Table of Contents

PART I: Neuroanatomy and neuroanatomical localization

1. Diagnostic reasoning in neurology

2. General overview of the nervous system and internal and external structures of the brain

3. Motor and somatosensory pathways and approach to weakness and sensory changes

4. Disorders of the spinal cord (myelopathy)

5. The visual pathway and approach to visual loss

6. The rest of the cortex, the deep gray matter, and the vascular supply of the hemispheres

7. The cerebellum and approach to ataxia

8. Introduction to the brainstem and cranial nerves

9. The pupillary light response and approach to anisocoria

10. Control of eye movements and approach to diplopia

11. Auditory and vestibular pathways (CN VIII) and approach to hearing loss and verTIGO

12. Facial sensation (CN V) and motor control (CN VII)

13. The rest of the cranial nerves: CN I (olfactory), CN IX (glossopharyngeal), CN X (vagus), CN XI (spinal accessory), CN XII (hypoglossal), and cranial nerve summary tables

14. Anatomy and diseases of the peripheral nervous system (radiculopathy, ganglionopathy, neuropathy) and introduction to EMG/nerve conduction studies

15. Anatomy and peripheral nervous system disorders of the upper extremity: radiculopathy, plexopathy, and mononeuropathies

16. Anatomy and peripheral nervous system disorders of the lower extremity: radiculopathy, plexopathy, and mononeuropathies

PART II: Diseases of the nervous system

17. Seizures and epilepsy

18. Vascular diseases of the brain and spinal cord

19. Infectious diseases of the nervous system

20. Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system

21. Delirium, dementia, and rapidly progressive dementia

22. Movement disorders

23. Neoplastic and paraneoplastic disorders of nervous system, and neurologic complications of radiation therapy and chemotherapy

24. Disorders of Intracranial pressure

25. Headache

26. Peripheral polyneuropathy

27. Motor neuron disease

28. Disorders of the neuromuscular junction

29. Diseases of muscle

30. Leukodystrophies and mitochondrial disoders

About the Author

Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD (Boston, MA) Director, Global Neurology Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School.