Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Pediatric neurology or child neurology relates to a specialized branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and management of neurological conditions in neonates (newborns), infants, children and adolescents. The department of child neurology encloses diseases and disorders of the spinal cord, brain, peripheral nervous system, autonomic nervous system, muscles and blood vessels that affect individuals in these age groups. Cerebrovascular disease refers to a group of conditions, diseases, and disorders that affect the blood vessels and blood supply to the brain. Neurovascular disease can develop from a spread of causes, including atherosclerosis, where the arteries become narrow; thrombosis, or embolic blood clot, which may be a grume in an artery of the brain or cerebral phlebo thrombosis which may be a blood clot during a vein of the brain.

Geriatric Neurology is the branch of medicine that studies neurologic disorders in elderly. The subspecialty of Geriatric neurology is defined by its expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of neurological conditions that affect elderly and by its unique body of knowledge regarding the aging nervous system, its vulnerability to specific neurological disorders, and its influence on the prevalence and expression of neurological disease.