James R. Burrell is a neurologist in Camperdown, NSW. You’ll find his practice at 100 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. Neurology is about the brain, nerves and how the body moves and thinks, so a lot of his work focuses on problems that can change over time.
Many of the people who see him have memory and thinking concerns, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. At times, symptoms can also show up more with language, like primary progressive aphasia, where finding words or understanding speech becomes harder as time goes on.
He also looks after patients with frontotemporal dementia. This can affect personality, behaviour, and language skills. In other cases, people come in for motor and movement issues. Conditions such as Parkinson’s-related movement problems, progressive supranuclear palsy, and progressive supranuclear palsy atypical can make walking, balance, and eye movements more difficult.
Some patients are seen for symptoms linked to motor neuron conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease) and primary lateral sclerosis. Others may present with apraxia, which is when the brain struggles to plan or carry out learned movements, even though muscle strength is still there.
There are also less common neurological conditions that may bring people to a neurologist, and he manages situations like corticobasal degeneration and developmental dysphasia. Movement and eye movement problems can be part of the picture too, including supranuclear ophthalmoplegia and Brown syndrome.
Day to day, the goal is usually pretty simple: to understand what’s going on, sort out the likely cause of symptoms, and help people plan what comes next. Neurological conditions can be tough for families as well as patients, especially when symptoms affect speech, movement or memory.
James R. Burrell works from his Camperdown rooms and supports people dealing with a wide range of long-term neurological problems. If you’re looking for a neurologist for memory loss, language changes, movement disorders, or motor neuron conditions, this is the type of care his practice is set up to provide.
