Widely known and well-respected, "The Little Black Book of Neurology" has, through four successful editions, represented a thorough yet portable reference on this complex field, presenting definitions, classifications, and guidance on diagnosis and management for a wide range of neurological disorders. The 5th Edition offers updated and expanded coverage of neuropharmacology and neuroimaging plus a new, more user-friendly, fast-access format that makes the book even more ideal for quick clinical consultation or as a refresher for the Boards.

Table of Contents

Abscess, Brain Abscess, Epidural Acalculia Acid-Base Disturbances Agnosia Agraphia AIDS Alcohol Alexia Amaurosis Fugax Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Angiography Angiomas Antibody Testing in Neuromuscular Disease Antidepressants Aphasia Apraxia Arnold Chiari Malformations Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Asterixis Ataxia, Spinocerebellar Degeneration and Ataxia Athetosis Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Autism Autonomic Dysfunction Balints Syndrome Benzodiazepines Bladder Botulinum Toxin Brachial Plexus Brain Death Bulbar Palsy Calorics Cardiopulmonary Arrest Carotid Cavernous (CCF) and Dural Fistula Carotid Stenosis, Medical Therapy, Stening and Arterectomy Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Catamenial Epilepsy Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Cerebellum Cerebral Aneurysms Cerebral Cortex Cerebral Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemmorhage (ICH), Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome Cerebrospinal Fluid Channelopathies Chemotherapy, Neurologic Complications Child Neurology; History and Physical Tips Chorea Chromosomal Disorders Coma Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD) Computed Tomography (CT) Confusional State Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Spine Cramps (Stiff-Person Syndrome, Tetanus, Isaac Syndrome, Others) Cranial Nerves Craniocervical Junction Craniosynostosis Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease and Other Human Prion Diseases Degenerative Diseases of Childhood Dementia Demyelinating Disease Dermatomes Diabetes Insipidus (DI) Dialysis Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Dizziness Dysarthria Dyskinesia; Tardive Dysphagia Dystonia Electrocardiogram (ECG) Electroencephalography (EEG) Electrolyte Disorders Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Studies (EMG/NCS) Encephalitis Encephalopathy Encephalopathy, Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms Epilepsy and Women Epilepsy Erectile Dysfunction; Impotence Evoked Potentials Extracranial Ultrasonography Eye Muscles Facial Nerve, Hemifacial Spasm Femoral Nerve Fontanel Frontal Lobe Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Gait Disorders Gaze Palsy Gerstmanns Syndrome Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Glucose Graves Opthalmopathy Guillan-Barre Syndrome Hallucinations Head Trauma Headache, Migraine and Other Types Hearing Hemifacial Spasm Herniation Hiccups (Singultus, Hiccoughs) Horners Syndrom, Cocaine Test Hydrocephalus (HCP), Normal Pressure HCP Hyperventilation Hypotonic Infant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Immunization Intracranial Pressure Intracranial Stenosis Ischemia Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome Learning Disabilities Limbic System Lumbosacral Plexus Lyme Disease, Neuroborreliosis Macrocephaly Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetoencephalography Memory Meningitis Mental Status Testing Metabolic Diseases of Childhood Microcephaly Mitochondrial Disorders Motor Neuron Disease Moya Moya Multiple Sclerosis Muscle Diseases and Testing Muscular Dystrophy Myasthenia Gravis Myelography Myoclonus Myoglobinuria, Rhabdomylosis, Creatine Kinase Myopathy Myotomes Myotonia Neglect Neurocutaneous Sydromes Neuroleptics Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Neuropathy, Hereditary neuropathies, diabetic neuropathy, GBS, AIDP, CIDP Nutritional Deficiency Syndromes Nystagmus Occipital Lobe Ocular Oscillations Olfaction Opalski Syndrome Opthalmoplegia Optic Nerve, Pailledema, Optic Neuritis, Optic Atrophy, Aion Optokinetic Nystagmus Pagets disease Pain Paraneoplastic Syndromes Parietal Lobe Parkinsons disease Parkinsonism Periodic Paralysis Peripheral Nerve PET and SPECT Pituitary, Adenoma, hypo and hyper pituitarism, apoplexy Porphyria Pregnancy Pseudobulbar Palsy Pseudotumor cerebri Radial Nerve Radiation Injury Radiculopathy Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Reflexes Respiratory Failure Restless Legs Syndrome (Ekbom Syndrome) Retina and Uveal Tract Rheumatoid Arthritis Rigidity Romberg Sign Sarcoidosis Sciatic Nerve and Sciatica Sepsis Shunts Sickle Cell Disease Sleep Disorders Spasticity Spinal Cord Spinal Cord Compression Spinal Cord Trauma Spinal Epidural Abscesses (SEA) Spinocerebellar Ataxia Spinocerebellar Degeneration Status Epilepticus Subdural Hematoma Syncope Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH) Syphilus Taste Temporal Lobe Thyroid Tourettes Syndrome; Gilles De La Tourettes Syndrome (GTS) Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound (TCD) Transplantation- Neurological Aspects Tremors Trigeminal Neuralgia Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Tumor Embolization Tumors Ulnar Nerve Ultrasonography Uremia Vasculitis Vein of Galen Malformation Venous Thrombosis Vertebroplasty / Kyphoplasty Vertigo Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex Visual Field WADA Testing Wilsons Disease Zoster APPENDICES AAN Guideline Summaries Evaluation and Prognosis of Coma Diagnosis and Management of Dementia Women With Epilepsy New AED in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy New AED in the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy Diagnosis of Patients with Neuroborreliosis Migraine Diagnosis and General Treatment Consideration Acute and Preventative Therapy of Migraine Headache in Child and Adolescence Supportive Management of Patients with ALS Algorithms for Nutritional and Respiratory Management of ALS MRI Utility in MS and Diagnostic Consideration in Patients with White Matter Lesions Disease Modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis Surgical Therapy of Diabetic Neuropathy Immunotherapy in Management of GBS Treating Parkinson Disease Treating Behavioral Changes in Parkinson Disease Standards of TCD Application Neurocritical Emergency Acute Ischemic Stroke Approach Bacterial Meningitis Critical Care of Myasthenia Gravis Headache Hemorrhagic Stroke and Intra-cerebral Hemorrhage Intracranial Pressure Neuromuscular Disorders Respiratory Parameter Pain Non-Acute Ischemic Stroke Quadriplegia Approach Spinal Cord Compression Status Epilepticus Approach Therapeutic Chemotherapeutic Agent and Neurooncology Chorea, Movement Disorder Dementia Depression Epilepsy and AED Essential Tremor, Movement Disorder Headaches and Migraine Insomnia Multiple Sclerosis Myasthenia Gravis Narcolepsy Obstructive Sleep Apnea Pagets Disease Pain Parkinsons Disease Restless Leg Syndrome Sedatives and Paralytics Spasticity, Movement Disorder Stroke TIC, Movement Disorders Scales Epworth Sleepiness Scale Fisher Subarachnoid Hemorrhage CT Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Hunt and Hess Scale Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale-MS Kurtzke Functional System Score-MS Modified Rankin Scale-Disability Scale NIH Stroke Severity Scale Spetzler-Martin AVM Score