The Visual System
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Homonymous Hemianopsia A 70-year-old woman suddenly developed difficulty seeing on the left side. She was taken to the emergency room. She reported…
Organization of the Central Nervous System
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Alzheimer Disease A 79-year-old man has become forgetful, often misplacing items at home, and sometimes is confused when paying for his groceries….
Structural and Functional Organization of the Central Nervous System
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Horizontal Gaze Palsy With Progressive Scoliosis Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis (HGPPS) is an extremely rare genetic syndrome. It is the…
Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Central Tegmental Tract Lesion and Unilateral Taste Loss A 25-year-old woman suddenly complained of diplopia (double vision) and impaired sense of taste….
Vasculature of the Central Nervous System and the Cerebrospinal Fluid
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion, Right Side Paralysis, and Global Aphasia A 57-year-old male was brought to the emergency room after being discovered…
Somatic Sensation: Spinal Mechanosensory Systems
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Neurosyphilis and Loss of Vibration Sense and Limb Proprioception A 36-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for unsteadiness of gait and…
The Auditory System
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Acoustic Neuroma A 40-year-old woman notes that she has been having difficulty understanding what people are saying when they stand on her…
Somatic Sensation: Spinal Systems for Pain, Temperature, and Itch
Clinical Case Print Section Listen CLINICAL CASE | Syringomyelia Approximately one year earlier, a 41-year-old male sustained a painless burn to his right hand. The patient reported, at the time,…
Focal Epilepsy
Interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) associated with epilepsy Print Section Listen ▪ With clinical correlation, the high sensitivity and the specificity of IEDs for seizure disorders support the use of IEDs…
Focal Nonepileptoform Activity
Abnormalities of alpha rhythm, photic response, and mu rhythm Print Section Listen (Figure 4-1 to 4-25 and 4-28) Figure 4-1. Posterior Slow Wave of Youth. EEG of an 11-year old…
