Electrodiagnosis in Clinical Neurology

Dr. Michael Aminoff was born and educated in England, graduating from University College London in 1962 and as a physician from University College Hospital Medical School in 1965. He subsequently trained in neurology and neurophysiology at The National Hospital (Queen Square) in London, and in 1974 moved to UCSF where he has been Professor of Neurology since 1982. He was Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories at UCSF until 2004, when he became Executive Vice Chair of the department of neurology, and also directs the Parkinson's Disease Clinic and Research Center, a National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence. He is the author of more than 230 published medical or scientific articles, as well as the author or editor of some 29 books. His published scientific contributions led to the award of a Doctorate in Science, an advanced doctorate in the Faculty of Science, by the University of London in 2000. He is the one of the two editors-in-chief of the four-volume Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (2nd Edition, Academic Press, 2014), and one of the series editors of the multi-volume Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Elsevier). He was Editor-in Chief of the journal Muscle & Nerve from 1998 to 2007 and serves on numerous other editorial boards. He was a director of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology for 8 years, and chair of the board in 2011. Dr. Aminoff has received numerous prizes including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine in 2006 and the A.B. Baker Award of the American Academy of Neurology for life-time achievements and contributions to medical education in 2007. In 2010, he was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor" at the University of California, San Francisco. He is married and has three children, one a pediatric rheumatologist, another a federal defense attorney, and the third an assistant district attorney.

I. Introduction 1. The Emergence of Electrophysiology as an Aid to Neurology 2. Electrophysiologic Equipment and Electrical Safety II. Electroencephalography 3. Electroencephalography: General Principles and Clinical Applications 4. Neonatal and Pediatric Electroencephalography 5. Long-Term Monitoring for Epilepsy 6. Ambulatory Electroencephalographic Monitoring 7. Invasive Clinical Neurophysiology in Epilepsy and Movement Disorders 8. Topographic Mapping, Frequency Analysis, and Other Digital Techniques in Electroencephalograpy 9. Intraoperative Electroencephalographic Monitoring 10. Magnetoencephalography III. Electromyography, Nerve Conduction Studies, and Related Techniques 11. Clinical Electromyography 12. Quantitative Electromyography 13. Nerve Conduction Studies 14. Microneurography as a Clinical research Tool 15. Electrophysiologic Study of Disorders of Neuromuscular Transmission 16. H-Reflex and F-Response Studies 17. The Blink Reflex 18. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Movement Disorders 19. Evaluation of the Autonomic Nervous System IV. Evoked Potentials and Related Techniques 20. Electroretinography 21. Visual Evoked Potentials in Clinical Neurology 22. Visual Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children 23. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials: Methodology, Interpretation and Clinical Application 24. Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials in Infants 25 Somatosensory Evoked Potentials 26. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Infants and Children 27. Motor Evoked Potentials 28. Event-Related Potentials 29. Intraoperative Monitoring by Evoked Potential Techniques 30. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Sacral Function V. Testing of Vestibular Function 31. Vestibular Laboratory Testing VI. Electrophyisiologic Evaluation in Special Situations 32. Polysomnographic Evaluation of Sleep Disorders 33. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit 34. Electrophysiologic Evaluation of Brain Death: A Critical Appraisal 35. Use of Neurophysiologic Techniques in Clinical Trials 36. Electrophysiologic Techniques in the Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Neurotoxic Disorders