Examination of the dizzy patient should include a search for neurological signs and symptpms careful observation nystagmus. Most symptoms are markers dizziness central origin. However, some them represent vestibular or other imbalances that cause dizziness. Nystagmus could also peripheral Careful examination can help in discriminating psychogenic (functional)

In order to determine which aspects would be essential to the neurological examination (NE) in a given specific situation (a patient referred with a potential neurological complaint, but the history suggests that a neurological problem is unlikely), we presented the same questionnaire used by Moore and Chalk in Canada to 19 neurologists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We considered significant aspec...

In recent years there has been rapidly increasing interest in babies whose birthweight is low because their intrauterine growth has been retarded, and it has been recognized that the clinical problems of these 'small-for-dates' babies differ from those of true prematures. They rarely die from respiratory distress syndrome or intraventricular haemorrhage, but are particularly susceptible to symp...

Robert Wartenberg was a renowned 20th century neurologist who contributed greatly to our understanding of the neurological examination. This article aims to illustrate his legacy by highlighting five seminal neurological signs.

The neurological evaluation of infants and children differs from that of older children and adults principally because of the phenomenon of development. The process of development alters the neurological behaviors and functions that would be expected at different ages. Development also changes the findings on physical examination. Finally, the natural history and manifestation of abnormal funct...

This study presents general observations of neurological examination in rats after various CNS manipulations. The examination consisted of neurologic reactions as described in Bures and co-workers. Subjects studied were controls, hippocampal irradiates, and animals with cerebellar lesions or midline cerebellar transplants. Utility of the procedure as an adjunct to more detailed testing is discu...