Manual Test and Examination of Spine is an essential skill to master that will benefit you throughout your medical and surgical career. This article describes the basic anatomy and surface markings of the spine that will aid your examination and Read More …
Category: Neurology
Crossed Brainstem Syndromes – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Crossed Brainstem Syndromes/Brainstem stroke syndromes, also known as crossed brainstem syndromes, refer to a group of syndromes that occur secondary to lesions, most commonly infarcts, of the brainstem. A brainstem infarction (BSI) is a stroke that happens when blood cannot flow Read More …
Brainstem Stroke Syndromes – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Brainstem stroke syndromes, also known as crossed brainstem syndromes, refer to a group of syndromes that occur secondary to lesions, most commonly infarcts, of the brainstem. A brainstem infarction (BSI) is a stroke that happens when blood cannot flow to your Read More …
Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder – Symptoms, Treatment
Frontotemporal Neurocognitive Disorder is a progressive, neurodegenerative, heterogeneous group of non-Alzheimer dementias disorder characterized by loss of intellectual functions, such as memory problems, impaired abstract thinking, reasoning, behavioral changes, and language deficits with frontal and temporal cortical degeneration and executive Read More …
Child Cerebral Palsy – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Child Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in childhood. Cerebral means having to do with the brain. Palsy means weakness or problems Read More …
What Is Dementia? – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Dementia is a syndrome of chronic progressive cognitive decline, a neurodegenerative brain disorder that is characterized by cognitive decline involving memory and at least 1 of the other domains, including personality, praxis, abstract thinking, language, executive functioning, complex attention, social, Read More …
What are the Epilepsies? – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Epilepsies are chronic neurological disorders in which clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain sometimes signal abnormally and cause seizures. Neurons normally generate electrical and chemical signals that act on other neurons, glands, and muscles to produce human Read More …
Pick Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Pick disease, also known as frontotemporal dementia is a progressive, neurodegenerative, heterogeneous group of non-Alzheimer dementias disorder characterized by loss of intellectual functions, such as memory problems, impaired abstract thinking, reasoning, behavioral changes, and language deficits with frontal and temporal Read More …
Frontotemporal Dementia – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Frontotemporal dementia is a progressive, neurodegenerative, heterogeneous group of non-Alzheimer dementias disorder characterized by loss of intellectual functions, such as memory problems, impaired abstract thinking, reasoning, behavioral changes, and language deficits with frontal and temporal cortical degeneration and executive function, Read More …
Frontotemporal Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Frontotemporal dementia is a progressive, neurodegenerative, heterogeneous group of non-Alzheimer dementias disorder characterized by loss of intellectual functions, such as memory problems, impaired abstract thinking, reasoning, behavioral changes, and language deficits with frontal and temporal cortical degeneration and executive function, Read More …
Headache Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Headache Disorders /These patients may also complain of shoulder or neck muscle tightness as well as sleep disturbances. Symptoms of nausea, vomiting, photophobia or phonophobia are typically absent or are very mild. These features, when present, easily differentiate TTH from Read More …
Chronic Headaches – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Chronic headaches are headaches that occur for at least 15 days of a month for at least three months. There are a variety of causes and ways to manage this condition. This activity reviews the evaluation and treatment of chronic Read More …
