Fundamentals of neurology : an illustrated guide / Heinrich Mattle, Marco Mumenthaler ; with assistance from Professor Jan Gralla, Professor Gerhard Schroth ; translated and adapted by Ethan Taub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mattle, Heinrich, author.

Contributor:

Mumenthaler, Marco, 1925-2016.

Gralla, Jan.

Schroth, Gerhard.

Taub, Ethan.

Standardized Title:

Kurzlehrbuch Neurologie. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Nervous system.

Diagnosis, Differential.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

Second revised and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart : Thieme, [2017]

Summary:

"The second edition of this practical guide provides a thorough introduction to the essential concepts of clinical neurology. Coverage includes history-taking; the neurological examination and ancillary tests; topical diagnosis and differential diagnosis of typical syndromes; the diseases of the central nervous system, peripheral nerves, autonomic nervous system, and muscles; epilepsy; and inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Central to the book are the lucid structuring of complex contents allowing efficient learning, even without prior knowledge of the subject; and the vital link between theory and clinical practice, with essential information on history-taking, the clinical examination, and additional tests, all supported by informative graphics and appropriate computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging studies. Key Features: - Brilliant format and structure, making the assimilation of complex information easy and efficient - Clear color illustrations and graphics, many new or revised for the second edition - Comprehensive tables expand and organize information on many topics - New to the second edition: complete revision of contents and an enhanced layout - Vast clinical experience of two highly respected university teachers Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide is the ideal introduction to clinical neurology for medical students, physical therapists, and other professionals involved in patient care"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Translator's Note

1 Fundamentals

1.1 Microscopic Anatomy of the Nervous System

1.1.1 Neurons

1.1.2 Neuroglia

1.1.3 Myelin Sheaths

1.1.4 Synapses

1.2 Elements of Neurophysiology

1.2.1 Ion Channels

1.2.2 Resting Potential

1.2.3 Action Potential

1.2.4 Impulse Conduction

1.3 Elements of Neurogenetics

1.3.1 General Genetics

1.3.2 Neurogenetics

1.3.3 Genetic Counseling

2 The Clinical Interview in Neurology

2.1 General Principles of History-Taking

2.1.1 General Prerequisites for Good History-Taking

2.1.2 General Principles of the Clinical Interview

2.1.3 Your Demeanor toward the Patient

2.1.4 The History and Physical Examination

2.2 Special Aspects of History-Taking

2.2.1 The Present Illness

2.2.2 Past Medical History, Family History, and Social History

3 The Neurologic Examination

3.1 Basic Principles of the Neurologic Examination

3.2 Stance and Gait

3.2.1 General Remarks

3.2.2 Special Stance and Gait Tests

3.3 Head and Cranial Nerves

3.3.1 Head and Cervical Spine

3.3.2 Cranial Nerves

3.4 Upper Limbs

3.4.1 General Aspects

3.4.2 Motor Function and Coordination

3.4.3 Muscle Tone and Strength

3.4.4 Reflexes

3.4.5 Sensation

3.5 Trunk

3.5.1 Back and Spine

3.5.2 Reflexes

3.5.3 Sensation

3.6 Lower Limbs

3.6.1 General Aspects

3.6.2 Coordination and Strength

3.6.3 Reflexes

3.6.4 Sensation

3.7 Autonomic Nervous System

3.8 Neurologically Relevant Aspects of the General Physical Examination

3.9 neuropsychological and Psychiatric Examination

3.9.1 Psychopathologic Findings

3.9.2 neuropsychological Examination

4 Ancillary Tests in Neurology

4.1 Fundamentals

4.2 Imaging Studies.

4.2.1 Conventional Skeletal Radiographs

4.2.2 Computed Tomography

4.2.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging

4.2.4 Angiography with Radiologic Contrast Media (Digital Subtraction Angiography)

4.2.5 Myelography and Radiculography

4.2.6 Diagnostic Techniques of Nuclear Medicine

4.3 Electrophysiologic Studies

4.3.1 Fundamentals

4.3.2 Electroencephalography

4.3.3 Evoked Potentials

4.3.4 Electromyography

4.3.5 Electroneurography

4.3.6 Other Electrophysiologic Studies

4.4 Ultrasonography (Neurosonography)

4.5 Other Ancillary Studies

4.5.1 Cerebrospinal Fluid Studies

4.5.2 Tissue Biopsies

4.5.3 Perimetry

5 Topical Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Neurologic Syndromes

5.1 Fundamentals

5.2 MuscleWeakness and Other Motor Disturbances

5.2.1 Anatomic Substrate of Motor Function

5.2.2 Motor Regulatory Systems

5.3 Sensory Disturbances

5.3.1 Anatomic Substrate of Sensation

5.3.2 The Peripheral Part of the Somatosensory System

5.3.3 The Central Part of the Somatosensory System

5.4 Disturbances of Consciousness

5.4.1 Somnolence, Stupor, and Coma: Severity and Causes

5.4.2 The Differential Diagnosis of Coma

5.5 Dysfunction of Specific Areas of the Brain

5.5.1 Syndromes of the Individual Lobes of the Cerebral Hemispheres

5.5.2 Syndromes of the Extrapyramidal Motor System

5.5.3 Thalamic Syndromes

5.5.4 The Limbic System

5.5.5 Brainstem Syndromes

5.5.6 Cerebellar Syndromes

6 Diseases of the Brain and Meninges

6.1 Congenital and Perinatally Acquired Diseases of the Brain

6.1.1 Fundamentals

6.1.2 Cerebral Movement Disorders

6.1.3 Hydrocephalus

6.1.4 Microcephaly

6.1.5 Dysraphic Malformations

6.1.6 Heterotopia

6.1.7 Ulegyria

6.1.8 Phakomatoses

6.1.9 Brain Infections Acquired in Utero

6.1.10 Other Embryopathies.

6.1.11 Malformations of the Skull and Craniocervical Junction

6.1.12 Mental Disorders

6.2 Traumatic Brain Injury

6.2.1 Overview

6.2.2 Clinical History and Neurologic Examination

6.2.3 Assessment of Severity

Imaging Studies

6.2.4 Pathophysiology and Clinical Features

6.2.5 Traumatic Hematomas

6.2.6 The Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

6.2.7 Complications

6.2.8 Prognosis

6.3 Intracranial Pressure

6.3.1 Definition, Etiology, and Pathogenesis

6.3.2 Clinical Features and Diagnostic Evaluation

6.3.3 Complication: Herniation

6.3.4 Treatment

6.4 Brain Tumors

6.4.1 Overview

6.4.2 Astrocytoma and Glioblastoma

6.4.3 Ependymoma

6.4.4 Medulloblastoma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors

6.4.5 Oligodendroglioma

6.4.6 Meningioma

6.4.7 Lymphoma

6.4.8 Pituitary Tumors

6.4.9 Malformations and Hamartomatous Tumors

6.4.10 Neurinomas

6.4.11 Brain Metastases

6.5 Cerebral Ischemia and Ischemic Stroke

6.5.1 Overview

6.5.2 Anatomy and Pathophysiology

6.5.3 The Classification of Cerebral Ischemia by Severity

6.5.4 Etiology, Risk Factors, and Primary Prophylaxis

6.5.5 The Dynamic Time Course of Cerebral Ischemia

6.5.6 Infarct Types

6.5.7 Clinical Stroke Syndromes

6.5.8 Diagnostic Evaluation

6.5.9 Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

6.5.10 Special Types of Cerebral Ischemia

6.6 Nontraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage

6.6.1 Intracerebral Hemorrhage

6.6.2 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

6.7 Infectious Diseases of the Brain and Meninges

6.7.1 Overview

6.7.2 Acute Bacterial Meningitis

6.7.3 Acute Viral Meningitis: Aseptic or Lymphocytic Meningitis

6.7.4 Chronic Meningitis

6.7.5 Bacterial (Meningo)encephalitis: Spirochetal Infections

6.7.6 Viral Encephalitis

6.7.7 Fungal Encephalitis

6.7.8 Parasitic and Protozoal Encephalitis.

6.7.9 Encephalitis in Prion Diseases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

6.7.10 Slow Virus Diseases

6.7.11 Intracranial Abscesses

6.8 Metabolic Disorders and Systemic Diseases Affecting the Nervous System

6.8.1 Congenital Metabolic Disorders

6.8.2 Intoxications and Alcohol-Induced Disturbances of the Nervous System

6.8.3 Endocrine Diseases

6.8.4 Gastrointestinal Diseases

6.8.5 Hematologic Diseases

6.8.6 Collagen Diseases and Immune Diseases

6.8.7 Paraneoplastic Syndromes

6.8.8 Limbic Encephalitis

6.8.9 Renal Failure and Electrolyte Disturbances

6.9 Parkinson Disease and Other Hypertonic-Hypokinetic Syndromes

6.9.1 Overview

6.9.2 Parkinson Disease (Idiopathic Parkinson Syndrome)

6.9.3 Symptomatic Parkinsonian Syndromes

6.9.4 Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

6.9.5 Multisystem Atrophy

6.9.6 Corticobasal Degeneration

6.9.7 Lewy Body Dementia

6.10 Chorea, Athetosis, Ballism, Dystonia: Hyperkinetic Syndromes

6.10.1 HuntingtonChorea

6.10.2 Chorea Minor (Sydenham Chorea)

6.10.3 Athetosis

6.10.4 Ballism

6.10.5 Dystonic Syndromes

6.10.6 Essential Tremor and Other Types of Tremor

6.11 Cerebellar Diseases and Other Conditions Causing Ataxia

6.11.1 Overview

6.11.2 Selected Types of Ataxia

6.12 Dementia

6.12.1 Overview: The Dementia Syndrome

6.12.2 Alzheimer Disease (Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type)

6.12.3 Treatment and Prognosis

6.12.4 Dementia with Lewy Bodies

6.12.5 Frontotemporal Dementia (PickDisease)

6.12.6 Vascular Dementia: SAE-Associated Dementia and Multi-Infarct Dementia

6.12.7 Dementia due to Malresorptive Hydrocephalus

7 Diseases of the Spinal Cord

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Anatomy

7.1.2 The Main Spinal Cord Syndromes and Their Anatomic Localization

7.1.3 Further Diagnostic Evaluation of Spinal Cord Lesions

7.2 Spinal Cord Trauma.

7.3 Slowly Progressive Spinal Cord Compression

7.3.1 Spinal Cord Tumors

7.3.2 Myelopathy due to Cervical Spondylosis

7.3.3 Syringomyelia and Syringobulbia

7.4 Spinal Cord Ischemia and Hemorrhage

7.4.1 Blood Supply of the Spinal Cord

7.4.2 Arterial Hypoperfusion

7.4.3 Impaired Venous Drainage

7.4.4 Hemorrhage in or adjacent to the Spinal Cord

7.5 Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases of the Spinal Cord

7.5.1 Myelitis

7.5.2 Spinal Abscesses

7.6 Diseases Mainly Affecting the Long Tracts of the Spinal Cord

7.6.1 Overview

7.6.2 Friedreich Ataxia

7.6.3 Familial Spastic Spinal Paralysis

7.6.4 Funicular Myelosis

7.7 Diseases of the Anterior Horns

7.7.1 Overview

7.7.2 Spinal Muscular Atrophies

7.7.3 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

8 Multiple Sclerosis and Other Autoimmune Diseases of the Central Nervous System

8.1 Fundamentals

8.2 Multiple Sclerosis

8.3 Other Autoimmune Diseases of the CNS

8.3.1 Neuromyelitis Optica

8.3.2 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

8.3.3 Behçet Disease

8.3.4 Subacute Myelo-Optic Neuropathy

8.3.5 Other Autoimmune Diseases

9 Epilepsy and Its Differential Diagnosis

9.1 Fundamentals

9.1.1 Classification of the Epilepsies

9.1.2 Practical Clinical Management of a Suspected Epileptic Seizure

9.2 Generalized Seizures

9.2.1 Tonic-Clonic Seizures (Earlier Term: "Grand Mal Epilepsy")

9.2.2 Absences (Earlier Term: "Petit Mal Epilepsy")

9.2.3 Atypical Absences and Other Types of Epilepsy in Childhood

9.3 Focal (Partial) Seizures

9.3.1 Focal Seizures without Altered Consciousness

9.3.2 Focal Seizures with Altered Consciousness (Earlier Term, "Complex Partial Seizures

" Current Term, "Dyscognitive Seizures")

9.4 Status Epilepticus

9.5 Episodic Neurologic Disturbances of Nonepileptic Origin.

9.5.1 Nonepileptic Psychogenic Seizures.

Notes:

Includes index.

"This book is an authorized translation of the 4th German edition published and copyrighted 2015 by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart. Title of the German edition: Kurzlehrbuch Neurologie" --ECIP t.p. verso.

"567 illustrations."

Print version record.

ISBN:

9783132022126

3132022128

OCLC:

964065889