{"id":28368,"date":"2020-07-13T11:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T11:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=28368"},"modified":"2023-06-18T06:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T06:23:42","slug":"neurologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurologist"},"content":{"rendered":"

A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.<\/p>\n

\n

A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.<\/p>\n

\n

Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.<\/p>\n

\n

A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.<\/p>\n

\n

A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.<\/p>\n

\n

Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.<\/p>\n

\n

A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry. A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-n"],"yoast_head":"\nNeurologist - Definition of Neurologist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neurologist - Definition of Neurologist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-13T11:13:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-18T06:23:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/\",\"name\":\"Neurologist - Definition of Neurologist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-13T11:13:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-18T06:23:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Neurologist\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Neurologist - Definition of Neurologist","description":"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Neurologist - Definition of Neurologist","og_description":"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2020-07-13T11:13:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-18T06:23:42+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/","name":"Neurologist - Definition of Neurologist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-07-13T11:13:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-18T06:23:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"A physician with postgraduate training and experience in the field of organic diseases of the nervous system whose professional work focuses primarily on this area. Neurologists also receive training in psychiatry.A doctor of medicine who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or injuries of the brain and branches of the nervous system.Specialist in disorders of the nervous system.A doctor who specialises in the study of the nervous system and the treatment of its diseases.A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain (see brain and brain disorders) and nervous system and also performs surgery in those areas. If a child has abnormal behavior, a neurologist will seek to find whether that is caused by a brain or nervous system problem. The neurologist performs a variety of physical examinations and medical tests such as an electroencephalograph (EEC) or lumbar puncture aimed at seeing how the body gains information from the sense organs and how it uses the muscles to perform motor skills.Physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the nervous system.A physician who specializes in detecting and treating organic disorders of the brain and nervous system.A medical practitioner with expertise in conditions pertaining to the brain and central nervous system.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/neurologist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Neurologist"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28368"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229925,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28368\/revisions\/229925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}