Source: VETERINARY MEDICINE
 May 4, 2009
Cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS) in dogs is thought to be similar to Alzheimer's disease in people. And studies have revealed that people with Alzheimer's disease not only have cognitive deficits, but neurologic deficits as well, such as impaired gait, restlessness, slowness, and, rarely, tremors.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:Susan Eades, DVM, PhD
Equine infections neurologic diseases are important individual horse disease but can also occur in significant epizootics and outbreaks with substantial economic loss.
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Source: ELSEVIER
 January 1, 2009
By:L. Golini, DMV, MSc (Behavior), R. Colangeli, DMV, V. Tranquillo, DMV, M. Mariscoli, DMV, DECVN
In human neurology, patients with Alzheimer's disease show seizures and signs of motor deficits, such as movement disorders (i.e., restlessness, slowness, impaired gait, and, rarely, resting tremors). Because canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) is considered an Alzheimer-like disease in dogs, it might be possible to document concurrent behavioral and neurologic signs in aging canine patients as well.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
 October 1, 2008
By:Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM
Ventroflexion of neck is not really a specific disease but a clinical sign that has several different etiologies.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM
Tremors in people are classified/described in many different ways: neuroanatomical location, rate, amplitude, rhythmicity, relationship to rest and movement, posture, performance of specific tasks, medical and family history.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM
The neurological examination is the most important tool for localizing vestibular signs to either the peripheral or central areas.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM
Canine Epileptoid Cramping Syndrome (Spike's disease) is a poorly characterized problem in Border Terriers that may be a metabolic, neurological or muscle disorder.
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Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS
October 1, 2008
By:Linda Shell, DVM, DACVIM
The cavernous sinus is a venous structure that lies on the floor of the skull and encircles the pituitary.
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