Related Subjects:
|Neurological History taking
|Cortical functions
|Motor System
|Sensory System
|Mental state Examination
|Speech and Language Exam
|Cranial nerves and examination
|Assessing Cogniton
It is so important to take a detailed history and a timeline of problems as they have arisen. Neurological diagnosis is 90% historical supplemented with signs and imaging and other tests.
Location, causation, confirmation, explanation, treatment
Symptoms and sign timings and periodicity
The duration of symptoms and periodicity helps too
Levels of damage and findings
Cortical level
Subcortical
Brainstem
Cerebellar lesions
Spinal cord (starts at foramen magnum and ends at L1/2)
Cauda equina
Anterior horn cell
Peripheral nervous system
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