Neurology

The medical branch that concerns with the nervous system, its disorders and diseases, their symptoms and treatments is called neurology. It particularly deals with the diseases involving the involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, their causes and the other body parts that are affected by such disorders.

Medical professionals that are trained in the field of neurology are called neurologists. They are extensively trained to handle, diagnose, and treat neurological disorders. Despite the broad scope of their specialization, neurologists do not perform surgeries when required. In cases where surgery is an immediate necessity, neurologists refer their patients to neurosurgeons and interventional neurodiologists.

Neurology, in most cases, tag with other relate medical branches such as clinical neurophysiology (in the United States, this field is included within the scope of psychiatry), psychoneuroimmunology (concerned with interactions between the nervous systems and the immune system of the human body), and neuropsychiatry (mental disorders). The degree of the overlapping of these fields varies from country to country, depending on the medical prerequisites set by each government. It has been argued that there is no definitive distinction between neurology and psychiatry.  Neurological disorders most of the time display psychiatric characteristics and attributes, such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and Parkinson’s disease.