Seminars in neurology
December 1, 2024
Ewa D Bieber, Heidi A B Smith, D Catherine Fuchs et al.
4 citations
Mental status is the collection of an individual's consciousness, perception, emotion, memory, and cognition at a particular point in time, which is inferred by the clinician through careful observation and interaction. The pediatric mental status assessment must be approached with an understanding of cognitive, language, and psychosocial development. Alterations must then be comprehensively...
Seminars in neurology
August 1, 2024
Reece M Hass, Derek Stitt
2 citations
In this article, we will discuss the history, pharmacodynamics, and neurotoxicity of psychostimulants and hallucinogens. The drugs discussed are widely used and have characteristic toxidromes and potential for neurological injuries with which the practicing clinician should be familiar. Psychostimulants are a class of drugs that includes cocaine, methamphetamine/amphetamines, and cathinones,...
Seminars in neurology
April 1, 2022
Kristen M. Kraemer, Felipe A Jain, Darshan H Mehta et al.
A growing body of research suggests that meditative- and mindfulness-focused interventions may improve neuropsychiatric symptoms that commonly occur in a range of neurological disorders. In this article, the principles of meditation and mindfulness are first defined, as well as briefly describing the neurobiological mechanisms implicated in these interventions. Thereafter, a range of...
Seminars in neurology
June 1, 1997
V G Hardcastle
The brain processes information along specialized tracts that are separated across cortex. However, our visual experiences are of unified objects. How our perceptions become united into wholes even though all individual features that comprise them are distributed about the brain is the problem of perceptual binding. This article discusses ongoing neurophysiological research that connects...
Seminars in neurology
June 1997
T E Feinberg
I argue that there is no mind-brain problem but rather that there are irreducible subjective-objective problems. These include the difference between "inside" and "outside" perspectives on neural states, the creation of subjective neural states with objectified outside objects, and awareness of the self as an object in the world. The origin of consciousness is traced to the development of...