Physiology

• Anatomy

  • Central Nervous System

    • Brain

    • Spinal cord

  • Peripheral nervous system anatomy

    • Cranial nerves

    • Cervical, Brachial plexus and thoracic nerves

    • Lumar plexus, sacral and cocyx nerves

• The Synapse

  • Receptors

Neurology Diseases

Central Nervous System

• Brain

  • • Multiple Sclerosis, 

    • Epilepsy 

    • Vascular: 

      • Stroke , Transient Ischaemic Attack 

      • Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Subdural & Extradural Haematomas

      • Cerebral Vein Thrombosis 

    • Headache Disorders

      • Migraine , Tension Headache , Cluster Headache , Medication Overuse Headache, Paroxysmal hemicrania

    • Head Injury

      • Concussion, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), Haematomas

    • Dementia

      • Delirium

      • Alzheimer's Disease , Frontal Temporal Disease , Vascular Dementia

      • Parkinson's Disease , Lewy Body Dementia 

        • Parkinson's plus syndromes: Multi System Atrophy , PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy )

    • Infection

      • Meningitis & Encephalitis 

      • Cerebral abscess

    • Brain cancers

    • Genetic: Huntington's Disease 

• Spinal Cord

  • • Discitis, Osteomyelitis, Spinal abscess

    • Spinal Stenosis 

    • Syringomyelia , Brown Sequard Syndrome

    • Spinal infarction

Peripheral Nervous System

• Peripheral Neuropathy: 

  • • Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT)

    • B12 Deficiency, Diabetes

• Mononeuropathy

  • Mononeuritis

• Polyneuropathies

• Autonomic neuropathy: T2DM (Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) 

• Motor Neuron Disease

• Friedreich's Ataxia 

• Guillain-Barré Syndrome & Miller Fisher Syndrome 

• Myopathy

• Myasthenia Gravis & Lamberton Eaton Syndrome (LES) 

• Neurofibromatosis, Tuberous Sclerosis 

Cranial Nerves

• Oculomotor Nerve Palsy (Cranial Nerve III) 

• Trochlear Cranial Nerve IV Palsy 

• Abducens Cranial Nerve VI Palsy

• Trigeminal cranial nerve V- Trigeminal Neuralgia 

• Bell's Palsy- facial cranial nerve VII

Clinical 

Presentations

• Headaches

• Loss of consciousness

• Focal neurology

  • • Motor

    • Sensory

    • Function: speech, sight, balance

Examination

• Nervous system: UL, LL, cerebellar

• Speech, vision, balance examinations

Investigations

• CT-Head

• MRI spine and Head

• Lumbar Puncture

• Nerve conduction studies, EMG

UK Training

9 years:

• FY1-2

• IMT 1-3

• ST 4-7

Resources and References

Written in 2024.