In this episode, we will learn the functions of the various lobes of the brain. We will do that with the help of clinical cases. It won’t be a comprehensive discussion on the lobe functions but an introduction to the […]
Etiology of coma and various herniation syndromes.
In this episode, we will discuss the clinical features of various causes of coma and the features of the different brain stem herniation syndromes. At the end of this session, we will be able to tell 1. The clinical features […]
Clinical localisation and approach to an unconscious patient.
In this session, we will discuss how to approach an unconscious patient. A comatose patient is always a challenge in the emergency department. The aetiology may vary from an easily correctable metabolic problem like hypoglycemia to a life-threatening one like […]
Anatomy of basal ganglia and approach to Parkinsonism.
Disorders of the basal ganglia produce a group of diseases called movement disorders. There is either a decrease in movement as in parkinsonism or an increase in movements as in tremors, dystonia, chorea, athetosis, ballism, myoclonus or tics. In this […]
Anatomy and clinical localisation of the sensory system
In this session, we will discuss the clinical localisation of sensory symptoms. We will learn the sensory pathways and study the clinical features of lesions involving these pathways. At the of this session, we will be able to tell […]
Anatomy of the brainstem and its clinical localisation.
In this episode, we will learn the anatomy and localisation of the brainstem lesions. The anatomy of the brainstem is often considered as difficult by medical students. In this episode, we will try to learn the brainstem anatomy from a […]
The anatomy of the cerebellum and the clinical approach to a patient with cerebellar ataxia.
Ataxia is a common symptom with which a patient presents to a neurologist. An ataxia case is often kept for final year medical school clinical examination. Ataxia is defined as a lack of voluntary coordination of muscle activity. A cerebellar […]
Blood supply of the Internal capsule – Bonus Episode
Hello everyone, This is a bonus episode of the blood supply of the brain. Episode 7 was almost reaching twenty minutes. I could not give a summary in the episode, and many of you were asking about the blood supply […]
Blood supply of the brain and arterial localisation of stroke
In this session, we will learn the blood supply of the brain. We will understand the symptoms produced when a particular blood vessel is occluded. This helps to predict which artery is affected by the symptomatology of a stroke patient. […]
Clinical localisation of spinal cord disorders.
We discussed spinal cord anatomy and various spinal cord syndromes in the last session. We will use that knowledge to localise spinal cord lesions in this session. The spinal cord lesions have an axial and vertical localisation. Axial localisation refers […]
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