The clinical neuroanatomy section has been divided up into six sections: The basic neurological examination; The neuroradiology laboratory; The Clinical case studies section 1; The clinical case studies section 2; The clinical case studies section 3; and the clinical case studies section 4.
The clinical neurological examination includes all the basic information necessary at this point of your career to understand the basic examination along with clinical terminology.
The neuroradiology laboratory consists of imaging techniques including MRI's and CAT scans. They are meant to familiarize you with the normal images in relation to your neuroanatomical knowledge and also case studies so that you can test that knowledge.
The clinical case studies have been divided into FOUR sections, each one more difficult than the previous one. The first two sections will deal with a clinical description followed by the case study answer including a description of the disease entity and a picture of the location of the lesion.
The case study section 3 deals with 5 spinal cord cases and 25 other case histories. You will be expected to learn a glossary of terminologies and answer a series of questions dealing with the case study.
This section will require you to learn on your own in a problem based setting. The answers will be discussed in class for each assignment.
The case study section 4 deals with a picture depicting the brain section and the defined lesion. The purpose of these case studies are to identify the brain nuclei and tracts associated within the lesion site and list them. You will also be expected to define a series of clinical functions pertaining to those structure's and reconstruct a clinical picture as to how the patient would be presenting. Remember that some involved structures will cancel out as some of the symptoms will be either the same, or be overwhelmed by other functional deficiencies which obscure a specific structure's involvement.