Atlas and Textbook of small animal neurology - An Illustrated Text

Table of Contents

Contributors

Preface to the English edition

Preface to the second German edition

Preface to the first German edition

Abbreviations

1 Neurological Examination of Small Animals

1.1 Signalment

1.2 Anamnesis

1.3 General examination

1.4 Neurological status

1.5 Ophthalmological examination

Literature

2 Principles of Neuropathology

2.1 General neuropathology

2.2 Classification of neurological diseases: VITAMIN D

2.3 Investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF)

Further reading

3 Genetic Neurological Diseases and Breed Predisposition

3.1 Genetic defects

3.2 Inheritance

3.3 Demonstrating the mode of inheritance

3.4 Testing for potential genetic carriers

3.5 Breeding methods to eradicate genetic defects

3.6 Diseases due to multifactorial causes

Literature

4 Basic Laboratory Investigations

4.1 Indications

4.2 Haematology

4.3 Biochemical blood parameters

4.4 Urine investigations

Further reading

5 Anaesthesia

5.1 Basics of neuroanaesthesia

5.1.1 Control of intracranial pressure

5.1.2 Control of the carbon dioxide partial pressure

5.1.3 Control of blood pressure

5.1.4 Pharmaceuticals

5.1.5 Positioning

5.1.6 Supervision of anaesthesia and hypothermia

5.1.7 Fluid therapy

5.1.8 Recovery period

5.2 Specific procedural techniques

Literature

Further reading

6 Neuroradiology

6.1 Indications

6.2 Examination methods

6.3 Spine

6.4 Specific diseases

6.5 Skull

Literature

7 Electrodiagnostics

7.1 Electrodiagnosis of the peripheral nervous system ( PNS)

7.1.1 Electromyography (EMG)

7.1.2 Electroneurography

7.1.3 Auditory evoked potentials (AEP)

7.2 Electrodiagnostic examinations of the CNS 7.2.1 Electroencephalography

7.3 Biopsy

7.3.1 Muscle biopsy

7.3.2 Nerve biopsy

8 Rehabilitation

8.1 Physiotherapy

8.1.1 Hydrotherapy

8.1.2 Massage

8.1.3 Kinesiotherapy

8.1.4 Electrotherapy

8.1.5 Thermotherapy

8.1.6 Magnetic field therapy

8.2 Adjuvant therapeutic measures

9 Neuropharmacology

9.1 Antibiotic therapy in neurological disease

9.1.1 Classes of antibiotics and their antibiotic spectra

9.1.2 Choice of antibiotic depending on neurological lesion localisation

9.2 Steroid therapy

9.2.1 Chemistry, pharmacokinetics and clinical pharmacology

9.2.2 Physiological and pharmacological effects

9.2.3 Side-effects

9.2.4 Therapeutic uses

9.3 Analgesics

9.3.1 Principles of pain physiology and therapy

9.3.2 Opioids

9.3.3 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

9.3.4 Other medications and treatments used in pain relief

Literature

Further reading

10 Neurosurgery

10.1 Instrumentation

10.2 Brain

10.2.1 Brain tumours

10.2.2 Cranial trauma

10.2.3 Hydrocephalus

10.3 Spinal cord/ Spine

10.3.1 Diseases of the intervertebral discs

10.3.2 Diseases of the cervical intervertebral discs

10.3.3 Diseases of the thoracolumbar intervertebral discs

10.3.4 Diseases of the lumbosacral intervertebral discs

10.3.5 Tumours of the vertebral body, spinal cord and nerve roots

10.4 Spinal fractures / luxations

10.5 Peripheral nerves

10.6 Surgery of the middle and inner ear

11 Acupuncture

11.1 Introduction

11.1.1 Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM)

11.1.2 The acupoints

11.1.3 Choice of acupoints

11.1.4 Activation of the acupoints

11.2 The use of acupuncture in neurological disease

11.3 Acupunctural analgesia and postoperative pain relief

12 Stabilization of the Neurological Emergency Patient

12.1 General aspects

12.2 Stabilization of selected neurological emergencies

13 Peripheral Nervous System and Musculature

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Mononeuropathies

13.3 Polyneuropathies

13.4 Neuromuscular transmission abnormalities

13.5 Monomyopathies

13.5.1 Ischemic myopathies

13.5.2 Myositis of the masticatory muscles

13.5.3 Extraocular myositis

13.5.4 Myopathy of the gracilis and semitendinosus muscles

13.5.5 Myopathy of the infraspinatus muscle

13.5.6 Myositis ossificans

13.5.7 Coccygeal myopathy ( limber tail, cold tail)

13.6 Polymyopathies

14 Spinal Cord

14.1 Spinal cord diseases

14.1.1 Vascular diseases

14.1.2 Inflammatory changes

14.1.3 Traumatic diseases

14.1.4 Anomalies

14.1.5 Metabolic diseases

14.1.6 Neoplastic diseases

14.1.7 Degenerative diseases of the spine and spinal cord

14.2 Bladder disturbances

15 Vestibular Apparatus

15.1 Functional anatomy

15.2 Disturbances of vestibular function

15.2.1 Paradoxical vestibular syndrome

15.2.2 Clinical symptoms with bilateral disease

15.3 Neurological examination of a vestibular syndrome

15.4 Diseases of the peripheral vestibular apparatus

15.4.1 Otitis media / interna

15.4.2 Congenital vestibular diseases

15.4.3 Metabolic causes

15.4.4 Idiopathic causes ( geriatric or idiopathic vestibular syndrome)

15.4.5 Neoplastic disease

15.5 Diseases of the central vestibular apparatus

16 Cerebellum

16.1 Anatomy and physiology

16.2 Symptomatology and localisation of cerebellar lesions

16.3 Differential diagnoses ( VITAMIN D) and investigation methods

16.4 Diseases

16.4.1 Congenital cerebellar disease

16.4.2 Acquired diseases of the cerebellum

17 Brain Stem

17.1 Anatomy

17.2 Diseases

17.3 Neuro-ophthalmology

18 Cerebrum

18.1 Anatomy and physiology

18.2 Neuroanatomical localisation

18.3 Adjunct investigations

18.4 Diseases of the cerebrum

18.5 Epilepsy

18.6 Differential diagnoses for primary and secondary epilepsy

18.7 Neoplasia

18.8 Degenerative diseases

19 Behavioural Problems and Abnormal Behaviour

19.1 Aggression in the dog

19.2 Aggression in the cat

19.3 Problems associated with excretory behaviour of cats

19.4 Fears and phobias in the dog and cat

19.5 Compulsive disturbances

19.6 Cognitive dysfunction in the dog and cat

19.7 Medical behavioural therapy

20 Parasitic Neurological Diseases of the Dog and Cat

20.1 Trypanosomiasis in the dog

20.2 Neosporosis in the dog

20.3 Toxoplasmosis in the cat and dog

20.4 Babesiosis in the dog

20.5 Acanthamoeba infections

20.6 Encephalitozoonosis

20.7 Neurological diseases caused by helminths

20.8 Neurological diseases caused by arthropods

20.9 Borreliosis

Appendices

Subject Index