Neurology

🧠 NEUROLOGY

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROLOGY

• Neuroanatomy & Neurophysiology
• CNS: Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brainstem, Spinal cord
• PNS: Peripheral nerves, NMJ
• Autonomic nervous system
• Neurotransmitters & pathways
• Neurologic Examination
• Mental status
• Cranial nerves
• Motor system
• Sensory system
• Cerebellar testing
• Gait analysis
• Extended MSE
• Neuroimaging & Diagnostic Tools
• CT, MRI, MRA, MRV
• EEG, EMG/NCS
• Lumbar puncture
• CSF physiology & interpretation
• Brain perfusion studies
• PET & functional imaging
• Approach 
• Myelopathy (spinal cord disorders)
• Visual hallucination

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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)
• Transient Global Amnesia
• Vascular malformation of CNS
• Brain arteriovenous malformations
• Carotid-carvernous fistlas

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PART III: SEIZURES & EPILEPSY

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

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PART IV: HEADACHE & PAIN DISORDERS

• Headache evaluation
• Craniofacial pain: Overview
• Thundercap headache: Overview
• Chronic daily headache
• Migraine
• Pathophysiology, Clinical, Diagnosis 
• Acute treatment
• Prevention
• Tension-type headache
• Cluster headache 
• Epidermiology, Clinical, Diagnosis
• Treatment, Prognosis
• Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
• Paroxysmal hemicrania: Clinical, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
• Hemicrania continua
• Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attack: Clinical, Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis
• Neuralgias
• Cranial neuropathies
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Occipital neuralgia
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Nervus intermedius neuralgia
• Cervicogenic headache
• Others Primary headache syndrome
• Primary stabbing headache
• Primary exercise headache
• Primary headache associated sexual activity
• Primary cough headache
• Cold stimulus headache
• Hypnic headache
• Nummular headache
• New daily persistent headache
• Secondary headache disorders
• Post traumtic headache
• IICP
• Brain tumor headache
• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
• Neurologic sarcoidosis
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
• Chiari malformation
• Cerebrovascular disease (SAH, ICH, ischemic stroke, CVT, SDH)
• Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
• Carotid/vertebral artery dissection
• Vasculitis
• Primary angiitis of the CNS
• Medication-overuse headache
• Etiology, Clinical, Diagnosis
• Treatment, Prognosis
• Infection (meningitis/encephalitis, brain abscess, HZV)
• Metabolic (HT, preclampsia, PRES, OSA, high-altitude)
• Others (gaint cell arteritis, TMJ, somatic, sinus, glaucoma)
• Chronic pain syndromes (central pain, neuropathic pain)

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PART V: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

20.    Parkinson’s Disease

• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

21.    Atypical parkinsonism (MSA, PSP, CBD)

22.    Essential tremor

23.    Dementia

• Cognitive impairment and Dementia: Evaluation
• 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

• NMJ disorders from toxins
• Myasthenia gravis
• Lambert-Eaton

27.    Myopathies

• Inflammatory (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, IBM)
• Genetic muscular dystrophies
• Metabolic myopathies
• Myotonic dystrophy (DM1, DM2)
• Etiology, Clinical, Diagnosis
• Treatment, Prognosis

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PART VII: INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

28.    Meningitis

• Bacterial meningitis
• Aseptic meningitis
• Eosinophilic meningitis
• Chronic 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

Transverse myelitis    

Multiple Sclerosis

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

• Adult
• Pediatric

Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD)

MOG-associated disease

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

Neuropsychiatric SLE

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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
• Leptomeningeal disease of solid tumor

Spinal tumors

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome

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PART X: NEUROTRAUMA

• Skull fracture
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Concussion / mild TBI
• Spinal cord injury
• Acute traumatic SCI
• Chronic SCI
• 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

Neuro-ophthalmology

• Optic neuropathy
• Optic neuritis
• Papilledema
• Approach to diplopia
• Approach to anisocoria
• Third cranial nerve palsy
• Fourth cranial nerve palsy
• Sixth cranial nerve palsy
• Homonymous hemianopia
• Ocular myasthenia gravis
• Horner syndrome

Neurocritical care

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

Functional neurologic disorders

• Functional movement disorder
• Functional neurological symptom disorder

 Neuropsychiatry (delirium, cognitive disorders)

 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