Specialties concerned with the nervous system and mental function, spanning the structural, chemical and behavioral study and treatment of the brain and nerves. Belongs here: Neurology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, the last grouped here as the basic science most closely paired with these clinical fields. Does not belong here: Neurosurgery, which operates on the nervous system and is grouped under surgical specialties because its defining tool is the operation rather than medical or behavioral management.
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1. Neurology (Wikipedia)
WikipediaNeurology, definition, organ system
Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.
Neurology, definition, patient population
Neurology is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.
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