Chapter 8 Cellular mechanisms of neurological disease Chapter contents Neuronal injury and death Cell death mechanisms Inflammation and gliosis Neurodegeneration Prion diseases The nervous system is subject to the full…
Chapter 5 Neurons and glial cells Chapter contents Nerve cells Astrocytes Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells Other glial cells Glial tumours Nerve cells The basic structure of the neuron has been…
Chapter 6 Electrical signalling in neurons Chapter contents The neuron at rest Excitability The action potential Axonal conduction Neurons are excitable cells, meaning that they respond to stimulation and can…
Chapter 4 Sensory and motor pathways Chapter contents Spinal segments Somatic sensory pathways Somatic motor pathways Lower motor neurons Reflexes and muscle tone The central nervous system contains a large…
Chapter 9 Head injury Chapter contents Clinical aspects Pathology of head injury Brain swelling and intracranial pressure Minor head injury In the UK, trauma is the leading cause of death…
Chapter 2 Development of the brain Chapter contents Neural tube formation Divisions of the brain Ventricular system Neural tube formation The central nervous system is derived from the neural tube,…
Chapter 7 Synaptic transmission Chapter contents General principles Neurotransmitters Postsynaptic receptors Synaptic integration General principles The majority of synapses in the brain and spinal cord are chemical, meaning that the…
chapter 3 Neurological Examination of the Limbs Learning how to perform a neurological examination requires repeated practice. Practice without an understanding of how to examine the various aspects of the…
chapter 4 The Cranial Nerves and Understanding the Brainstem THE ‘RULE OF 4’ The first section of this chapter will describe the anatomy, the techniques for examining the individual cranial…
chapter 1 Clinically Oriented Neuroanatomy ‘MERIDIANS OF LONGITUDE AND PARALLELS OF LATITUDE’ Although most textbooks on clinical neurology begin with a chapter on history taking, there is a very good…
