Neurology exam: list of questions A. General Neurology 1. Motor system (anatomy, function, classification of disorders, types of pareses) 2. Somato-sensory system (anatomy, function, classification of disorders) – (except pain) 3. Pain (anatomy, characteristics, types of pain) 4. Peripheral nervous system (anatomy, function, classification of disorders, localisation of lesions) 5. Muscle (anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, types of disorders, gamma-loop) 6. Cranial nerves I-II (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 7. Cranial nerves III, IV, VI (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 8. Cranial nerve V (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 9. Cranial nerve VII (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 10. Cranial nerve VIII, vestibular syndrome (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 11. Cranial nerves IX-XII (anatomy, function, signs and symptoms of lesion) 12. Speech and language disorders (aphasia, aphonia, dysarthria, agraphia, alexia) 13. Disorders of other symbolic functions (apraxia, agnosia, Gerstmann syndrome) 14. Intracranial hypertension, hypotension (symptoms, causes of disorders) 15. Meningeal syndrome (symptoms, causes of disorders) 16. Autonomic nervous system and its disorders 17. Focal brain syndromes (frontal, pericentral, temporal, parietal, occipital, internal capsule, thalamic) 18. Spinal cord lesion syndromes (hemisection, transversal lesion, central gray matter syndrome, posterior and lateral funicular syndromes) 19. Brainstem lesion syndromes (bulbar/pseudobulbar syndrome, Wallenberg syndrome, alternating hemipareses, locked-in syndrome, ponto-cerebellar angle syndrome) 20. Cerebellum (anatomy, function, pathophysiology, cerebellar syndromes) 21. Disorders of consciousness – classification, causes 22. Coma (Glasgow coma scale, clinical evaluation), brain death 23. Delirium 24. Involuntary abnormal movements (tremor, chorea, myoclonus, tics, dystonia) 25. Neurological examination of newborns, infants and children 26. Spine examination 27. Segmental, pseudo-radicular and radicular (C6-8, L3-5, S1) syndromes 28. Epiconus, conus and cauda equina syndrome 29. X-ray, DSA (digital subtraction angiography) and CT in neurology 30. MRI in neurology 31. Sonography, SPECT and PET in neurology 32. EMG and evoked potentials in neurology 33. EEG in neurology 34. Cerebrospinal fluid examination. Lumbar puncture B. Special Neurology 1. Epilepsy: types of epileptic seizures, epileptic syndromes - definition, classification, etiology 2. Epilepsy: diagnosis, semiology, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures 3. Epilepsy in children including febrile seizures; differential diagnosis 4. Epilepsy: treatment including surgery 5. Status epilepticus (types, diagnosis, treatment) 6. Syncope and differential diagnosis of paroxysmal disorders 7. Sleep disorders (sleep apnea syndrome, parasomnias, insomnia, narcolepsy, hypersomnia) 8. Cerebrovascular diseases (classification) 9. Ischemic stroke (classification, etiology, syndromes of occlusion of cerebral arteries) 10. Intracerebral haemorrhage (etiology, treatment) 11. Subarachnoid haemorrhage (etiology, treatment) 12. Cerebral venous thrombosis 13. Treatment of cerebrovascular diseases (acute,secondary prevention, surgery) 14. Back pain syndromes: acute, chronic, neck pain, thoracic pain, low back pain - diagnosis, symptomatology 15. Spondylogenic radiculopathies and myelopathies: diagnosis, symptomatology 16. Treatment of back pain syndromes (pharmacologic, physiotherapy, surgery) 17. Traumatic lesions of the brain - classification 18. Commotio cerebri (cerebral concussion) and contusio cerebri (cerebral contusion) 19. Intracranial traumatic haemorrhage (epidural, subdural, cerebral) 20. Traumatic injuries of the spine and spinal cord 21. Consequences of head and spine injuries 22. Neuropathies (definition, classification, etiology) 23. Polyneuropathies (causes, diagnosis, treatment) 24. Inflamatory and dysimmune neuropathies (AIDP - Guillain-Barré syndrome, CIDP, AMAN, MMN) 25. Mononeuropathies - lesions of the median, ulnar and radial nerves 26. Mononeuropathies - lesions of the ischiadic, peroneal and tibial nerves 27. Plexopathies - lesions of the brachial and lumbosacral plexuses 28. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases (spinal muscular atrophy, ALS syndromes and variants) 29. Bacterial meningitis and brain abscess, including tuberculosis 30. Neurosyphylis, Lyme disease 31. Viral meningitis, encephalitis and myelitis, including HIV infection (AIDS) 32. Prion diseases: Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, others (new variant JCD, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease) 33. Tumours of the brain (definition, classification, clinical signs and symptoms) 34. Tumours of the brain (diagnosis, types, treatment) 35. Intraspinal tumours (diagnosis, types, treatment) 36. Metastatic intracranial and intraspinal tumours 37. Headache (definition, classification) 38. Migraine, cluster headache 39. Trigeminal and glossopharyngeal neuralgias 40. Multiple sclerosis - diagnosis, symptomatology, types, treatment 41. Parkinson’s disease - diagnosis, clinical characteristics, treatment 42. Parkinsonian syndromes (vascular, MSA, PSP, CBD) 43. Tremor – differential diagnosis 44. Dystonias 45. Chorea - differential diagnosis 46. Myoclonus and tics - differential diagnosis 47. Muscular dystrophies 48. Myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome 49. Inflammatory myopathies (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis) 50. Metabolic disorders of nervous system (hepatal, renal impairment, hypoxic encephalopathy, endocrinopathies) 51. Disorders of CNS in system autoimmune diseases (vasculitis, SLE, Wegener granulomatosis) 52. Toxic and nutritional disorders of nervous system (associated with vitamins deficiency or excess – B1, B2, B12; ethanol, Wernicke´s encephalopathy, central pontine myelinolysis) 53. Disorders of the autonomic nervous system 54. Dementia – definition, classification, diagnosis 55. Alzheimer’s disease 56. Other dementias (vascular, fronto-temporal dementia, Lewy-body disease) 57. Wilson’s disease, spinocerebellar ataxias 58. Hydrocephalus (types, diagnosis, treatment), BIH (benign intracranial hypertension) 59. Cerebral palsy 60. Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes, autoimmune non-paraneoplastic encephalitis (anti NMDA, anti LGI1)