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Parent topics
- Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. [e]
- Neuroanatomy [r]: The branch of anatomy that studies the anatomical organization of the nervous system. [e]
- Neurophysiology [r]: The branch of physiology that studies the functions of the nervous system. [e]
Subtopics
Signs
- Argyll Robertson pupil [r]: On physical examination, finding the pupils of the eyes irregular and not reactive to light, but contracting when the patient focuses his vision; a significant neurological finding [e]
- Babinski reflex [r]: A common part of a physical examination, it is positive, indicating a motor neuron irritation, if the big toe turns up and the other toes spread when firmly scratched with a pointed, but not sharp, instrument [e]
- Doll's eye reflex [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kernig's and Brudzinski's signs [r]: Techniques used, as a part of a physical examination, usually when the patient complains of a "stiff neck", to elicit specific signs suggestive of meningitis [e]
- Patellar reflex [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Phelan's sign [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Romberg's sign [r]: A neurological diagnostic test that assesses the role of a patient's vision in correcting for balance abnormalities associated with proprioception and vestibular senses; the sign is positive if the patient cannot remain stable while standing with feet together and eyes closed [e]
- Straight leg raise [r]: The straight leg raise, also called Lasègue sign or Lasègue test, is a test done during the physical examination to determine whether a patient with low back pain has an underlying herniated disk [e]
- Tinel's sign [r]: Add brief definition or description
Specialized diagnostic techniques
- Electroencephalography [r]: A technique that records brain electrical activity non-invasively. [e]
- Electromyography [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lumbar puncture [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nerve conduction studies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Neuropsychology [r]: Add brief definition or description
Syndromes
- Convulsive disorders [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paraplegia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paresthesia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Quadriplegia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Prosopagnosia [r]: The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Vertigo [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Vertigo (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Diseases
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cerebral hemorrhage [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Peripheral neuropathies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Meningitis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Multiple sclerosis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). [e]
- Muscular dystrophies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Myopathies [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Neuromuscular transmission disorders [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stroke [r]: A sudden loss of brain function due to interrupted blood supply. [e]
Other related topics
- Neurosurgery [r]: Field of medicine that focuses on operative treatments of the nervous system. [e]
- Psychiatry [r]: The subfield of health sciences concerned with mental disorders. [e]
- Psychology [r]: The study of systemic properties of the brain and their relation to behaviour. [e]
