Automated Analysis of EEG
Introduction Print Section Listen The electroencephalogram (EEG) provides a real-time measure of brain electrical activity and has proven to be useful in a wide range of clinical settings, for example,…
Neurologic Practice in a Video-EEG Monitoring Unit
Introduction Print Section Listen Neurologists working on a video-electroencephalography monitoring (VEM) unit are part of a large team comprising ward nurses and an epilepsy advanced practice nurse (APN), EEG technologists…
Establishing a Video-EEG Monitoring Unit
Introduction Print Section Listen The Video-EEG Monitoring Unit (v-EMU) has evolved over recent decades to aid the practitioner in the evaluation of people with recurrent transient neurologic events and the…
Fundamentals of Digital EEG Recording
Introduction Print Section Listen Digital recording and review techniques have evolved in parallel with the electronics and data-processing revolution of the past 30 years. Digital recording gained popularity over analog…
Infectious Diseases of the Nervous System
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Neurologic infections can be classified by clinical syndrome/localization (e.g., meningitis vs encephalitis vs myelitis vs radiculitis) and by the type of infection (e.g., viral, bacterial, tuberculous,…
Neoplastic and Paraneoplastic Disorders of the Nervous System and Neurologic Complications of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The nervous system can be affected in several ways in patients with neoplastic disease: Directly due to primary nervous system tumors or metastases to nervous system…
Delirium, Dementia, and Rapidly Progressive Dementia
APPROACH TO ALTERED COGNITION Print Section Listen When assessing patients with acute or chronic changes in cognition, two interrelated questions should be pursued during the history and examination: Is the…
Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen At the neuromuscular junction motor neurons release acetylcholine that binds to acetylcholine receptors on the postsynaptic muscle fibers, causing them to contract. Diseases of the neuromuscular…
Movement Disorders
INTRODUCTION TO MOVEMENT DISORDERS Print Section Listen In most realms of neurologic disease, localization is the first step toward differential diagnosis. In assessing movement disorders, however, the first step is…
Diseases of Muscle
CAUSES OF MUSCLE DISEASE Print Section Listen Muscle disease can be caused by: Inflammatory diseases: polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis, immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy Medications: most commonly statins and corticosteroids, but…
