Neurologic localization is the skill of turning a symptom like “weakness” into an anatomic hypothesis. For students, the most reliable starting point is deciding whether signs point to an upper…
Medical documentation is where clinical reasoning becomes visible. It’s how teams coordinate care, how risk is managed, and how decisions are justified when questions arise later. Done well, documentation improves…
For MD students, neurology can feel like stepping into a different language – synapses, axons, neurotransmitters, cortical maps. But this complexity is exactly what makes the field so compelling. The…
Management of Neurologic Disorders in Resource-Limited Settings Aaron L. Berkowitz BACKGROUND Global Burden of Neurologic Disease 1. Neurologic disorders are the leading cause of disability (11.6% of global disability-adjusted life…
Infectious Diseases Tracey A. Cho MENINGITIS Background and Pathophysiology Meningitis is the pathologic term for inflammation of the meninges. This can be divided by meningeal type (pachymeninges vs leptomeninges); infectious…
Toxic and Metabolic Disorders Joshua P. Klein HEPATIC (PORTOSYSTEMIC) ENCEPHALOPATHY Background 1. Hepatic encephalopathy describes the neurologic manifestations of liver failure. 2. The clinical categories of hepatic encephalopathy are: a….
Neuro-Ophthalmology Robert M. Mallery Sashank Prasad VISUAL LOSS SEEN BY THE NEUROLOGIST Retinal Causes Amaurosis Fugax Background Amaurosis fugax refers to transient monocular blindness of vascular origin due to retinal…
Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Jeffrey Maneval Seth Gale Kirk R. Daffner DISORDERS OF ATTENTION AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS Background Definitions 1. Attention involves neural processes that help select which stimuli/thoughts will…
Movement Disorders Barbara Kelly Changizi Vikram Khurana MOVEMENT DISORDERS DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND 1. Movement Disorders are neurological conditions that affect the quality and abundance of movement. A broad subdivision of…
Neuromuscular Junction Disorders and Myopathies Anthony A. Amato Mohammad Kian Salajegheh MYASTHENIA GRAVIS Background 1. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease caused by an immunologic attack directed against the postsynaptic…
