Neurology

It's named after its discoverer, the German anatomist Friedrich Gustave Jakob Henle

Clinically speaking, we can say that there would be more than 10 fields of neurology, depends on from which side we want to see the topic.

Citing a book in neurologic treatment (Manual of Neurologic Therapeutics, 7th Ed., edited by Martin A. Samuels, published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins), there are 17 groups of neurological disease/disorder listed, i.e.:

1. Coma, Head Trauma, and Spinal Cord Injury

2. Epilepsy

3. Dizziness

4. Neck and Back Pain

5. Sleep Disorders

6. Neurooncology

7. Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases

8. Motor Neuropathies and Peripheral Neuropathies

9. Neuromuscular Junction Disorders and Myopathies

10. Chronic Pain

11. Headache and Facial Pain

12. Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders

13. Movement Disorders

14. Behavioral Neurology and Dementia

15. Neuroophthalmology

16. TOxic and Metabolic Disorders

17. Infections of the Central Nervous System

That would depend on the person. Neurology is a tough, and strainful job. You will come across many sleepless nights and many busy days. Most think it is more stressful that fun.

A herpertologist is a person who studies reptiles. So any study of reptiles could consider you a herpetologist. But there are colleges that you can take classes in herpetology and get a degree. Many colleges offer this.

According to NJ Monthly, these were the top podiatrists in 2008:

Frank P. Arena • Belleville • Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville • 973-751-5208

Wayne J. Caputo • Belleville • Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville • 973-751-7752

John R. Cicero • Bloomfield • Mountainside Hospital, Montclair; PBI Regional Medical Center, Passaic • 973-338-3933 • wound care, diabetic care, foot and ankle injury and fractures, correction of foot and ankle deformities, sports injuries, heel spurs, bunions, neuromas, hammertoes, ingrown and fungal nails, warts, corns and calluses

Edward R. Nieuwenhuis Jr • Wyckoff • The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood; Saint Joseph's Wayne Hospital • 201-891-4930

Neal S. Yudkoff • Montclair • Mountainside Hospital, Montclair • 973-783-5101 • foot surgery

As for any medical-related secondary education, you are well advised to take as many science courses as your schedule will permit. This includes basic sciences, biology, chemistry, anatomy (if offered), and physical sciences as well. Math courses will also help as they will be prerequisites to other courses that you need in a pre-med program in college.

They think Robert Redford might because it looks like he has a neurofibroma on his neck, but he won't say anything about it.

The receptor itself can not receive more than one signal but the cell can have more than one receptor. The signals may cancel each other out or amplify it.
This can happen at both the cell level or at the level you mention, with two or sometimes more, impulses coming from two or more neurons and their receptors. This is also called signal transduction cascades.
And yes, they can be different types of neurotransmitters.

Cataplexy is considered a particular set of symptoms associated with Narcolepsy. Some adults/children and some animals can have Narcolepsy with or without Cataplexy.

Some other adults/children/animals can have Cataplexy only, without having full on Narcolepsy. Narcolepsy involves actually falling asleep suddenly without warning at anytime or anywhere.

Cataplexy involves the slow or sudden loss of muscle tone throughout the whole body, usually starting with the arms and legs. The person/animal will begin to fall (..as they try to control the sensation of weakness and falling they will drop down in a jerking fashion) An adult can usually gain control before actually falling. A child will go straight down quickly.

People/animals with Catoplexy only, DO NOT go to sleep, they are always awake and trying to gain control of their muscles..(including facial muscles and the ability to speak) This is the scariest part of the condition, when you are alert and awake but cannot make yourself heard or move. This will last for only a few seconds to a minute or two. Then immediately be able to move and speak as before.

Cataplexy symptoms also include (in some people) sensory hallucinations on rare occasions, and sometimes on waking from a proper planned sleep they will experience inability to wake without a real deep inner struggle to move or even sit up.. called sleep paralysis.

Cataplexy symptoms can happen only when the adult/child/animal is being extremely emotional..eg: full on laughing attack where something is so funny it brings tears to your eyes, or wet your pants, you just cant stop. In an animal it can happen when they are overexcited.

Cataplexy symptoms can also happen when the adult/child/animal is seriously overcome with a sudden stress from feeling deep hurt or harm/ sudden fear.. or even uncontrollable crying from a sadness or grief /or loss of control temper tantrum.

Cataplexy symptoms can occur also when the person is suddenly extremely nervous eg having to speak in front of assembly or television camera...which is how I finally found out that the symptoms I was having, were the same as some guy talking about Cataplexy on a TV interview.

During the interview, this guy had an attack. I saw him jerk his head down and then struggle to lift it. I watched as his legs started to give way at the knees and his shoulders drooped, and arms just hanging, and he couldn't talk. Quite quickly he controlled it without falling completely, and was back to normal talking about it immediately. At no time did he go into a sleep.

It was like watching myself go through the motions of a Cataplexy attack and I was thankful that I now could give it a name.

Even doctors are not always educated enough to know the difference in that people can have Cataplexy without the whole Narcolepsy. I have spoken to a few so I know this. There are not many specialists in this field and there are no answers as to why it happens..only speculation.

It depends on what the job description is. Go to the link, check out the general catagory, anesthesiology technician, and then the specific description. In general, the range is from $2000 to $4500 per month. A previous answer suggested that the salary could be as much as $400,000 yearly. This appears to be a highly specific situation, which does not correspond to the usual situation.

yes you can. but it just might be a bit different for others

The bicep contracts while the tricep relaxes

Memory and thinking are most closely associated with the Frontal Cortex.

It's not possible for us to comment on the specifics of your medical situation without more information. You should consult a doctor.

Althought this is not a question, to address the "physical examination and finding of a patien with Bell's Palsy:"

The sensations on the three branches of the trigeminal nerve will be compared on each side of the face, most likely by dragging the fingers of each hand lightly across each side. A positive test result for Bell's Palsy will reveal the the fingers feel "heavier," or are felt more, on one side of the face over the other. The examiner might ask the patient to demonstrate the muscles of the trigeminal and/or facial nerves by doing things such as shutting both eyes as tight as possible and try to prevent the examiner from opening them. The patient will be unable to keep the affected side's eye shut. Smiling or raising eyebrows might be other tests to look for droopiness on one side. The final test result would be a fluroscene test on the affected eye to look for oxygen deficiency (due to the eye not shutting all of the way during sleep).