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Nervous System and Brain

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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery

Neurologic Diagnostic Procedures

Overviews
Neurological Diagnostic Tests and Procedures:NINDS
Diagnosis of Brain, Spinal Cord and Nerve Disorders:Merck Manual, Home Edition
Neurological Diagnostic Tests:AANS
Neurological Imaging:Research Results, NIH [PDF]

Procedures
Angiogram of the Head and Neck:WebMD
Computed Tomography (CT) of the Head:Radiological Society of North America
Electroencephalogram (EEG):WebMD
Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies:WebMD
Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap):WebMD
Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA):WebMD
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Head:WebMD
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the Spine:WebMD
Myelogram:WebMD
Positron Emission Tomograpy (PET Scan):WebMD

Neurosurgery

Overviews
What is Neurosurgery?AANS
Brain Surgery:Better Health Channel

Procedures
Craniotomy: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Posterior Fossa Craniotomy for Brain Tumor:Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH [Video]
Deep Brain Stimulation:AANS
Gamma Knife Surgery:International Radiosurgery Association
Linac (Linear Accelerator) Radiosurgery and Radiation Therapy:International Radiosurgery Association
Stereotactic Radiosurgery:AANS
Stereotactic Radiosurgery:International Radiosurgery Association
Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy:Johns Hopkins
Other procedures, see Specific Disorders below

Index to Neurosurgery for Specific Disorders
Acoustic Neuromas
Arteriovenous Malformations
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
Cerebral Aneurysms
Dystonia
Epilepsy
Essential Tremor
Parkinson's Disease
Pituitary Tumors
Trigeminal Neuralgia

Neural Transplantation

Neural Transplantation : An Introduction:netLibrary
American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair
The Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair:Cambridge University
The Neural Transplantation Programme at Brain Repair Centre:Cambridge University [PDF]

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