Nervous System: For Medical Entrance Examinations

DEVELOPMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

ANATOMY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

General features of anatomy of nervous system

Anatomy of brain

Sulcus of brain

Blood supply of brain and spinal cord

Venous system of brain

Lobes of brain

Areas of brain

Thalamus

Limbic system

Hypothalamus

Ventricles of brain

Cerebellum

Afferent and efferent

Cranial nerve

Spinal cord

PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

General features of physiology of nervous system

Nerve fibres

Cerebrospinal fluid

Muscles

Muscle contraction

Nerve and action potential

Nerve conduction and inhibition

Synaptic potentials

Blood brain barrier

Memory

Thermal regulation

Temperature regulation in neonates

Neurotransmitters

Pain

Appetite

Tracts in nervous system

Pyramidal tract

Reflex

Physiology of autonomic nervous system

Brain death

HEADACHE

Cluster headache

Tension headache

Migraine

Basilar migraine

Ophthalmoplegic migraine

SYNCOPE

APHASIA

General features of aphasia

Broca’s aphasia

Wernicke’s aphasia

SEIZURE

General features of seizure

Absence seizure

Myoclonic seizures

Post traumatic seizures

Febrile seizures

Status epilepticus

Infantile spasm

General tonic clonic seizures

Partial seizures

Neonatal seizures

Infantile tremor syndrome

Antiepileptic drugs

MOTOR NEURON DISEASES

Upper motor neuron disease

Lower motor neuron disease

Motor neuron disease

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SPINAL CORD DISORDERS

Sensations

Brown Sequard syndrome

Conus medullaris

Spinal cord compression

Friedrich’s ataxia

Subacute combined degeneration

Tabes dorsalis

Syringomyelia

Spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal cord edema

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES

General features of cerebrovascular diseases

Intracranial aneurysm

Intracranial hemorrhage

Hemiballismus

Lacunar infarct

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Carotid stenosis

Anterior choroidal artery syndrome

Millard Gubler syndrome

Lateral medullary syndrome

Posterior inferior cerebellar artery infarct

Medial medullary syndrome

Weber syndrome

Benedict syndrome

Nothnagel syndrome

Claude syndrome

Parinaud syndrome

Foville syndrome

Miller gubler syndrome

Balint’s syndrome

Pontine stroke

Extrapyramidal symptoms

HEAD INJURY

General features of head injury

Glasgow coma scale

Glasgow coma scale

Features of head injury

Fracture anterior cranial fossa

Fracture middle cranial fossa

Basilar fracture

Management of head injury

Features of increased intracranial tension

Management of increased intracranial tension

Subdural hematoma

Extradural hemorrhage

CSF leak

Diffuse axonal injuries

Herniation

DISEASES OF NERVOUS SYSTEM

General features of disease of nervous system

Developmental diseases of brain and cranium

Vein of Galen malformation

Features of parkinsonism

Management of parkinsonism

Huntington’s chorea

Pseudotumour cerebri

Hydrocephalus

Supranuclear palsy

Intracranial calcification

Multiple sclerosis

Kluver Bucy syndrome

Cerebellar diseases

MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS

General features of meningitis

Neonatal meningitis

Meningococcal meningitis

Listeria meningitis

Hemophilus influenza meningitis

Cryptococcal meningitis

Neisseria meningitis

Streptococcus pneumonia meningitis

Tubercular meningitis

General features of encephalitis

Enterovirus encephalitis

Herpes simplex encephalitis

NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOURS

General features of nervous system tumours

Astrocytoma

Meningioma

Ependymoma

Medulloblastoma

Hydrocephalus

Craniopharyngioma

Sturge Weber syndrome

Von Hippel Lindeau syndrome

Neurofibroma

NEUROPATHY

General features of neuropathy

Types of neuropathy

Drugs associated with neuropathy

Autonomic neuropathy

Diabetic neuropathy

Entrapment neuropathy

Gullian Barre syndrome

MYOPATHY

General features of myopathy

Myasthenia gravis

Lambert eaton syndrome

Thymoma

Ducchne muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophies

Myotonic dystrophy

Episodic weakness

Channelopathies