Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Neurologic diagnosis / Robert Edis -- Introduction -- The diagnostic process in neurology -- Neurologic examination -- Lumbar puncture and CSF examination / John Dunne -- Neurophysiologic examination / William McAuliffe -- Imaging the brain and spine -- ch. 2 Disorders of consciousness / Venkatesh Aiyagari -- Impaired consciousness -- Brain death -- Persistent/permanent vegetative state -- Minimally conscious state -- Locked-in syndrome -- Syncope -- Hypoxic--ischemic encephalopathy -- Central pontine myelinolysis -- ch. 3 Epilepsy / Andres M. Kanner -- Definition -- Epidemiology -- Pathophysiology -- Classification -- Clinical features -- Differential diagnosis -- Investigation and diagnosis -- Treatment -- ch. 4 Headache / Peter J. Goadsby -- Headache -- Migraine -- Tension-type headache -- Cluster headache -- ch. 5 Vertigo / Jorge Kattah -- Introduction -- Specific syndromes -- ch. 6 Hyperkinetic movement disorders / Philip Thompson --

Contents note continued: Introduction -- Dystonia -- Chorea -- Tremor -- Myoclonus -- Tics -- Stereotypies -- Dyskinesias -- Drug-induced movement disorders -- Psychogenic movement disorders -- ch. 7 Developmental diseases of the nervous system / James H. Tonsgard -- Introduction -- Embryonic development of the nervous system -- Developmental malformations of the nervous system -- Defects in neural tube formation -- Defects in hindbrain development -- Defects in forebrain and cerebral development -- Neurocutaneous disorders -- Neurofibromatosis Type 1 -- Neurofibromatosis Type 2 -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Sturge--Weber syndrome -- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler--Rendu--Weber syndrome) -- Linear nevus sebaceous syndrome -- Cowden's syndrome and Lhermitte--Duclos disease -- von Hippel--Lindau disease -- Incontinentia pigmenti -- Hypomelanosis of Ito -- ch. 8 Hereditary and metabolic diseases of the central nervous system in adults / Alma R. Bicknese -- Introduction --

Contents note continued: Metabolic and degenerative diseases in adults -- Huntington's disease -- Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy -- Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome -- X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy -- Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration -- Inherited diseases with prominent visceral and neurologic findings -- Wilson's disease -- Acute intermittent porphyria -- Disorders of amino acid metabolism -- Homocystinuria -- Inclusion body disorders -- Lafora body disease -- Adult neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses -- Late-onset lysosomal storage diseases -- Late-onset GM2 gangliosidosis -- Late-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy -- Fabry's disease -- Late-onset Krabbe disease -- Niemann--Pick Type C -- Mitochondrial disorders -- Diseases of mitochondrial DNA -- ch. 9 Trauma of the brain and spinal cord / Prasad S.S.V. Vannemreddy -- Introduction -- Head injury -- Concussion -- Spinal cord injury --

Contents note continued: ch. 10 Stroke and transient ischemic attacks of the brain and eye / Graeme J. Hankey -- Introduction -- Epidemiology -- Pathology and etiology -- Risk factors -- Clinical assessment -- Investigations -- Diagnosis -- Prognosis -- Treatment -- ch. 11 Infections of the central nervous system / James L. Cook -- Acute bacterial meningitis -- Brain abscess -- Neurosyphilis -- Lyme disease -- Tuberculosis (TB) -- Botulism -- Tetanus -- Aseptic meningitis -- Viral encephalitis -- Rabies -- Poliomyelitis -- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) -- Cryptococcosis -- Coccidioidomycosis -- Toxoplasmosis -- Neurocysticercosis -- Eosinophilic meningitis -- Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease (CJD) -- ch. 12 Inflammatory disorders of the nervous system / Neil Scolding -- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (post-infectious encephalomyelitis) -- Multiple sclerosis (MS) -- Neurosarcoidosis -- Cavernous sinus syndrome --

Contents note continued: ch. 13 Tumors of the nervous system / Robert P. Dinapoli -- Neoplasia -- Gliomas -- Meningioma -- Craniopharyngioma -- Pituitary tumors -- Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma) -- Primary central nervous system lymphoma -- Germ cell tumors of the CNS -- von Hippel--Lindau disease -- Metastases to the CNS -- Paraneoplastic neurologic disease -- ch. 14 Degenerative diseases of the nervous system / James A. Mastrianni -- Dementia -- Alzheimer's disease (AD) -- Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) -- Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) -- Vascular dementia -- Prion diseases -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus / Kathleen M. Shannon -- Parkinson's disease and parkinsonian disorders -- Introduction -- Primary (idiopathic) parkinsonism: Parkinson's disease -- Multisystem degenerations (Parkinsonism plus' or atypical parkinsonism) -- Heredodegenerative and secondary parkinsonism / Peter Todd -- Hereditary ataxias -- Introduction -- Congenital ataxias --

Contents note continued: Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias -- Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxias -- X-linked causes of ataxia -- ch. 15 Acquired metabolic diseases of the nervous system / Fernando D. Testai -- Thiamine deficiency: Wernick--Korsakoff syndrome -- Vitamin B12 deficiency -- Vitamin E deficiency -- Niacin (nicotinic acid) deficiency -- Marchiafava--Bignami disease -- Hepatic encephalopathy -- Uremic encephalopathy -- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome -- ch. 16 Disorders of circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid / Edward A. Michals -- Introduction -- Aqueductal stenosis with hydrocephalus -- Communicating hydrocepahalus -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus -- Chiari malformation -- Syringomyelia (syringohydromyelia) -- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (pseudotumor cerebri) -- Intracranial hypotension syndrome -- ch. 17 Cranial neuropathies I, V, and VII--XII / Helene Rubeiz -- Olfactory nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve I) --

Contents note continued: Trigeminal nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve V) -- Selected conditions affecting the trigeminal nerve -- Facial nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve VII) -- Selected conditions affecting the facial nerve -- Vestibulo-cochlear nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve VIII) -- Glossopharyngeal nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve IX) -- Selected conditions affecting the glossopharyngeal nerve -- Vagus nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve X) -- Spinal accessory nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve XI) -- Hypoglossal nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve XII) -- ch. 18 Cranial neuropathies II, III, IV, and VI / Molly E. Gilbert -- Optic nerve neuropathy (cranial nerve II) -- Cranial nerve III, IV, and VI palsies -- ch. 19 Spinal cord disease / Octavia Kincaid -- Introduction to myelopathy -- Extramedullar spinal cord lesions (extrinsic myelopathy) -- Intramedullary spinal cord lesions (intrinsic myelopathy) -- Inflammatory myelopathy (e.g. myelitis) -- Infectious myelopathy --

Contents note continued: Metabolic and toxic myelopathies -- Vascular myelopathies -- Structural myelopathies -- Hereditary myelopathies -- Spinal cord tumors -- Myelopathy associated with motor neuron disease -- ch. 20 Autonomic nervous system disorders / Judy Spies -- Autonomic neuropathy -- ch. 21 Diseases of the peripheral nerve and mononeuropathies / Andrea Swenson -- Peripheral neuropathy -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Toxic neuropathy -- Nutrition-related neuropathy -- Neuropathy in systemic disease -- Guillain--Barre syndrome (GBS)/Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP) -- Chronic acquired demyelinating polyneuropathy -- Vasculitic neuropathy -- Immune-mediated brachial plexus neuropathy (IBPN) -- Infectious neuropathy -- Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (Charcot--Marie--Tooth disease) -- Syndromic hereditary peripheral neuropathies -- Mononeuropathies -- Upper extremity neuropathy -- Lower extremity neuropathy --

Contents note continued: ch. 22 Neuromuscular junction disorders / Julie Rowin -- Myasthenia gravis -- Congenital myasthenic syndromes -- Lambert--Eaton myasthenic syndrome -- Botulism -- ch. 23 Muscle disorders / Betty Soliven -- Introduction -- Myopathy -- Inflammatory myopathy -- Critical illness myopathy -- Endocrine and metabolic myopathies -- Muscular dystrophies -- Muscle channelopathies (disorders of membrane excitability) -- ch. 24 Sleep disorders / Michael Kohrman -- Introduction -- Normal sleep -- Commonly performed sleep tests -- Insomnias -- Hypersomnias of central origin -- Sleep-related movement disorders -- Sleep-related breathing disorders -- Circadian rhythm sleep disorders -- Parasomnias -- Conclusion.