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Students: • Failoc Rojas Virgilio• Fuentes Muro Oscar• Gonzales Yovera Jhean• Mas Golac Ciro• Plasencia Dueñas Esteban• Sajami Puertas Jhonatan Fernando.

BRANCHES OF NEUROLOGY

NEUROANATOMYStudy of the anatomy and

organization of the nervous system.

NEUROANATOMICAL

STRUCTURAL DIVISION

CNS

PNS

CNS

PNS

Neuroanatomical Division Functional

ANS

SNS

PSNS

NEUROPHISIOLOGYBranch of physiology

that studies the nervous system function

Basic Principles

1• Large number of brain neurons

2• Neurons consist of a cell body, dendritic tree

structure and an axon

3• Neurons generate electrical potentials

4• Electric potentials are the basic mechanisms for

communication

5• Neurons are functionally polarized

6• Synapse

7• Dale's Principle

DEFINITIONNeuropsychology is a discipline

fundamentally clinical, which converges between neurology and psychology.

NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

STUDYNeuropsychology studies the effects of

injury, damage or malfunction in the central nervous system structures in the cognitive, psychological, emotional and individual behavior.

CAUSES OF THE PRINCIPAL DEFECTS OR DEFICITS

Head injury Stroke Brain tumors Neurodegenerative

diseases(Alzhemier, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson, etc.)

Developmental diseases(Epilepsy, cerebral palsy, attention deficit,hyperactivity)

CONCEPTIs the evaluation of psychological and

behavioral effects of brain damage in a person to detect and establish a relationship between the anatomical areas and cognitive functions affected in order to delineate a neuropsychological rehabilitation program relevant to the case.

DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN NEUROLOGY

Lumbar punctureDiagnostic and at times therapeutic procedure that is performed in order to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

For biochemical analysis

Very rarely as a treatment to relieve increased intracranial pressure

The most common purpose for a lumbar puncture is to collect

cerebrospinal fluid in a case of suspected meningitis.

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY

Can detect the degree of tightening or obstruction of an artery or blood glass in the brain, the head or the neck.

It is used to diagnose cerebro-vascular accidents and to determine the location and size of a cerebral tumor, aneurysm, or vascular malformation.

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Magnetic resonance of a head  

Is a noninvasive technique

To obtain information on the structure and composition of the body to be analyzed

This information is processed by computer and transformed into images of the inside of what has been analyzed.

To observe alterations in the tissue and detect cancers and other diseases

Unlike CT , uses no ionizing radiation , but fields magnetic to align the nuclear magnetization of (usually) atoms of hydrogen from water in the bodY

Computed tomography

Also called scanning , is a technique of medical imaging that uses X-radiation for cuts or sections of anatomical objects for diagnostic purposes.

Is the imaging slices or sections of an object