Main description:

Residents and fellows will benefit from the thorough review in neurology presented in this text. The book covers neuroanatomy, cerebrovascular diseases, seizures and epilepsy, demyelinating disorders, nervous system tumors, paraneoplastic syndromes, headache, infections, metabolic diseases, and much more! Comprehensive Board Review in Neurology is the ultimate preparation guide for the required annual in-service exam and the ABNP exam for board certification. This book is also ideal as a quick reference for practicing neurologists preparing for the re-certification exam.

Contents:

I. Neuroanatomy 1) The Brain Cerebral Cortex The Limbic System Basal Ganglia Thalamus Hypothalamus Cerebellum The Brainstem Cranial Nerves 2) Spinal Cord 3) Peripheral Nervous System Sensory Receptors Brachial Plexus Lumbosacral Plexus Autonomic Nervous System Enteric Nervous System 4)Neuro-Ophthalmology 5) Neuro-Otology 6) Neuro-Urology 7) Blood Supply of the Nervous System 8) Development of the Nervous System and Malformations 9) Neurochemistry and Disorders of Neurotransmitter Systems II. Cerebrovascular Diseases 1) Ischemic Stroke 2) Hemorrhagic Stroke 3) Inherited Stroke Disorders 4) Special Stroke Conditions: Drugs of Abuse, Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Amyloidosis, Global Hypoxia and Watershed Infarctions, Dissections, Coagulopathies and Hyperviscosity Syndromes, Coagulation Factor Defects, Paraproteinemias, Homocysteinurias, Venous Infarcts, Vasculitis 5) Subdural Hemorrhage 6) Epidural Hemorrhage 7) Cerebrovascular Abnormalities III. Seizures and Epilepsy 1. Normal Electroencephalography 2. Partial Seizures 3. Generalized Seizures 4. Tonic Seizures 5. Atonic Seizures / Drop Attacks 6. Myoclonic Seizures 7. Status Epilepticus 8. Pediatric Seizures IV. Demyelinating Disorders 1. Multiple Sclerosis 2. Multiple Sclerosis Variants: Marburg's Disease, Schilder's Disease, Balo's Concentric Sclerosis 3. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis 4. Acute Necrotizing Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitis 5. Central Pontine Myelinosis V. Tumors of the Nervous System 1. Astrocytic Tumors 2. Oligodendrogliomas 3. Meningiomas 4. Pineal Tumors 5. PNETs 6. Ependymomas 7. Other Tumors: Subependymoma, Choroid Plexus Papilloma, Colloid Cyst, Central Neurocytoma, Gangliocytoma, Hemangioblastoma 8. Metastases to the Nervous System 9. Paraneoplastic Syndromes VI. Headache Disorders 1)Episodic Headaches Migraine Tension-Type Headache Cluster Headache Hemicrania Continua SUNCT Syndrome Hypnic Headache 2)Chronic Headaches Migraine Tension-Type Headache Hemicrania Continua Cluster Headache Paroxysmal Hemicrania Idiopathic Stabbing Headache Secondary Causes of Chronic Headache VII. Behavioral Neurology and Psychiatry 1) Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Vascular Dementia Lewy Body Disease Frontotemporal Dementia / Pick's Disease 2) Childhood Developmental Regression and Failure Normal Development Mental Retardation Motor Skills Disorders Learning Disabilities Behavioral Disorders Disorders of Intake and Output 3) Sleep Normal Sleep Rhythms Dyssomnias Parasomnias Secondary Sleep Disorders 4) Delirium 5) Psychosis Schizophrenia Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorders Delusional Disorder 6)Mood Disorders Major Depressive Disorder Bipolar Disorders Other Mood Disorders 7) Anxiety Disorders Panic Disorder Phobias a) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder b) Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 8) Somatoform and Somatization VIII. Movement Disorders 1. Parkinsonism 2. Dystonia 3. Tic Disorders 4. Multiple System Atrophy 5. Huntington's Disease Other Movement Disorders: Cortico-Basal Ganglionic Degeneration, Wilson's Disease, Hereditary Ataxias, Stiff Man's Syndrome 6. Iatrogenic Movement Disorders IX. Muscle and Nerve Diseases 1. Normal Muscle Physiology 2. Myasthenic Syndromes Myasthenia Gravis Lambert-Eaton Myasthenia Botulism 3. Inherited Myopathies Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy Becker's Muscular Dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Myotonic Dystrophy Nemaline Rod Myopathy Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Limb-Girdle Dystrophies Other Myopathies: Fukuyama Congenital Dystrophy, Neuromyotonia, Central Core Disease 4. Acquired Myopathies Inclusion Body Myositis Dermatomyositis Polymyositis 5. Diseases of Absent Muscles 6. Channelopathies of Muscle Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis Paramyotonia Congenita Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis 7. Myotonia Congenita X. Infections of the Nervous System 1. Bacteria 2. Mycobacteria 3. Spirochetes 4. Viruses 5. Fungi 6. Parasites 7. Prions 8. Microbial Toxins XI. Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System 1.Lysosomal Storage Diseases: Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Mucopolysaccharidoses, Sphingolipidoses 2.Disorders of Peroxisomes 3.Aminoacidopathies: Phenylketonuria, Hartnup's Disease, Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Canavan's Disease 4.Disorders of Organic Acids 5.Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism 6.Disorders of the Citric Acid Cycle 7.Disorders of Urea Metabolism 8.Disorders of Fat Metabolism 9.Disorders of Oxidative Phosphorylation: Lactic Acidosis, Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Leigh's Disease 10. Disorders of Nucleic Acid Metabolism: Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne's Syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan Disease 11. Homocysteinurias XII. Systemic Disorders Affecting the Nervous System 1. Endocrine Disorders 2. Cardiac Diseases 3. Renal Diseases 4. Liver Diseases 5. Hematologic Diseases 6. Nutritional Disorders 7. Medications and Drugs of Abuse