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WL 1-102 Reference Works. General Works | |
WL 102.5-102.9 Neurons | |
WL 103-108 Psychophysiology. Neurosciences | |
WL 140-160 Diseases. Examination and Diagnosis (General) | |
WL 200-405 Central Nervous System. Disorders. Therapeutics | |
WL 200-302 Central Nervous System (General) | |
WL 307-335 Brain. Localization of Function | |
WL 340-346 Neurologic Manifestations | |
WL 348-362 Brain Diseases | |
WL 368-370 Brain Surgery | |
WL 385-390 Epilepsy. Movement Disorders | |
WL 400-405 Spinal Cord | |
WL 500-544 Peripheral Nerves | |
WL 600-610 Autonomic Nervous System | |
WL 700-710 Sense Organs | |
Reference Works. General Works | |
WL 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc. in W1.
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Collected works (General) | |
WL 5 |
By several authors
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WL 7 |
By individual authors
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WL 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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WL 11 |
History
(Table G)
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WL 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WL 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.
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WL 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WL 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WL 19 |
Schools, departments, and faculties of neurology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 20 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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WL 21 |
Neurology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
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WL 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Laboratories, institutes, etc. | |
WL 23 |
Collective
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WL 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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WL 25 |
Laboratory manuals. Technique
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WL 26 |
Equipment and supplies
(e.g., For electroencephalography) |
Classify catalogs in W 26.
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WL 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.
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Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. | |
WL 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WL 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WL 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WL 28.5 |
Collective
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WL 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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WL 30 |
Administration of services
(e.g., Services for the epileptic) |
WL 32 |
Laws
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 33 |
Discussion of law
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WL 100 |
General works
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Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WL 140.
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WL 101 |
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology. Abnormalities (General)
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WL 102 |
Physiology (General)
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Neurons | |
WL 102.5 |
Neurons
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WL 102.7 |
Motor neurons
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WL 102.8 |
Synapses
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WL 102.9 |
Nerve endings
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Psychophysiology. Neurosciences | |
WL 103 |
Psychophysiology (General)
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Classify works on specific topics by subject. See MeSH tree structure F2 and Index to this Classification.
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WL 103.5 |
Neuropsychology
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WL 103.7 |
Psychoneuroimmunology
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WL 104 |
Neurochemistry
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WL 105 |
Neuroendocrinology
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WL 106 |
Reflexes
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Classify works on conditioned reflexes, etc., in BF 319-319.5.
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WL 108 |
Physiology of sleep
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Classify works on disorders of sleep WM 188.
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Diseases. Examination and Diagnosis (General) | |
WL 140 |
Nervous system diseases (General)
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WL 141 |
Neurologic examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Diagnostic imaging of the brain
(e.g., Ventriculography) |
Classify works on pediatric neuroradiography in WS 340.
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WL 150 |
Electroencephalography. Monitoring (General)
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WL 154 |
Echoencephalography
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WL 160 |
Nervous system neoplasms (General)
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Central Nervous System. Disorders. Therapeutics Central Nervous System (General) | |
WL 200 |
Meninges. Blood-brain barrier
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WL 203 |
Cerebrospinal fluid
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WL 300 |
General works (Include works on brain alone)
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WL 302 |
Cerebrovascular circulation
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Cf. WG 595.C37 Cerebral arteries.
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Brain. Localization of Function | |
WL 307 |
Cerebrum. Cerebral cortex. Telencephalon
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Classify here works on basal ganglia, corpus callosum and cerebral ventricles.
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WL 310 |
Brain stem
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WL 312 |
Diencephalon. Thalamus
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WL 314 |
Limbic system
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WL 320 |
Cerebellum
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WL 330 |
Cranial nerves (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WL 335 |
Localization of function. Cerebral dominance. Brain mapping
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Neurologic Manifestations | |
WL 340 |
Neurologic manifestations (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WL 340.2 |
Communication disorders. Speech-language pathology
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Classify here all works on communication disorders except those of psychogenic origins. Classify communication disorders of psychogenic origins in WM 475-475.6.
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WL 340.5 |
Aphasia
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Classify works on aphasia of psychogenic origin in WM 475.5.
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WL 340.6 |
Dyslexia
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Classify works on dyslexia of psychogenic origin in WM 475.6.
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WL 341 |
Consciousness. Unconsciousness
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WL 342 |
Headache. Headache Disorders (General)
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WL 344 |
Migraine. Vascular headache.
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WL 346 |
Paralysis (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Brain Diseases | |
WL 348 |
Brain diseases
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WL 350 |
Congenital (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WL 351 |
Inflammatory
(e.g., Abscess. Encephalitis. Encephalomyelitis) |
Cf. WC 542 Arbovirus encephalitis.
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WL 354 |
Traumatic
(Concussion. Brain damage) |
WL 355 |
Cerebrovascular disorders
(e.g., Cerebral hemorrhage) |
WL 358 |
Brain neoplasms. Central nervous system (General)
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WL 359 |
Degenerative
(e.g., Parkinsonism) |
WL 360 |
Multiple sclerosis
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WL 362 |
Kernicterus
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Brain Surgery | |
WL 368 |
Brain surgery. Neurosurgery (General)
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Classify works on sympathectomy in WL 610.
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WL 370 |
Psychosurgery
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Epilepsy. Movement Disorders | |
WL 385 |
Epilepsy
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WL 390 |
Movement disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify works on muscular diseases in WE 550-559; on psychomotor disorders in WM 197.
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Spinal Cord | |
WL 400 |
Spinal cord. Spinal nerves (General or not elsewhere classified).
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WL 405 |
Myelography
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Peripheral Nerves | |
WL 500 |
General works
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WL 544 |
Neuritis. Neuralgia
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Autonomic Nervous System | |
WL 600 |
General works
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Classify here works on specific autonomic nerve groups, not included below.
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WL 610 |
Sympathetic nervous system. Parasympathetic nervous system
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Classify works on cranial nerves in WL 330.
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Sense Organs | |
WL 700 |
General works
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Classify works on specific sense organs with the system involved.
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WL 702 |
Psychophysics. Sensation (General)
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Do not confuse with psychophysiology WL 103.
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WL 704 |
Pain
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Classify works on individual sense organ and/or pain relating to it with the organ.
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WL 705 |
Perception. Perceptual distortion
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WL 710 |
Sensation disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Cf. WR 280 for sensory disorders of the skin.
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