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Development of the face, pharyngeal derivatives and teratology. Development of nervous system and sense organs. Developmental anomalies and their clinical syndromes.

Development of the face, pharyngeal derivatives and teratology. Development of nervous system and sense organs. Developmental anomalies and their clinical syndromes.

Basic anatomy of afferent visual pathway, ocular motor pathway, ocular autonomic pathway, pupillary pathway, optic nerve diseases papilledema, optic atrophy, papillitis, acute onset cranial nerves palsy, 3rd, 4th, 6th. Test pupillary reactions with penlight and recognise relative afferent pupillary defect. Confrontation visual field test. Visual field defects, scotoma, hemianopia, homonymous hemianopia, bitemporal hemianopia, optic disc examination with ophthalmoscope. Ductions and Versions test. Anatomy of anterior chamber angle, aqueous humour production and circulation, outflow pathways, trabecular meshwork in anterior chamber angle. Glaucoma, definition, types, epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features and management. Intraocular pressure, normal value range, types of tonometry. Direct ophthalmoscopy of signs of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Visual field changes. Acute angle closure glaucoma. 140

Historical origins of a Neuro-endocrine connection. A review of the physiologic anatomy of hypothalamo-pituitary link. Current concepts of channels of communication between the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Hypothalamic neurosecretions. The “master gland” of the endocrine system. Pituitary secretions and their current concepts of the servomechanisms between the hypothalamus, the pituitary and other endocrine organs.

Historical origins of a Neuro-endocrine connection. A review of the physiologic anatomy of hypothalamo-pituitary link. Current concepts of channels of communication between the hypothalamus and the pituitary. Hypothalamic neurosecretions. The “master gland” of the endocrine system. Pituitary secretions and their current concepts of the servomechanisms between the hypothalamus, the pituitary and other endocrine organs.

Approach to evaluation of the neurology patient, mini mental state, cranial nerves, motor and sensory and autonomic system. Evaluation of common neurological symptoms and diseases headache, pain, muscle weakness. Tetanus.

Higher cerebral function and dementia. Stroke. Sleep. Epilepsy. Parkinson’s disease. Headache. spinal cord lesions. Peripheral neuropathy. Neuro-musculoskeletal diseases. Myasthenia gravis. Muscular dystrophy. The cranial nerves and autonomic neuropathy. Coma (causes, management). Meningitis (CSM, H. influenza, tuberculosis, pneumococcal). Viral infections of CNS. Cerebral abscess. Demyelinating disease. Cord compression. Brain tumours. Subacute combined degeneration.

Development and general plan of the central nervous system. Nerve morphology, generation and conduction of action potential. Sensory division of the nervous system, morphology receptors, sensory pathways, reticular formation, thalamus and sensory cortex.

Development and general plan of the central nervous system. Nerve morphology, generation and conduction of action potential. Sensory division of the nervous system, morphology receptors, sensory pathways, reticular formation, thalamus and sensory cortex.

Head injury and spinal trauma. Common surgical intracranial lesions as well as spinal cord lesions. Congenital malformations and their management. Evaluation of the neurosurgical patient and intracranial haemorrhage.