Atlanta, Georgia is home to 153 practicing neurologists who have offices in 4 counties and 18 zip codes, including zip codes 30322, 30303, 30342, 30329, 30309, 30308, 30327, 30312, 30338, 30331, 31192, 30344, 30341, 30328, 30326, 30324, 30301, and 30033.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Atlanta has a population of 470,688, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 neurologist for every 3,076 residents.

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According to 2005 Census estimates, Georgia has a population of 9,072,576. Of this population, 2,319,806 are under the age of 18 and 865,997 are at or above the age of 65.

Description

Neurology is the study of disorders of the nervous system. A neurologist is a physician who diagnoses and treats nervous system disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. This specialist deals with problems related to brain disease, disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and the nerves, and the blood vessels that provide circulation to these organs. A neurologist also treats specific diseases such as Bell’s palsy, cerebellar ataxia and meningitis.

Diseases / Illnesses Treated

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are stroke, guillain-barré syndrome, brain tumor, migraine, meningitis, seizure, parkinson's disease, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, coma, multiple sclerosis, alzheimer's disease, cluster headache, ischemic stroke, encephalitis, encephalopathy, botulism, chorea, lou gehrig's disease, and ataxia.

Procedures Performed

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including electroconvulsive therapy and electroencephalogram (eeg).

Tests Performed

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including  cat scan of the brain, ct scan of the brain, mri scan of the brain, mri scan of the spine, magnetic resonance imaging (mri), computed axial tomography (ct or cat scan), myelogram, spinal tap, lumbar puncture (lp), electromyography (emg), myelography, positron emission tomography (pet scan), spinal puncture, nerve conduction velocity (ncv), electroencephalography, cerebral angiogram, electronystagmography (eng), ocular pressures, csf collection, and myogram.