairman of Neurology (1999-2003) at Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. He was Fogarty Scholar at NINDS, NIH, USA (2003 to 2005) and President of International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (2007-2010). Professor Shibasaki made many contributions to clinical neurophysiology and movement disorders and has been well known as an outstanding teacher. Professor Mark Hallett trained at Harvard Medical School, the National Institutes of Health, and the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He was at Harvard Medical School (1976-1984), and since then he has been Chief, Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, NIH. He has been President of the Movement Disorder Society, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, theInternational Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, and the Functional Neurological Disorder Society. He was Editor in Chief of Clinical Neurophysiology. He has trained many fellows from all over the world and made important contributions to the principles of human motor control and its disorders.

• List of BoxesPreface to the First EditionPreface to the Second EditionExplanatory NotesAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Diagnosis of Neurological DiseasesChapter 2: History TakingChapter 3: Physical ExaminationChapter 4: Evaluation of ConsciousnessChapter 5: Brainstem and Cranial Nerve TerritoriesChapter 6: Olfactory SensationChapter 7: Visual FunctionsChapter 8: Pupils and AccommodationChapter 9: Extraocular Muscles, Gaze, and Eye MovementsChapter 10: Trigeminal NerveChapter 11: Facial NerveChapter 12: Auditory FunctionChapter 13: Sense of EquilibriumChapter 14: Swallowing, Phonation, and ArticulationChapter 15: Neck and TrunkChapter 16: Motor Functions and Movement DisordersChapter 17: Examination of Motor FunctionsChapter 18: Tendon Reflexes and Pathologic ReflexesChapter 19: Involuntary MovementsChapter 20: Somatosensory FunctionChapter 21: Autonomic Nervous SystemChapter 22: Posture and GaitChapter 23: Mental and Cognitive FunctionsChapter 24: Aphasia, Apraxia,a dn AgnosiaChapter 25: Epilepsy and ConvulsionChapter 26: Headache and MigraineChapter 27: Sleep DisordersChapter 28: Episodic Neurological Disorders Related to Ion ChannelsChapter 29: Functional (Psychogenic) Neurological DiseasesChapter 30: Relay Center of All Sensory and Motor Functions (Thalamus)Chapter 31: Adjustment to the External Environment and Control of hte Internal Milieu (Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrinology)Chapter 32: Infectious Diseases of the Nervous SystemChapter 33: Neurological EmergencyChapter 34: Disability, Functional Recovery, and PrognosisChapter 35: How to Plan Laboratory Tests Afterword: For those who wish to study neurologyIndex

This is a great book for a professional neurologist wanting to brush up or learn from afresh, clinical signs that may be apparent or can be elicited from their patient. Sure, it is likely that neuroimaging may happen, but it is always useful and intellectually satisfying to go back to basics.