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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery

Neurologic Manifestations

(Jump to: Amnesia | Apraxia | Bradykinesia | Coma | Delirium | Dizziness | Fainting (Syncope) | Pain | Paralysis | Paresthesia | Seizures

Involuntary Muscle Movements: Dyskinesia | Fasciculations | Myoclonus | Tardive Dyskinesia | Tics | Tremor

Neuromuscular Manifestations: Hypertonia | Hypotonia | Myotonia | Spasticity )

	Amnesia
	Amnesia:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Dissociative Amnesia:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Transient Global Amnesia:Mayo Clinic

	Apraxia (Inability to Execute Movements)
	Apraxia:NINDS
	Apraxia:NORD
	Apraxia of Speech, see Language Disorders

	Bradykinesia (Extreme Slowness of Movement)
	Bradykinesia (definition)
	Pediatric Bradykinesia:We Move
	See also Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease

	Coma
	Coma and Persistent Vegetative State:NINDS
	Stupor and Coma:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Coma:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Coma:Brain Injury Association of America
	See also Brain Injury

	Delirium
	Delirium:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Delirium:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Cognitive Disorders and Delirium (PDQ®):National Cancer Institute
	A Practical Program For Preventing Delirium In Hospitalized Elderly Patients:Cleveland Clinic
	Delirium:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Delirium Tremens:MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

	Dizziness
	General Information
	What is Dizziness?: Cleveland Clinic
	Dizziness:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	How Common Are Various Causes of Dizziness?:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Balance, Dizziness and You:NIDCD
	Aging, Balance and Dizziness:Vestibular Disorders Association
	Dizziness in Older People:Chicago Dizziness and Balance
	Dizziness Caused by Inner Ear Disorders
	See Ears, Nose and Throat, Balance Disorders
	Other Causes of Dizziness
	Dizziness from Non-Vestibular Causes:Vestibular Disorders Association
	Cervicogenic Dizziness (dizziness with neck pain):Vestibular Disorders Association
	Eplleptic Vertigo:American Hearing Research Foundation
	Migraine Associated Vertigo:American Hearing Research Foundation
	Post-Traumatic Vertigo:American Hearing Research Foundation

	Dyskinesia (Involuntary Muscle Movement)
	Chorea
	See Movement Disorders, Chorea
	Fasciculations (Muscle Twitching)
	Muscle Twitching:MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
	Myoclonus (Muscle Jerking)
	Myoclonus:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Myoclonus Fact Sheet:NINDS
	Myoclonus:We Move
	Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
	See Movement Disorders, Paryoxysmal Dyskinesias
	Tardive Dyskinesia
	Tardive Dyskinesia:NINDS
	Tardive Dyskinesia:National Alliance on Mental Illness
	Tics
	Tics:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Tics:American Academy of Pediatrics
	Pediatric Tics:We Move
	Is it a Tic or Tourette's?:Postgraduate Medicine
	See also Tourette Syndrome
	Tremor
	Tremor:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Tremor Fact Sheet:NINDS
	Tremors:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Pediatric Tremor:We Move
	Tremor:MedlinePlus
	See also Movement Disorders, Essential Tremor

	Fainting (Syncope)
	Fainting:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Fainting:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Syncope:UpToDate Patient Information
	Fainting (Syncope):Heart Rhythm Society
	Syncope:American Heart Association
	Neurally Mediated / Neurocardiogenic Syncope:National Dysautonomia Research Foundation
	Fainting:MedlinePlus

	Neuromuscular Manifestations
	Hypertonia (Increased Muscle Tension)
	Hypertonia:NINDS
	See also Brain Damage, Cerebral Palsy
	See also Movement Disorders, Dystonia
	Hypotonia (Decreased Muscle Tension)
	Hypotonia:NINDS
	Congenital Hypotonia:RRTC/NMD
	Benign Congenital Hypotonia:NORD
	Myotonia (Slow Relaxation)
	See Musculoskeletal System, Muscle Diseases
	Spasticity
	Spasticity:NINDS
	Spasticity:AANS
	Spasticity:We Move
	Spasticity:American Stroke Association [PDF]

	Pain
	See Pain

	Paralysis
	Paralysis:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
	Hemiplegia in Children:Children's Hemiplegia and Stroke Association
	Alternating Hemiplegia:NINDS
	Alternating Hemiplegia in Children:UCL Institute of Child Health, UK
	Locked-In Syndrome:NINDS
	The Locked-In Syndrome:Association for the Locked-In Syndrome
	Periodic Paralysis, see Musculoskeletal System, Muscle Diseases
	Todd's Paralysis:NINDS
	Paralysis:MedlinePlus

	Paresthesia (Numbness & Tingling)
	Paresthesia:NINDS
	Numbness and Tingling:MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia

	Seizures
	Seizures Instruction Sheet:Nemours Foundation
	Seizure Disorders:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Nonepileptic Seizures:Epilepsy Foundation
	Psychogenic Seizures:Epilepsy Therapy Project
	Febrile Seizures, see Brain Diseases, Epilepsy Syndromes
	Seizure Disorders in the Elderly:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Evaluation of a First Seizure:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Seizures:MedlinePlus
	See also Brain Diseases, Epilepsy

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