Table of Contents
About the Editors vii
Notes on Contributors viii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments x
About the Companion Website xi
1 Signalment and History: The First Considerations 1Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa
2 Performing the Neurologic Examination 9Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & William B. Thomas
3 Lesion Localization: Functional and Dysfunctional Neuroanatomy 29Curtis W. Dewey
4 Differential Diagnosis 53Ronaldo C. da Costa & Curtis W. Dewey
5 Neurodiagnostics 61Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & Julie M. Ducote´
6 Principles and Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging—Brain and Spine 87Silke Hecht & Ronaldo C. da Costa
7 Encephalopathies: Disorders of the Brain 141Curtis W. Dewey
8 Head-Trauma Management 237Curtis W. Dewey & Daniel J. Fletcher
9 Seizures and Narcolepsy 249William B. Thomas & Curtis W. Dewey
10 Involuntary Movements and Paroxysmal Disorders 269Simon Platt
11 Disorders of Hearing and Balance: The Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII) and Associated Structures 277Sean G. Sanders
12 Cerebellar Diseases and Tremor Syndromes 299Sean G. Sanders
13 Myelopathies: Disorders of the Spinal Cord 329Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa
14 Disorders of the Cauda Equina 405Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa
15 Spinal Trauma Management 423Daniel J. Fletcher, Curtis W. Dewey, & Ronaldo C. da Costa
16 Neurology and Neuropharmacology of Normal and Abnormal Urination 437Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa
17 Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System: Mononeuropathies and Polyneuropathies 445Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico
18 Myopathies: Disorders of Skeletal Muscle 481Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico
19 Junctionopathies: Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction 521Jacques Penderis & Paula Martin-Vaquero
20 Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 559Mary Tefend Campbell & Janice L. Huntingford
21 Pharmacologic Management of Pain for Patients with Neurologic Disease 585Bruno H. Pypendop & Linda S. Barter
22 Complementary and Alternative Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 599Karen L. Kline
23 Neurotoxicological Syndromes 611David C. Dorman
Canine Brain Atlas 633
Canine Brain Atlas Glossary 641Thomas F. Fletcher
Index 651