Fundamentals of Neurologic Disease

Larry E. Davis, MD Chief Neurology Service Distinguished Professor of Neurology New Mexico VA Health Care System 1501 San Pedro Dr. SE Albuquerque, NM, 87108 Sarah Pirio Richardson, M.D. Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Health Sciences Center MSC 11 6035 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, 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.