What you'll find here.
These articles come from Gates Brain Health, a practice focused on functional neurology care in Reno. They cover the questions patients actually bring to the office: why memory slips, what causes dizziness, how the brain recovers after a concussion, and what chronic symptoms can mean.
Some pieces are older and are kept here for reference. Each of those shows its original publication date, so you can see when it was written. Understanding of many of these topics keeps evolving, which is why the condition guides linked below are the best starting point for current information.
The full list of articles appears below this page's introduction. Scan it for the topic closest to your question, or start with a condition guide and follow the reading it suggests.
How to use these articles.
Read them the way you would any health education: to understand a topic better and to sharpen the questions you want to ask. Nothing on these pages can evaluate you, and no article can tell you what is causing your symptoms. That takes an examination of you, not a description of someone like you.
If something you read here sounds like what you or a family member has been living with, call (775) 507-2000 and ask about it. The office answers Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and a conversation about your own situation will always be more useful than another article. Please share medical details by phone or in person rather than through the website.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, do not look for answers in an article. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.