About the Editors vii

Notes on Contributors viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments x

About the Companion Website xi

1 Signalment and History: The First Considerations 1
Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa

2 Performing the Neurologic Examination 9
Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & William B. Thomas

3 Lesion Localization: Functional and Dysfunctional Neuroanatomy 29
Curtis W. Dewey

4 Differential Diagnosis 53
Ronaldo C. da Costa & Curtis W. Dewey

5 Neurodiagnostics 61
Curtis W. Dewey, Ronaldo C. da Costa, & Julie M. Ducote´

6 Principles and Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging—Brain and Spine 87
Silke Hecht & Ronaldo C. da Costa

7 Encephalopathies: Disorders of the Brain 141
Curtis W. Dewey

8 Head-Trauma Management 237
Curtis W. Dewey & Daniel J. Fletcher

9 Seizures and Narcolepsy 249
William B. Thomas & Curtis W. Dewey

10 Involuntary Movements and Paroxysmal Disorders 269
Simon Platt

11 Disorders of Hearing and Balance: The Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII) and Associated Structures 277
Sean G. Sanders

12 Cerebellar Diseases and Tremor Syndromes 299
Sean G. Sanders

13 Myelopathies: Disorders of the Spinal Cord 329
Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa

14 Disorders of the Cauda Equina 405
Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa

15 Spinal Trauma Management 423
Daniel J. Fletcher, Curtis W. Dewey, & Ronaldo C. da Costa

16 Neurology and Neuropharmacology of Normal and Abnormal Urination 437
Curtis W. Dewey & Ronaldo C. da Costa

17 Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System: Mononeuropathies and Polyneuropathies 445
Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico

18 Myopathies: Disorders of Skeletal Muscle 481
Curtis W. Dewey & Lauren R. Talarico

19 Junctionopathies: Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction 521
Jacques Penderis & Paula Martin-Vaquero

20 Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 559
Mary Tefend Campbell & Janice L. Huntingford

21 Pharmacologic Management of Pain for Patients with Neurologic Disease 585
Bruno H. Pypendop & Linda S. Barter

22 Complementary and Alternative Therapy for Patients with Neurologic Disease 599
Karen L. Kline

23 Neurotoxicological Syndromes 611
David C. Dorman

Canine Brain Atlas 633

Canine Brain Atlas Glossary 641
Thomas F. Fletcher

Index 651