Neurology

🧠 NEUROLOGY

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROLOGY

1.       Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology

o   CNS: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem, Spinal cord

o   PNS: Peripheral nerves, NMJ

o   Autonomic nervous system

o   Neurotransmitters & pathways

2.       Neurologic Examination

o   Mental status

o   Cranial nerves

o   Motor system

o   Sensory system

o   Cerebellar testing

o   Gait analysis

3.       Neuroimaging & Diagnostic Tools

o   CT, MRI, MRA, MRV

o   EEG, EMG/NCS

o   Lumbar puncture & CSF interpretation

o   Brain perfusion studies

o   PET & functional imaging

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PART II: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

• Cerebrovascular disease (overview)
• Complication associated cerebrovascular disease
• Neuroimaging in acute stroke
• Ischemic Stroke
• Reperfusion therapy 
• Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Sponteneous ICH
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage
• TIA & Stroke Mimics
• Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST)

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PART III: SEIZURES & EPILEPSY

• Seizure classification (2025)
• First-time seizure
• Initial treatment of Epilepsy
• Maintenance therapy of epilepsy
• Sudden Unexpected Dealth in Epilepsy

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PART IV: HEADACHE & PAIN DISORDERS

14.    Migraine

15.    Tension-type headache

16.    Cluster headache & trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias

17.    Medication-overuse headache

18.    Neuralgias (trigeminal, occipital)

19.    Chronic pain syndromes (central pain, neuropathic pain)

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PART V: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

20.    Parkinson’s Disease

21.    Atypical parkinsonism (MSA, PSP, CBD)

22.    Essential tremor

23.    Dementia

• Alzheimer disease
• Vascular dementia
• Lewy body dementia
• Frontotemporal dementia
• Mixed dementia

24.    ALS & Motor Neuron Disease

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PART VI: NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES

25.    Peripheral Neuropathies

• Diabetic neuropathy
• Immune-mediated (GBS, CIDP)
• Toxic, metabolic, hereditary

26.    Neuromuscular Junction Disorders

• Myasthenia gravis
• Lambert-Eaton

27.    Myopathies

• Inflammatory (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, IBM)
• Genetic muscular dystrophies
• Metabolic myopathies

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PART VII: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

28.    Meningitis

29.    Encephalitis

• Viral Encephalitis (Pediatric)
• Viral Encephalitis (Adult)

30.    Brain abscess

31.    Spinal infections (epidural abscess, discitis)

32.    Neurologic complications of systemic infections

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PART VIII: DEMYELINATING & AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS

33.    Multiple Sclerosis

34.    Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

35.    Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

36.    MOG-associated disease

37.    Autoimmune encephalitides (NMDA, LGI1, CASPR2, GABA, etc.)

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PART IX: NEURO-ONCOLOGY

Primary brain tumor

• Clinical & Diagnosis
• Risk factor
• Brain tumor headache
• VTE treament & prophylaxis

Metastatic brain tumors

• Metastatic brain tumor
• Vasogenic edema in brain tumor

Spinal tumors

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome

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PART X: NEUROTRAUMA

42.    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

43.    Concussion / mild TBI

44.    Spinal cord injury

45.    Intracranial pressure (ICP) & herniation syndromes

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PART XI: AUTONOMIC & SYSTEMIC NEUROLOGY

46.    Autonomic failure & dysautonomia

47.    Syncope

48.    Sleep Disorders

• OSA
• Narcolepsy
• RBD
• Insomnia

49.    Neurologic complications of metabolic disorders

• Hyponatremia, hypernatremia
• Hypoglycemia, DKA, HHS
• Uremic encephalopathy
• Hepatic encephalopathy

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PART XII: PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

50.    Developmental delays

51.    Cerebral palsy

52.    Genetic & metabolic encephalopathies

53.    Pediatric epilepsy syndromes

54.    Neurometabolic disorders

55.    Neuromuscular disease in children

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PART XIII: SPECIAL TOPICS

56.    Neurocritical care

• ICP monitoring
• Brain death
• Coma evaluation (GCS, FOUR)

57.    Neuroimmunology advances

58.    Functional neurologic disorders

59.    Neuropsychiatry (delirium, cognitive disorders)

60.    Global neurology & stroke systems of care

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PART XIV: MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Hypokinetic movement disorder

• Pakinsonism

Hyperkinetic movement disorder

• Tremor
• Dystonia
• Chorea/Atehetosis
• Ballismus
• Myoclonus
• Tics
• Sterotype

Overlapping movement disorders