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1 Normal Histology

 I. Central Nervous System

 II. Skeletal Muscle

 III. Peripheral Nerve

2 Vascular Lesions

 I. Anoxia

 II. Infarction

 III. Aneurysms

 IV. Vascular Malformations

 V. Hemorrhage

 VI. Vaseulitis

 VII. Miscellaneous

3 Tumors

 I. Astrocytie Neoplasms

 II. Oligodendroglial Neoplasms

 III. Ependymal Neoplasms

 IV. Dural-Based Tumors

 V. Choroid Plexus Tumors

 VI. Embryonal Tumors

 VII. Peripheral Nerve Tumors

 VIII. Hematopoietic Tumors

 IX. Cysts

 X. Miscellaneous Tumors

 XI. Common Tumors by Location

4 Trauma

 I . Herniation Syndromes

 II. Traumatic Hemorrhage

 III. Skull Fractures

 IV. Contusions

 V. Other Lesions

5 Congenital Malformations, Perinatal Disease,

 and Phakomatoses

 I. Congenital Malformations

 II. Perinatal Pathology

 III. Phakomatoses

6 Demyelinating and Dysmyelinating Diseases

 I. Demyelinating Disease

 II. Dysmyelinating Diseases

7 Metabolic and Toxic Diseases

 I. Metabolic Disorders 

 11. Toxic disorders

8 Degenerative Disease

 I . Brain Changes in "Normal" Aging

 II. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

 III. Alzheimer's Disease

 IV. Other Degenerative Disorders

9 Infection

 I . General Information

 II. Suppurative Lesions

 III. Fungal Infection

 IV. Viral Infection

 V. Parasitic Infections

 VI. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 176

10 Skeletal Muscle

 I . General Information

 II. Myopathic vs neurogenic changes

 III. Inflammatory Myopathies

 IV. Denervation Atrophy

 V. Congenital Myopathies

 VI. Metabolic Myopathies

 VII. Toxic Myopathies

 VIII. Muscular Dystrophies

 IX. Miscellaneous Disorders

11 Peripheral Nerve

 I. General Background

 II. Major Pathological Processes

 III. Neuropathy Types

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