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Informationen zum Autor Kerry R. Mills is Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist, King's College Hospital, as well as Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at Guy's Hospital, London. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Thessaloniki and he was formerly Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology and Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at the University of Oxford and The Radcliffe Infirmary 1987 to 1999. He has maintained continuous research output from 1975 to the present day, with over 230 peer reviewed publications, chapters and one single author book. Additionally, he is currently an Emeritus Fellow at Green College, Oxford. Klappentext This book includes sections that provide a summary of the basic science underlying neurophysiological techniques, a description of the techniques themselves, including normal values, and a description of the use of the techniques in clinical situations. Zusammenfassung This book includes sections that provide a summary of the basic science underlying neurophysiological techniques, a description of the techniques themselves, including normal values, and a description of the use of the techniques in clinical situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Scientific basis of clinical neurophysiology 1: Machiel J. Zwarts: Nerve, muscle and neuromuscular junction 2: David Burke and James Howells: The motor unit 3: David Burke: Motor control: Spinal and cortical mechanisms 4: John G. R. Jefferys: Cortical activity: Single cell, cell assemblages and networks 5: Dick F. Stegemann and Michel J. A. M. van Putten: Recording of neural signals, neural activation and signal processing Section 2: Techniques of clinical neurophysiology 6: Jun Kimura: Nerve conduction studies 7: Erik Stålberg: Electromyography 8: Anders Fuglsang-Frederiksen, Kirsten Pugdahl, and Hatice Tankisi: Quantitative EMG 9: Susanna B. Park, Cindy S-Y Lin, and Matthew C. Kiernan: Axonal excitability: Molecular basis and assessment in the clinic 10: Josep Valls-Solé: Reflex studies 11: Michalis Koutroumanidis, Dimitrios Sakellariou, and Vasiliki Tsirka: Electroencephalography 12: Gonzalo Alarcón and Antonio Valentín: Intracranial EEG recordings 13: Paul L. Furlong, Elaine Foley, Caroline Witton, and Stefano Seri: Magnetoencephalography 14: Kerry R. Mills: Transcranial magnetic stimulation 15: Helmut Buchner: Evoked potentials 16: Zenobia Zaiwalla and Roo Killick: Polysomnography and other investigations for sleep disorders 17: Adrian J. Fowle: Clinical neurophysiology of the pelvic floor Section 3: Clinical aspects: peripheral nervous system 18: Kerry R. Mills: The clinical approach to neurophysiology 19: Jeremy D. P. Bland: Focal neuropathies 20: Hessel Franssen: Generalised peripheral neuropathies 21: Kerry R. Mills: Disorders of single nerves, roots and plexuses 22: Mamede de Carvalho and Michael Swash: Neurophysiology in ALS and other motor degenerations 23: Donald B. Sanders: Clinical aspects of neuromuscular junction disorders 24: Robin P. Kennett and Sidra Aurangzeb: Primary muscle diseases 25: Matthew Pitt: Paediatric conditions 26: V. Peter Misra and Santiago Catania: EMG guided botulinum toxin therapy Section 4: Clinical aspects: central nervous system 27: Friederike Moeller, Ronit M. Pressler, and J. Helen Cross: Genetic generalized epilepsy 28: Tim Wehner, Kanjana Unnwongse, and Beate Diehl: Focal epilepsy 29: Shane Delamont: Syncope 30: Matthew C. Walker: Convulsive and non-convulsive status epilepticus 31: Robert Elwes: Presurgical evaluation for epilepsy surgery 32: Michalis Koutroumanidis and Robin Howard: Encephalopathy, CNS infections and coma 33: Gonzalo Alarcón, Marian Lazaro, and Antonio Valentín: Migraine, stroke and cerebral ischaemia 34: Sushma Go...
