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Neurology

Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles.

These disorders of the nervous system include both neurological emergencies such as:

encephalitis
status epilepticus (an uncommon type of seizure)
Guillain-Barré syndrome

and chronic disabling conditions such as:

multiple sclerosis
neuromuscular disorders - please see Videos
epilepsy
motor neurone disease
dementia.

The Trust's neurological teams have extensive experience in all these areas. They work closely with colleagues with expertise in related areas including:

clinical neurophysiology (nervous system function)
rehabilitation medicine
neuroimaging
head injury
neuro-ophthalmology (visual problems related to the nervous system)
neuro-otology (hearing and balance)
neuropaediatrics
pain management
spinal injury
neuropathology (disease of the nervous system)
neurogenetics (the role of genes in the nervous system)
neuroimmunology (the study of both the nervous and immune systems)
neuropsychology (the study of brain structure and function related to psychological processes and behavours)
neuropsychiatry (the study of mental disorders caused by disease of the nervous system).

Our consultants also provide clinical outpatient services in district general hospitals across the Thames Valley. Patients come from Oxfordshire and surrounding areas such as Northampton and Swindon.

All medical students spend time here during their first clinical year in neurology and have the opportunity for special study modules in their final year.