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The second edition of
The Neurologic Examination looks at how to conduct a clinical neurological examination through a pathophysiological approach to the nervous system with new data on genetic and immunological disorders and illustrations.
List of contents
- List of Boxes
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Explanatory Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases
- Chapter 2: History Taking
- Chapter 3: Physical Examination
- Chapter 4: Evaluation of Consciousness
- Chapter 5: Brainstem and Cranial Nerve Territories
- Chapter 6: Olfactory Sensation
- Chapter 7: Visual Functions
- Chapter 8: Pupils and Accommodation
- Chapter 9: Extraocular Muscles, Gaze, and Eye Movements
- Chapter 10: Trigeminal Nerve
- Chapter 11: Facial Nerve
- Chapter 12: Auditory Function
- Chapter 13: Sense of Equilibrium
- Chapter 14: Swallowing, Phonation, and Articulation
- Chapter 15: Neck and Trunk
- Chapter 16: Motor Functions and Movement Disorders
- Chapter 17: Examination of Motor Functions
- Chapter 18: Tendon Reflexes and Pathologic Reflexes
- Chapter 19: Involuntary Movements
- Chapter 20: Somatosensory Function
- Chapter 21: Autonomic Nervous System
- Chapter 22: Posture and Gait
- Chapter 23: Mental and Cognitive Functions
- Chapter 24: Aphasia, Apraxia,a dn Agnosia
- Chapter 25: Epilepsy and Convulsion
- Chapter 26: Headache and Migraine
- Chapter 27: Sleep Disorders
- Chapter 28: Episodic Neurological Disorders Related to Ion Channels
- Chapter 29: Functional (Psychogenic) Neurological Diseases
- Chapter 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 System
- Chapter 33: Neurological Emergency
- Chapter 34: Disability, Functional Recovery, and Prognosis
- Chapter 35: How to Plan Laboratory Tests
- Afterword: For those who wish to study neurology
- Index
About the author
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, the
International 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.
Summary
The second edition of The Neurologic Examination looks at how to conduct a clinical neurological examination through a pathophysiological approach to the nervous system with new data on genetic and immunological disorders and illustrations.
Additional text
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.
