neurological

Examples of neurological in the following topics:

• Other Neurological Disorders

  • Epilepsy and stroke are examples of neurological disorders that arise from malfunctions in the nervous system.
  • There are several other neurological disorders that cannot be easily placed into clean-cut categories.

• Assessing CNS Disorders

  • An example of a specific type of neurological test is a monofilament test which evaluates fine touch by applying pressure to the skin with a set of nylon filaments.
  • A neurological examination is the assessment of sensory neuron and motor responses, especially reflexes, to determine whether the nervous system is impaired.
  • It can be used both as a screening tool when no neurological deficit is expected and as an investigative tool when abnormalities are expected.
  • Generally a neurological examination is focused on finding lesions in the nervous systems or if there is another diffuse process that is problematic for the patient.
  • A patient's history is the most important part of a neurological examination.

• Spinal Cord Trauma

  • B indicates an "incomplete" spinal cord injury where sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5.
  • This is typically a transient phase and if the person recovers any motor function below the neurological level, that person essentially becomes a motor incomplete, i.e.
  • C indicates an "incomplete" spinal cord injury where motor function is preserved below the neurological level and more than half of key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade of less than three, which indicates active movement with full range of motion against gravity.
  • D indicates an "incomplete" spinal cord injury where motor function is preserved below the neurological level and at least half of the key muscles below the neurological level have a muscle grade of three or more.
  • Note that it is possible to have spinal cord injury and neurological deficits with completely normal motor and sensory scores.

• Medulla Injury

  • Lateral medullary syndrome, also called Wallenberg syndrome and posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome, is a disease that presents with a constellation of neurologic symptoms due to injury to the lateral part of the medulla in the brain, resulting in tissue ischemia and necrosis, typically from blood clot (stroke) impeding the vertebral artery and/or the posterior inferior cerebellar artery .
  • Treatment for lateral medullary syndrome involves focusing on relief of symptoms and active rehabilitation to help those suffering from the syndrome recover their activities of daily living and cope with neurologic loss that can be psychologically devastating.
  • Depressed mood and withdrawal from society can be seen in patients following the initial neurologic insult.
  • Others may be left with significant neurological disabilities for years after the initial symptoms appeared.

• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

  • Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease (vCJD) is a fatal neurological disorder which is caused by prions.
  • Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, or CJD, is a degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is incurable and invariably fatal.

• Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)

  • TMJ syndrome is a common disorder that spans both neurology and dentistry, which manifests as acute or chronic pain in the jaw area.
  • This disorder transcends the boundaries between several health-care disciplines, particularly dentistry and neurology.

• African Trypanosomiasis

  • The second phase, the neurological phase, begins when the parasite invades the central nervous system by passing through the blood–brain barrier.
  • The term "sleeping sickness" comes from the symptoms of the neurological phase.
  • Damage caused in the neurological phase is irreversible.

• Cephalic Phase

  • The cephalic phase of gastric secretion occurs even before food enters the stomach via neurological signals.

• Acute Radiation Damage

  • Relatively larger doses can result in neurological effects and rapid death.
  • Classically, acute radiation syndrome is divided into three main presentations: hematopoietic (affecting the bone marrow), gastrointestinal (following radiation exposure to the stomach and intestines), and neurological/vascular (after exposure to the brain).

• Humoral, Hormonal, and Neural Stimuli

  • The release of hormones can be triggered by changes in the blood ("humor"), by the actions of other hormones, or by neurological stimuli.