It is in line with the most recent international thinking, guidelines and research findings in the field of neurology. The treatment guidelines used in Europe have been taken into account.The reader is guided from basic concepts to complex physiology. The first eleven chapters are devotedto the basic neurological sciences and provide a glimpse of clinical practice. The ensuing nineteen clinical chapters are based on the illness model, thus giving the reader an overview of a large number of neurological disorders. Each chapter starts with a case study which provides a practical context for the theory. The textbook also includes many tables and diagrams to clarify the concepts discussed.