Neurology textbook for subinternship

Hey! I think I actually asked this question in a similar manner before, but I can't find the thread so I'm just making a new one...
Basically I've done three months of neurology rotations, and I start a subinternship in it next month. I was wondering what textbook would be the best to buy for the upcoming month, and also to prepare for residency? I'd heard "Neurological Differential Diagnosis" is a really good book to have, but the version by the author that was recommended to me was printed in 1995 (seems outdated). Anyone have any recommendations? Any books you feel are a must-have for a subinternship and/or residency?

Awesome...thank you guys! I went ahead and ordered the Neurological differential diagnosis book. I was trying to get thru the neurology section of Harrison's, but that's pretty detailed and might not be clinically relevant enough....feel free to keep adding opinions on here!

cbest said:

While I know this topic has been discussed ad nauseum and it seems like there a few solid choices out there to get a med student through a neurology rotation (Blumenfeld, MGH Neuro, etc.), I was wondering if the neuro section in Step Up to Medicine, Clinical Neuroanatomy Made Ridiculously Simple, and the notes I've taken from the neuro section of my UWorld questions could get a soon-to-be PM&R applicant through 4 weeks or would that still be too basic? Sorry about the unbelievably ling run-on sentence and thanks in advance for your input!

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I got thru my first Neuro rotation on First Aid and looking over some notes for school. Don't worry, you'll be fine ;o). Know the treatments for MS and Parkinson's. I hate to say it, but don't even worry if you don't know anything about seizures yet (you should probably know focal vs. generalized and some of the major meds for treatment). Most importantly, KNOW HOW TO DO A NEURO EXAM. This is what preceptors hammered into me...Here's what I usually would do:
Mental Status (A&Ox3 etc)
Cranial Nerves
Motor (strength, reflexes)
Sensation (if there's a deficit, break out a tuning fork or pin if you have them)
Coordination (Finger to nose, Heel to knee to shin, romberg's)
**GAIT (this is the MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE NEURO EXAM). Have them walk a bit, walk heel to toe in a straight line, looking for asymmetry, incoordination, imbalance, and specific clues to disease (i.e. 'en-bloc turns' or 'shuffling gait' for Parkinsons).

Hope that helps!