Frontotemporal Dementia Edward D. Huey Stephanie Cosentino INTRODUCTION Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most common clinical presentation of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Two main FTD phenotypes are seen. One form…
Alzheimer Disease Lawrence S. Honig Scott A. Small Richard Mayeux INTRODUCTION The most common dementia is Alzheimer disease. The disease was first named by Emil Kraepelin in 1910, after Alois…
Mild Cognitive Impairment Lawrence S. Honig INTRODUCTION Cognitive complaints are common in the population. In many such cases, history and examination reveal significant impairment in more than one cognitive domain…
Central Nervous System Vasculitis Fawaz Al-Mufti Stephan A. Mayer INTRODUCTION Vasculitis affecting the central or peripheral nervous system often presents major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for physicians because of its…
Traumatic Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Injuries Jennifer F. Russo Charles B. Mikell Christopher J. Winfree INTRODUCTION Traumatic injury to peripheral nerves is associated with significant disability and decreased quality of…
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Christopher E. Mandigo Michael G. Kaiser Peter D. Angevine INTRODUCTION Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a sudden event with possibly catastrophic effects that may create…
Traumatic Brain Injury Neeraj Badjatia Gunjan Y. Parikh Stephan A. Mayer EPIDEMIOLOGY Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a modern scourge of industrialized society. It is a major cause of death,…
Concussion James M. Noble John F. Crary INTRODUCTION Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that has been recognized for centuries as an entity in accidents, battle, and sport. The…
Primary and Secondary Stroke Prevention Charles C. Esenwa Mitchell S. V. Elkind INTRODUCTION Prevention of stroke can be divided into three types: (1) primordial prevention, which focuses on improving community-wide…
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Other Cerebrovascular Syndromes Sara K. Rostanski Fawaz Al-Mufti Claire S. Riley Joshua Z. Willey POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME The posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) has…
