CONTENTS:

I. The Clinical Method of Neurology
1. Approach to the Patient With Neurologic Disease
2. Diagnostic Testing in Neurologic Disease

II. Cardinal Manifestations of Neurologic Disease

Section 1 Disorders of Motility
3. Paralysis and Weakness
4. Disorders of Movement and Posture
5. Ataxia and Disorders of Cerebellar Function
6. Disorders of Stance and Gait

Section 2 Pain and Disorders of Somatic Sensation
7. Pain
8. Disorders of Non-Painful Somatic Sensation
9. Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains
10. Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities

Section 3 Disorders of the Special Senses
11. Disorders of Smell and Taste
12. Disturbances of Vision
13. Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function
14. Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium

Section 4 Epilepsy and Disorders of Consciousness
15. Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
16. Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
17. Faintness and Syncope
18. Sleep and Its Abnormalities

Section 5 Derangements of Intellect, Behavior, and Language Caused by Diffuse and Focal Cerebral Disease
19. Acute Confusional States
20. Dementia, the Amnesic Syndrome, and the Neurology of Intelligence and Memory
21. Neurologic Disorders Caused by Lesions in Specific Parts of the Cerebrum
22. Disorders of Speech and Language

Section 6 Disorders of Energy, Mood, and Autonomic and Endocrine Functions
23. Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety, and Depression
24. The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion
25. Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Respiration, and Swallowing
26. The Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Disorders

III. Growth and Development of the Nervous System and the Neurology of Aging
27. Normal Development and Deviations in Development of the Nervous System
28. The Neurology of Aging

IV. Major Categories of Neurologic Disease
29. Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes
30. Intracranial Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders
31. Bacterial, Fungal, Spirochetal, and Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System
32. Viral Infections of the Nervous System and Prion Diseases
33. Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
34. Craniocerebral Trauma
35. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroimmunologic Disorders
36. Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System
37. Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System
38. Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
39. The Acquired Metabolic Disorders of the Nervous System
40. Diseases of the Nervous System Caused by Nutritional Deficiency
41. Disorders of the Nervous System Caused by Alcohol, Drugs, Toxins, and Chemical Agents

V. Diseases of Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve, and Muscle
42. Diseases of the Spinal Cord
43. Diseases of the Peripheral Nerves
44. Diseases of the Cranial Nerves
45. Diseases of Muscle
46. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction, Myotonias, and Disorders of Persistent Muscle Fiber Activity

VI. Psychiatric Disorders
47. Anxiety, “Functional” and Personality Disorders
48. Depression and Bipolar Disorder
49. Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Delusional, and Paranoid States