Equine neurology

Equine Neurology, Second Edition is a comprehensive, clinically oriented reference to neurologic diseases and conditions in equine patients. Offering a highly practical, problem-based approach, the book provides diagnostic algorithms, charts, and tables, all intended to act as resources for the nervous system exam, differential diagnosis, and treating neurology presentations. For the first time, the Second Edition includes access to downloadable video clips on a companion website, and adds chapters on imaging the nervous system, neuronal physiology, sleep disorders, head shaking, differenti.

Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors List; Preface; Video Clips Demonstrating Clinical Signs; SECTION 1: Foundations of Clinical Neurology; 1 Overview of Neuroanatomy; Organization of the nervous system; Development; Organization of gray and white matter in the CNS; Organization of gray and white matter in the PNS; Gross anatomy of the CNS; Topographic features of the spinal cord; The peripheral nervous system; Functional systems for clinicians; 2 Cerebrospinal Fluid and the Blood-Brain Barrier; Blood-brain barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid; References.

3 Immunology of the Central Nervous SystemReferences; 4 Pharmaceutical Considerations for Treatment of Central Nervous System Disease; Introduction to neuropharmacology; Antibacterial drugs; Antiviral drugs; Anti-inflammatory drugs; Anticonvulsant drugs; Drugs affecting behavior; References; 5 Fundamental Neurophysiology; Ionic gradients and membrane potentials; Action potentials; The neuron; The synapse; Metabolic aspects of neuronal function; Glia; References; Further Reading; SECTION 2: Clinical Equine Neurology; 6 Examination of the Nervous System.

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