Keywords sleep, neurology, sleep physiology, polysomnography, circadian neurobiology, neuroanatomy of sleep, obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease, headache, stroke, epilepsy…
Keywords functional, conversion, psychogenic, somatization, pseudoseizure, nonorganic The assessment, treatment, and understanding of patients with neurologic symptoms that remain unexplained after appropriate medical investigation continue to be a source…
Keywords fungal, meningitis, abscess, immunosuppression, Cryptococcus , Coccidiomycosis, Candida Recognition of fungal infections of the central nervous system (CNS) is increasing in frequency due to the growing population of…
Keywords cerebral malaria, sleeping sickness, amebic meningoencephalitis, eosinophilic meningitis, neurocysticercosis, echinococcosis, strongyloidiasis, onchocerciasis, loiasis, neuroschistosomiasis Protozoans and helminths are responsible for a significant burden of human disease, disproportionately affecting…
Keywords viral diseases, vaccines, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, smallpox, hepatitis B, adjuvants, encephalitis Yet it was with those who had recovered from the disease that the sick and…
Keywords viruses, viral meningitis, aseptic meningitis, viral encephalitis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, prion diseases, acyclovir, gancyclovir, foscarnet, postinfectious encephalomyelitis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy, transverse myelitis, cerebellar ataxia Invasion…
Keywords HIV/AIDS, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder, HIV-associated dementia, antiretroviral therapy, primary HIV infection, opportunistic infection, HIV-associated myelopathy, HTLV, HTLV-associated myelopathy, tropical spastic paraparesis, peripheral neuropathy, cerebrospinal fluid Human immunodeficiency virus…
Keywords transplantation, immunosuppression, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, corticosteroids, meningitis, abscess, encephalitis, stroke, embolus, encephalopathy, neuropathy, seizure, infection Over the past 60 years, organ transplantation has become the treatment of choice for…
Keywords leprous neuritis, lepromatous leprosy, tuberculoid leprosy, borderline leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae , drug treatment of leprosy, erythema nodosum leprosum The acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae , the cause of leprosy,…
Keywords tuberculous meningitis, hypoglycorachia (low CSF glucose), tuberculoma, hydrocephalus, CNS vasculitis, basal ganglia infarction, arachnoiditis, spinal arachnoiditis Tuberculosis in all its forms remains a challenging clinical problem and a…
