Category Neurology
Neurology 101 680

Neuro 101: Peripheral Nervous System

Neuro 101: anatomy of the peripheral nervous system, localisation of nerve injuries, pathology affecting peripheral nerves, the brachial and lumbosacral plexuses, peripheral nerve examination, common peripheral neuropathies, and diseases affecting the neuromuscular junction.

Neurology 101 680

Neuro 101: Spinal Cord

Neuro 101: anatomical structure of the spinal cord and vertebral column, spinal nerve organisation, blood supply, motor and sensory pathways, clinical examination principles

Neurology 101 680

Neuro 101: Brainstem

Neuro 101: The brainstem is organised into three regions: the medulla, pons, and midbrain. A review of pathology and syndromes

Neurology 101 680

Neuro 101: Cerebral Hemispheres

Neuro 101: Cerebral Hemispheres. Clinicoanatomic correlation for frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes. Overview of anterior and posterior arterial circulation

Horner Syndrome 680

Horner Syndrome

Horner syndrome is associated with an interruption to the sympathetic nerve supply of the eye. It is characterized by the classic triad of miosis, partial ptosis, and anhidrosis +/- enophthalmos

Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke (1859 – 1927) 340

Augusta Klumpke

Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke (1859-1927) was an American neurologist. Klumpke palsy (1885). First woman in France to receive the title of ‘interne des hôpitaux’ and the first female President of the Societé de neurologie de Paris.

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Guillain–Barré syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome is the most common and severe acute inflammatory paralytic neuropathy. The classical description of GBS involves rapidly progressive bilateral weakness, usually starting in the distal lower extremities and ascending proximally.