UNIT I: HUMAN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
1. Neural Tube Development
2. Prosencephalic Development
3. Ventricular Development, Ventriculomegaly, and Hydrocephalus in the Fetus and Newborn
4. Normal and Abnormal Development of the Posterior Fossa Structures
5. Neuronal Proliferation
6. Neuronal Migration
7. Organizational Events
8. Myelination Events
UNIT II: FETAL NEUROLOGY
9. Specialized Diagnostic Studies for Assessment of the Fetal Central Nervous System
10. Placental Conditions With Consequences for the Fetal Brain
11. Maternal and Fetal Conditions With Consequences for the Fetal Brain
UNIT III: NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION
12. Neurological Examination: Normal and Abnormal Features
13. Specialized Neurological Studies
14. Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up of High-Risk Newborns
UNIT IV: SEIZURES
15. Neonatal Seizures
UNIT V: HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC AND RELATED DISORDERS
16. Pathophysiology: General Principle
17. Inflammation and the Newborn Brain
18. Encephalopathy of Prematurity: Neuropathology
19. Encephalopathy of Prematurity: Pathophysiology
20. Encephalopathy of the Preterm—Clinical Aspects
21. Intrauterine and Intrapartum Assessment of the Fetus
22. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Term Infant: Neuropathology
23. Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Term Infant: Pathophysiology
24. Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Term Infant: ClinicalNeurological Features, Diagnosis, Imaging, Management, and Prognosis
25. Stroke in the Newborn
UNIT VI: INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
26. Intracranial Hemorrhage: Subdural, Subararachnoid, Subpial, Intraventricular (Term Infant), Miscellaneous
27. Cerebellar Hemorrhage
28. Preterm Intraventricular Hemorrhage/Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus
UNIT VII: METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES
29. Glucose
30. Bilirubin and Brain Injury
31. Amino Acids
32. Organic Acids
UNIT VIII: DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
33. Degenerative Disorders of the Newborn
UNIT IX: NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
34. Evaluation, Special Studies
35. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
36. Levels Above Lower Motor Neuron to Neuromuscular Junction
37. Muscle Involvement and Restricted Disorders
UNIT X: INTRACRANIAL INFECTIONS
38. Viral, Protozoan, and Related Intracranial Infections
39. Bacterial and Fungal Intracranial Infections
UNIT XI: PERINATAL TRAUMA
40. Injuries of Extracranial, Cranial, Intracranial, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nervous System Structures
UNIT XII: INTRACRANIAL MASS LESIONS
41. Brain Tumors and Vein of Galen Malformations
UNIT XIII: DRUGS AND THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS SYSTEM
42. Passive Addiction and Teratogenic Effects
UNIT XIV: NEUROLOGY IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS
43. Neonatal Neurology in the Low Resource Setting for the Term and Preterm Newborn
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