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 Index.