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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.

Neurologists may treat any of the following conditions...

• ADHD
• Bell's palsy
• Brain Injury
• Brain Tumor
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• High Blood Pressure
• Hydrocephalus
• Meningitis
• Parkinson's disease
• Spinal cord injury
• Spinal Cord Tumors

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Electroconvulsive therapy and Electroencephalogram (EEG).

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, neurologists 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, Computed Axial Tomography (CT or CAT Scan), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Electromyography (EMG), Lumbar Puncture (LP), Myelogram, Spinal Tap, Cerebral Angiogram, Electroencephalography, Electronystagmography (ENG), Myelography, Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV), Positron Emission Tomography (PET Scan), Spinal Puncture, Brain Wave Test, Carotid Artery Duplex Scan, Cerebral Arteriogram, CSF Collection, Electrooculography, Evoked Potentials Studies, Myogram, Ocular Pressures, and Oculoplethysmography (OPG).