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The NBE curriculum list, reproduced exactly, plus the editions residents actually read in 2026 — with journals, a year-wise reading plan, and the references you will need for your thesis and exit practical.
Doing the DM instead? The same superspecialty is covered at DM Neurology books.
These 28 titles are reproduced as they appear in the National Board of Examinations curriculum document for Neurology — spelling and abbreviations included. Treat it as the scope anchor, not as a shopping list.
Source: National Board of Examinations curriculum document for Neurology
The books most residents actually buy. These are the editions in circulation now, with a note on whether each is something you read through, keep as a reference, or open only for the viva.
Journal club and the recent-advances parts of the theory paper come from here. You do not need all of them — follow one Indian and two international titles properly.
Three years of superspecialty training goes faster than it sounds, and most of it is spent on the floor. The order below is what works for most DrNB Neurology residents.
Master examination and localisation - DeJong plus Brazis - while reading Adams and Victor cover to cover. Start neurophysiology basics and finalise the thesis protocol.
Shift to Bradley for depth, add Preston and Shapiro and Niedermeyer during EMG/EEG postings, and read Caplan during the stroke rotation. Follow Continuum issues as they appear.
Selective revision of Bradley, systematic guideline reading, timed short-note practice, and daily spot practice on imaging, EEG and NCS traces.
Protocol, methodology and reporting standards examiners expect you to have followed.
Cases, spotters and stations that come up again and again in the exit exam.
DrNB Neurology theory is three papers of 100 marks each over three hours per paper, written as short notes, with 150/300 needed to pass. The practical, also 300 marks, is taken only after clearing theory and mixes clinical cases and/or OSCE with viva. Neurology practicals put unusually heavy weight on localisation in the long case and on EEG, NCS/EMG and neuroimaging spots.
The National Board of Examinations curriculum for Neurology lists 28 titles, beginning with DeJong's The Neurological Examination, 7th Edition. Stephanie Lessig, MD edited by William Campbell, 671 pp., illus., Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,. The full list is reproduced on this page exactly as it is published.
Bradley and Daroff's Neurology in Clinical Practice by Jankovic, Mazziotta, Pomeroy, Newman is the usual anchor. The main two-volume reference most Indian neurology residents build their reading around.
DrNB Neurology is a superspecialty course taken after a broad-specialty MD, MS or DNB, so the reading is narrower and deeper. The broad-specialty texts are assumed knowledge by the time you start.
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