Clinical Neurology Lectures
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Studying for Step 1 Boards? Or for your 3rd year neurology clerkship? Use this as a foundational source to guide and fuel you through your neuroscience content. We condensed it all down to the “high yield” and bring it directly to you. Click here.
How do you treat a patient with epilepsy? Certain medications provide an effective treatment for focal or generalized onset seizures. With a myriad of medications available, we share which ones are the most efficacious. Click here.
A family member drops off his father after he noticed that his father was not acting like himself. CT has been ordered. You, an astute student, write down differentials. Will you include stroke and hemorrhage? Click here.
Your patient arrives with an altered mental status or in comatose. What do you do? Unlike an alert patient who can provide a detailed history and cooperate, your confused or unresponsive patient can’t do either. Click here.
Amnesia. Aphasia. Apraxia. Agnosia. What do they all have in common? Officially classified as “Major Neurocognitive Disorder,” dementia is a gradual progression of multiple cognitive deficits. Click here.
The room is spinning, doc. Dizziness and vertigo are often common reasons for patients seeking medical attention. We chop down dizziness into four broad categories. Plus we simplify the topic of the delicate balance between the opposing semicircular canals and vestibular apparatus, typically causing vertigo. Click here.
EMG can come in handy when localizing and assessing the severity of any peripheral nervous system and muscle condition. NCS helps out by inducing an action potential in your peripherals. What will the results show? Click here.
Electrical hyper-synchronization of neuronal networks in the cerebral cortex. What are seizures? Often referred as cortical disturbance, epilepsy occurs in up to 9% in the US. Click here.
Your 76 year-old grandpa shares that he has a sudden headache that won’t go away. He’s never had a headache like this one before. What do you think of next? We delve into the numerous intracranial or extra cranial pathologic processes that may cause headaches. Click here.
Most proximal muscles are known to be weaker than distal muscles. This results in many difficulties: walking up stairs, lifting things above shoulder level. In this lecture, we talk about some myopathies with a focus on muscular dystrophies and inflammatory myopathies Click here.
Hyperkinetic vs hypokinetic disorders. What is the difference? Tics and chorea versus bradykinesia. Zoom into the basal ganglia to find out how it affects your movements. Click here.
The most common autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, multiple sclerosis causes demyelination, loss of oligodendrocytes in the brain and spinal cord, axonal injury, and gray matter involvement. We give you the 3 factors that create the“perfect storm.” Click here.
A loss of vision usually indicates a lesion from the retina to the striate cortex. What if your patient can’t see from his left eye? What does that tell you about the optic chiasm?. Click here.
Defects of primitive embryonic ectodermal tissues result in neurocutaneous syndrome. That was a chunk of information already sent to you, eh? Don’t worry, we digest it down to simple concepts that matter from genes to signaling pathways. Click here.
Acetylcholine release. Calcium channels. Neurotransmitters. They all work at the neuromuscular junction. One mishap can cause a chain reaction of unfortunate events that can lead to neurological diseases. Click here.
Your diabetic mother has begun feeling tingling in her toes and a bit of numbness up to her knees. What is happening to her? We follow up on the peripheral nervous system and some of the trouble that may arise from your motor, sensory, and autonomic nerves. Click here.
Shhh. Keep it quiet, your neighbor is sleeping. Besides recharging your energy batteries, sleep allows for restorative properties involving attention, memory, and executive function. We tell you the stages of sleep, medications to help you fight off insomnia, and more. Click here.
The pillar of your nervous stem—the spinal cord. Without it, your brain can’t send signals down to your feet and vice versa. But how does it transmit signal? What are the channels taken? Click here.