Editing The Canon of Medicine (section)

=== Neuroscience ===
Book 3 also contains an extensive chapter about neuroscience, which "begins by explaining the structure and function of the nervous system, ...parts of the brain, the spinal cord, the [[Ventricular system|ventricles]], [[meninges]], nerves and roots, ... [and] neurological and neuropsychological disorders, including signs and symptoms and treatment strategies".<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal|last1=Zargaran|first1=Arman|last2=Mehdizadeh|first2=Alireza|last3=Zarshenas|first3=Mohamad M.|last4=Mohagheghzadeh|first4=Abdolali|year=2012|title=Avicenna (980–1037 AD)|journal=Journal of Neurology|volume=259|issue=2|pages=389–390|doi=10.1007/s00415-011-6219-2|pmid=21887514|s2cid=27037669|issn=0340-5354}}</ref>

Furthermore, several specific neurological conditions are described, including: [[epilepsy]], [[apoplexy]] and stroke, paralysis, vertigo, spasm, wry mouth, tremor, [[meningitis]], amnesia and dementia, head injuries and traumas, hysteria and [[conversion disorder]], fainting and stupor, nervous tic, sexual disorders, love sickness, delusion and hallucination, insomnia, [[Sopor (sleep)|sopor]], nightmare, mania and psychosis, melancholia, paranoia, asthenia, hydrocephalus, and sciatica.<ref name=":22" /> Book 3 of the ''Canon of Medicine'' also describes fifteen kinds of headaches, as well as descriptions of treatments for each of these conditions that are divided into three steps:<ref name=":22" />

1.     Change of lifestyle

2.     Simple medicines

3.     Compound medicines

Surgical intervention and other non-pharmacological strategies were also recommended in some cases, such as electrical shocks to treat epilepsy.<ref name=":22" />