Syllabus
General neurology:
Nervous system, its function and dysfunction.
Motor system – upper and lower motor neuron lesion.
Sensitive system, its function and dysfunction. Pain, its types and painful syndromes.
Extrapyramidal system and movement disorders.
Cerebellum and coordination.
Cranial nerves and its disorders.
Symbolic functions.
Altered states of consciousness. Delirium, coma, brain death. Memory, learning. Cognition. Brainstem syndromes, hemispheric and lobes syndromes. Intracranial hypertension. Cerebrospinal fluid, disorders and its circulation, hydrocephalus. Spinal syndromes.
Neurological examination and dignostic methods in neurology: Neurological examination of the patient. Neurological symptoms and signs, topical diagnosis.
Diagnostic methods In neurology. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Electroencephalography, electromyography, evoked potentials, diagnostic ultrasound.
Imaging in neurological diseases. Computer tomography. Magnetic resonance.
Neurological diseases:
Cerebrovascular diseases. Patophysiology of the brain circulation. Atherothrombosis. Arterial embolization. Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, its types. Treatment and prevention. Stroke centers.
Epilepsy. Types of seizures. Status epilepticus. Therapy and prevention. Syncopes.
Demyelinating disorders.
Neurooncology. Intracranial tumors – primary and metastasis. Spinal tumors, paraneoplastic disorders.
Craniocerebral trauma, injury of the spine and medulla.
Central nervous system infection. Bacterial meningitis, brain abscess. Tuberculous meningitis. Spinal epidural abscess.
Viral meningoencephalitis. Neuroborreliosis.
Neurodegenerative diseases of the brain. Parkinson´s disease, Alzheimer´s disease.
Neurodegnerative diseases of the spinal medulla. Motor neuron disease.
Diseases of the spine and spinal medulla.
Nutritional and metabolic diseases.
Toxic injuries of the nervous system
Annotation
General neurology:
Motor and sensitive system. Pain. Extrapyramidal system. Cerebellum. Cranial nerves. Altered states of consciousness and cognitive functions. Hemispheric, brainstem and spinal syndromes. Intracranial hypertension. Neurological examination and diagnostic methods in neurology.
Neurological diseases:
Vascular diseases of the brain. Intracranial and spinal tumors. Craniocerebral and spinal trauma. Epilepsy. Syncope. Sleep disorders. Neuroinfection. Multiple sclerosis. Neurodegenerative diseases. Developmental and congenital anomalies of the nervous system. Peripheral nerve disorders. Neuromuscular diseases. Degenerative spinal diseases. Headaches and cranial neuralgias.