NEUROLOGY

Language and Hearing Deficits

May 14, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Language and Hearing Deficits

Karl E. Misulis, MD, PhD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Aphasia •Dysarthria •Hearing Loss The most common speech and language difficulties to come to the attention of hospital neurologists are aphasia and dysarthria….

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Business of Hospital Neurology

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Monico Peter Baňez, MD, MBA, FACP, SFHM CHAPTER CONTENTS •Stroke Center ◦Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital ◦Primary Stroke Center ◦Comprehensive Stroke Center •Teleneurology •Billing and Coding •Metrics •Risk Management •Future Directions STROKE…

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Overview of Hospital Neurology

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E. Lee Murray, MD, andMonico Peter Baňez, MD, MBA, FACP, SFHM CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Models of a Hospital Neurology Service •Training and Subspecialties in Hospital Neurology •Neurology Midlevel Providers •Organizational…

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Approach to Visual Deficits

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E. Lee Murray, MD CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Visual Loss ◦Monocular Versus Binocular ◦Partial-Field Versus Full-Field ◦Timing of the Visual Loss ◦Localization and Diagnosis ◦Syndromes of Visual Loss •Eye Pain •Diplopia…

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Motor and Sensory Disturbance

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Veda V. Vedanarayanan, MD, FRCPC CHAPTER CONTENTS •Overview •Motor Disturbance ◦Types ◦Physiologic Localization ◦Anatomic Localization •Sensory Disturbance ◦Types ◦Localization ◦Disorders with Specific Sensory Disturbances •Localization of Motor and Sensory Disturbance…

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Activation, binding, and selective access

May 10, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Activation, binding, and selective access

Figure 20.1 Graphical representation of the three-layer model. The small circles represent representational elements in long-term memory, linked by associations (continuous lines); the activated part of long-term memory is designated by…

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The interpretation of temporal isolation effects

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Figure 8.1 Serial position curves for all presentation schedules in both conditions in Experiment 1. (p.141) schedule, F(2, 44) = 3.66, MSe = 0.01,p ‹ 0.05; and serial position, F(6, 132) = 132.87, MSe =…

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The ins and outs of working memory

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Figure 5.1 An illustration of focus-switching effect (data from Verhaeghen and Basak 2005, Experiment 1). The top of the figure illustrates the two-tier structure of working memory (McElree 2001): within working memory, only…

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