A neurologist is trained to deal with disorders of the nervous system. Neurologists diagnose, treat, and manage patients with neurological disorders. Some neurologists are also involved in basic clinical,,and translational research as well as clinical trials.
Headache disorders such as migraine, cluster headache and tension headache
Epilepsy and seizure disorders
Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease and ataxia.
Cerebrovascular disease, such as transient ischemic attacks, and strokes (ischemic or hemorrhagic)
Seep disorders
Cerebral palsy
Infections of the central nervous system (encephalitis), brain envelopes (meningitis) and peripheral nerves (neuritis), such as brain abscess, herpetic meningoencephalitis, aspergilloma, cerebral hydatic cyst
Some infections of the peripheral nervous system, such as tetanus and botulism
Neoplasms - tumors of the brain and its envelopes (brain tumors), spinal cord tumors, tumors of the peripheral nerves (neuroma)
Movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, chorea, Hemiballismus, tic disorder, and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis, and of the peripheral nervous system, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Spinal cord disorders - tumors, infections, trauma, malformations (e.g., myelocele, meningomyelocele, tethered cord)
Disorders of peripheral nerves, muscle (myopathy) and neuromuscular junctions
Traumatic injuries to the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves
