1. Nervous System Structure and Function.- Componentsr.- Central nervous system subdivisions.- Spinal cord.- Brain stem.- Cerebellum.- Diencephalon.- Basal ganglia.- Corticoid and allocortex.- Cerebral cortex.- Blood supply.- Neuron.- Axon.- Dendrite.- Neuronal physiology.- Acetylcholine.- Dopamine.- Norepinephrine.- Serotonin.- ?-Aminobutyric acid (GABA).- Glycine.- Glutamate.- Opioids.- Neuroglia.- Astrocyte.- Oligodendrocyte.- Ependymal cell.- Microglial cell.- Endothelial cells.- Pia-arachnoid.- 2. Principles of Cerebral Localization Syndromes.- Hemisyndromes.- Behavioral syndromes.- Frontal lobe syndromes.- Parietal lobe syndromes.- Temporal lobe syndromes.- Occipital lobe syndromes.- Basal ganglia syndromes.- Thalamic syndromes.- Hypothalamic syndromes.- Brain stem syndromes.- Cerebellar syndromes.- Spinal cord syndromes.- Peripheral nervous system syndromes.- Visual disturbances.- Vertigo, dizziness, unsteadiness.- Unilateral facial paralysis.- Gait disturbances.- Epilepsy and seizure disorder.- 3. Brain Edema and Mass Effect Edema.- Intracranial fluid dynamics.- Brain herniation.- 4. Pathology of Cerebrovascular Disease Stroke.- Hypoxia, ischemia, infarction.- Hypoxic/ischemic encephalopathy.- Transient ischemic attacks (TIA' s).- Fibromuscular dysplasia.- Moyamoya disease.- Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (congophilic angiopathy).- Arteritis (vasculitis).- Hypertensive cerebrovascular disease.- Intracranial vascular aneurysms.- Arteriovenous malformations.- Subependymal and intraventricular hemorrhage.- 5. Pathology of Central Nervous System Infections.- Sites of CNS infections.- Blood-brain barrier.- Meningitis.- Focal suppurative infections.- Fungal and parasitic CNS infections.- Neurosyphilis.- Lyme disease.- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).-Arbovirus encephalitis.- Herpesvirus encephalitis.- Poliomyelitis.- Rabies.- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.- 6. Neurodegenerative Diseases and Dementia Definitions.- Alzheimer' s disease.- Pick' s disease (lobar atrophy).- Parkinsonism (Parkinson' s syndrome).- Huntington' s disease (Huntington' s chorea).- Spinocerebellar degeneration.- 7. Nervous System Tumors Pathophysiology of symptoms.- Diagnosis of brain tumor.- Glioma.- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET).- Peripheral neuroblastoma.- Pheochromocytoma.- Craniopharyngioma.- Colloid cyst of third ventricle.- Meningioma.- Schwannoma (neurilemmoma).- Neurofibroma.- Hemangioblastoma of cerebellum (Lindau' s tumur).- Chordoma.- Primary central nervous system lymphoma.- Metastatic tumors.- 8. Pathology of Craniocerebral Trauma Craniocerebral trauma.- Missile injuries.- Closed head injury.- Delayed complications of head injury.- 9. Peripheral Nerve and Muscle Pathology Anatomy and physiology.- Electrophysiologic studies.- Pathology.- 10. Pathology of Toxic and Nutritional Diseases Central pontine myelinolysis.- Marchiafava-Bignami disease.- Methanol (methyl alcohol; wood alcohol) poisoning.- Ethylene glycol poisoning.- Lead poisoning.- Arsenic poisoning.- Mercury poisoning (organic or inorganic mercury).- Thallium poisoning.- Carbon monoxide poisoning.- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.- Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration.- Vitamin E (?-tocopherol) deficiency.- Vitamin B deficiency.- Hypoglycemic encephalopathy.- Hepatic encephalopathy.- Uremic neuropathy.- Kernicterus.- Radiation effects.- 11. Pathology of Neurometabolic Disorders Gaucher' s disease.- Niemann-Pick disease.- GM2-gangliosidosis.- Fabry' s disease.- Ceroid lipofuscinoses.- Metachromaticleukodystrophy.- Krabbe' s disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy).- Peroxisomal disorders.- Mucopolysaccharidoses.- Aminoacid disorders.- Transferase-deficient galactosemia.- Glycogen storage disorders.- Wilson' s disease (hepatolenticular degeneration).- Alexander' s disease.- Canavan' s disease.- Leigh' s disease.- Lesch-Nyhan disease.- Porphyria.- 12. Pathology of Demyelinating Disorders Multiple sclerosis (MS).- Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.- Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis.- Guillain-Barré syndrome.- 13. Nervous System Malformations Definitions.- Neural tube defects (dysraphic disorders).- Trisomy 21 syndrome (Down' s syndrome).- Hydrocephalus (hydrocephaly).- Anomalies of neuronal migration.- Hydranencephaly.- Porencephaly.- Multicystic encephalopathy.- Holoprosencephaly.- Encephalocele.- Agenesis of the corpus callosum.- Arrhinencephaly.- 14. Spinal Cord Pathology Vascular disorders.- Inflammatory conditions.- Spinal trauma.- Degeneration of intervertebral disc.- Rheumatoid arthritis.- Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament.- Syringomyelia.- Neoplasms.- Spinal cord anomalies.- 15. Pineal Gland Pathology Anatomy and physiology.- Innervation of pineal gland.- Circumventricular secretory organs.- Pineal neoplasm.- Germ cell tumors.- 16. Pituitary Gland Pathology Pituitary gland location.- Embryonic derivation.- Vascular supply.- Cellular architecture of adenohypophysis.- Neurohypophyseal hormones.- Hypothalamic hypophysiotrophic hormones.- Adenohypophyseal hormones.- Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH).- Thyrotropin.- Gonadotropins.- Human growth hormone.- Prolactin.- Pituitary adenoma.- 17. Eye Pathology Orbit.- Eyelids.- Cornea, sclera, and conjunctiva.- Anterior and posterior chambers.- Uveal tract.- Lens.- Vitreous.-Retina.- Vascular disease.- Pigmentary retinopathy.- 18. Ear Pathology External ear.- Middle ear.- Inner ear.- Cochlea.- Physiologic studies.- Otitis media.- Otosclerosis.- Ménière' s disease.- Self-assessment examination #1.- Self-assessment examination #2.- Answers to self-assessment examinations.

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