Neurology is a specialty offered at Abat Marcet Veterinary Hospital in Terrassa. Neurological diseases affect the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) and/or the peripheral (the nerves and ganglia outside the brain and spinal cord).
Among the symptoms that may have a neurological origin are:
Paresis: partial absence of voluntary movement in one or more limbs.
Paralysis: total absence of voluntary movement in one or more limbs.
Ataxia and lack of coordination.
Tremors.
Loss of balance, head tilting.
Abnormal behaviors.
Depression of cognitive state.
Seizures.
Common diseases:
Disc herniation.
Epilepsy and seizures.
Vestibular syndromes.
Myelopathies and neuropathies.
Tumors of the nervous system.
Available diagnostic tests:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT scan (through external collaboration).
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tap.
