What is a Neurologist?
What is a Behavioral Neurologist?
NeurologistNEUROLOGISTS are physicians who by their training and experience have specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves. These diseases or injuries include epilepsy, seizures, Parkinson’s Disease, headache, migraine, multiple sclerosis, nerve damage, nerve injury, neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, brain tumor, meningitis, encephalitis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease), and transient ischemic attack. Neurologists do not perform surgery, and when surgery is indicated, the patient is referred to a neurosurgeon.
Dr. Cranberg is both a Neurologist and a Behavioral Neurologist.
BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGISTS are neurologists who have sub-specialized in the branch of neurology that pertains to the effect of brain damage on a person’s behavior or intellect. Diseases or injuries that could lead to such brain damage include head trauma, head injury, closed head injury, brain injury, traumatic brain injury, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, amnesia disorders, anoxia, cerebrovascular accident (stroke), and alcohol intoxication.
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