The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer

Basic Considerations.- Basic Electronics in Clinical Neurophysiology.- Basic Neurophysiology and the Cortical Basis of EEG.- Ions, Membrane Potentials, and Myelin.- to Volume Conduction.- Electroencephalography.- The Normal EEG in an Adult.- Activation of the EEG.- Normal Variant EEG Patterns.- Epileptiform Abnormalities.- Focal and Generalized Slowing, Coma, and Brain Death.- Normal Pediatric EEG.- Pediatric EEG Abnormalities.- Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography.- Neurophysiology of Nerve Conduction Studies.- Technical, Physiological and Anatomic Considerations in Nerve Conduction Studies.- to the Needle Electrode Examination.- Mononeuropathies of the Upper and Lower Extremity.- Electrophysiology of Polyneuropathy.- Radiculopathy and Motor Neuron Disorders.- Electrophysiology of Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies.- Evaluation of the Cranial Nerves.- Electrophysiology of Myopathy.- Neurophysiology of Neuromuscular Transmission and Its Disorders.- Pediatric Nerve Conduction Studies and EMG.- Autonomic Testing, Evoked Potentials, and Sleep.- Polysomnography and Sleep Disorders.- Autonomic Nervous System Testing.- Visual Evoked Potentials.- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials.- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.