Localization in Clinical Neurology

• Main Authors: Brazis, Paul W. (Author), Masdeu, Joseph C. (Author), Biller, Jose (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 2022
• Edition: eighth edition
• Subjects: Nervous System Diseases > diagnosis; Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
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Anatomical localization skills based in physical examination are essential for any clinician caring for patients with neurologic disease processes. Now fully revised and up to date, Localization in Clinical Neurology, 8th Edition, uses easy-to-read descriptions, full-color illustrations and videos t...

Table of Contents:

• General principles of neurologic localization
• Peripheral nerves
• Cervical, brachial, and lumbosacral plexuses
• Spinal nerve and root
• Spinal cord
• Cranial nerve I (the olfactory nerve)
• Visual pathways
• The localization of lesions affecting the ocular motor system
• Cranial nerve V (the trigeminal nerve)
• Cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve)
• Cranial nerve VIII (the vestibulocochlear nerve)
• Cranial nerves IX and X (the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves)
• Cranial nerve XI (the spinal accessory nerve)
• Cranial nerve XII (the hypoglossal nerve)
• Brainstem
• The cerebellum
• The localization of lesions affecting the hypothalamus and pituitary gland
• The anatomic localization of lesions in the thalamus
• Basal ganglia
• The localization of lesions affecting the cerebral hemispheres
• Localization of lesions in the autonomic nervous system
• Vascular syndromes of the forebrain, brainstem, and cerebellum
• The localization of lesions causing coma.