Practice of Neural Science : A Case-Based Approach / John C. M. Brust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brust, John C. M., author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessNeurology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Practice of Neural Science

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2021.

Summary:

Practice of Neural Science: A Case-Based Approach is an extensively updated version of that book, now serving as a companion volume to Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition. As before, the book is designed especially for students and residents, but seasoned clinicians and investigators are welcome. Part I includes a mostly neuroanatomical description of the neurological examination. Part II consists of 79 clinical vignettes, which are discussed neuroanatomically, neurophysiologically, and, in some cases, neurogenetically. Each case makes an appearance somewhere within the Neurological Examination section, so that the reader can relate that part of the examination to a real-world situation. Conversely, the cases are arranged systematically (eg, somatosensory, visual, auditory, olfactory, motor, or autonomic impairment; disorders of consciousness, language, cognition, or behavior), allowing a reader who wishes to start with the vignettes to refer back to the appropriate section of the Neurological Examination.

Contents:

I: The Neurological Examination

Chapter 1: Overview

Chapter 2: Mental Status: The Components of Thinking Are Not Easily Isolated

Chapter 3: Cranial Nerves: Twelve Is a Misleading Number

Chapter 4: The Motor Examination: There Is Always More Than Weakness

Chapter 5: The Sensory Examination: Boundaries and Comparisons Are Crucial

Chapter 6: Reflexes: Remember the Afferent Limb

Chapter 7: Examination of the Comatose Patient

II: 79 Ways of Looking at the Nervous System: Case Presentations and Commentary

Chapter 8: Mostly Somatosensory

Chapter 9: Mostly Visual

Chapter 10: Mostly Auditory or Vestibular

Chapter 11: Mostly Olfactory

Chapter 12: Mostly Motor

Chapter 13: Mostly Autonomic

Chapter 14: Mixed Disorders: Somatosensory, Motor, and Autonomic

Chapter 15: Disorders of Consciousness

Chapter 16: Disorders of Language, Praxis, Gnosis, and Thought.

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