Contributors

Preface

    SECTION I INTRODUCTION TO NEUROLOGY

1 Approach to the Patient with Neurologic Disease

2 Neuroimaging in Neurologic Disorders

3 Electrodiagnostic Studies of Nervous System Disorders: EEG, Evoked Potentials, and EMG

4 Lumbar Puncture

    SECTION II CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NEUROLOGIC DISEASE

5 Pain: Pathophysiology and Management

6 Headache

7 Back and Neck Pain

8 Syncope

9 Dizziness andVertigo

10 Weakness and Paralysis

11 Gait and Balance Disorders

12 Numbness,Tingling, and Sensory Loss

13 Confusion and Delirium

14 Coma

15 Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal

16 Sleep Disorders

17 Disorders of Vision

18 Disorders of Smell,Taste, and Hearing

    SECTION III DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

19 Mechanisms of Neurologic Diseases

20 Seizures and Epilepsy

21 Cerebrovascular Diseases

22 Neurologic Critical Care, Including Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

23 Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

24 Parkinson's Disease and Other Extrapyramidal Movement Disorders

25 Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders

26 Ataxic Disorders

27 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases

28 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

29 Trigeminal Neuralgia, Bell's Palsy, and Other Cranial Nerve Disorders

30 Diseases of the Spinal Cord

31 Concussion and Other Head Injuries

32 Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Nervous System

33 Neurologic Disorders of the Pituitary and Hypothalamus

34 Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases

35 Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain Abscess,and Empyema

36 Chronic and Recurrent Meningitis

37 HIV Neurology

38 Prion Diseases

39 Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes

40 Peripheral Neuropathy

41 Guillain-Barr6 Syndrome and Other Immune-Mediated Neuropathies

42 Myasthenia Gravis and Other Diseases of the Neuromuscular Junction

43 Muscular Dystrophies and Other Muscle Diseases

44 Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, and Inclusion Body Myositis

45 Special Issues in Inpatient Neurologic Consultation

46 Atlas of Neuroimaging

    SECTION IV CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

47 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

48 Biology of Psychiatric Disorders

49 Mental Disorders

    SECTION VI ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCY

50 Alcohol and Alcoholism

51 Opioid Drug Abuse and Dependence

52 Cocaine and Other Commonly Abused Drugs

Review and Self-Assessment

Index