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