Neurology
<p><b >Neurology</b> (from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek" >Greek</a> νεῦρον, <i >neuron</i>, "nerve" + the suffix -λογία, '<a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-logia" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:-logia" >-logia</a>', "study of") is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_specialty" title="Medical specialty" class="mw-redirect" >medical specialty</a> dealing with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurological_disorder" title="Neurological disorder" >disorders of the nervous system</a>. </p>
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To be specific, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system" title="Central nervous system" >central</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_nervous_system" title="Peripheral nervous system" >peripheral</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_nervous_system" title="Autonomic nervous system" >autonomic nervous systems</a>, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurology#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup> The corresponding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical" title="Surgical" class="mw-redirect" >surgical</a> specialty is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurosurgery" title="Neurosurgery" >neurosurgery</a>. </p>
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A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurologist" title="Neurologist" >neurologist</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician" title="Physician" >physician</a> specializing in neurology and trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders. Neurologists may also be involved in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_research" title="Clinical research" >clinical research</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_trials" title="Clinical trials" class="mw-redirect" >clinical trials</a>, as well as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_research" title="Basic research" class="mw-redirect" >basic research</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translational_research" title="Translational research" >translational research</a>. Neurology, being a branch of medicine, differs from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience" title="Neuroscience" >neuroscience</a>, which is the scientific study of the nervous system in all its aspects.</p>