Description

This authoritative reference is the only text available devoted exclusively to the neurophysiology of children. It includes comprehensive information on electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies (NCS), and evoked potentials (EP). Written by a stellar group of recognized authorities, this text is essential for pediatric neurologists and general neurologists who perform and interpret neurophysiologic tests on children.

Key Features

*Contains practical guides on interpreting neonatal and pediatric EEGs
*Includes a discussion of pediatric sleep disorders
*Covers the use of magnetoencephalogrphy in localization of cerebral function in children
*Covers intracranial EEG monitoring in the evaluation of children with medically intractable epilepsy
*Covers neurophysiology of language and behavioral disorders in children
*Covers intraopearative evoked potentials and the interrelation of DNA analysis with clinical neurophysiology in the diagnosis of chronic neuromuscular disorders of childhood

BASIC PRINCIPLES AND MATURATIONAL CHANGES: Basic Principles of Electroencephalography; Normal Developmental Changes in EEG; Neonatal EEG; Basic Principles of Electromyography; Normal Developmental Changes in EMG; Normal Developmental Changes in Evoked Potentials; DISORDERS OF CEREBRAL FUNCTION: Generalized Epilepsies; Partial Epilepsies; Age Specific Seizure Disorders; Language Disorders The Neurophysiology of Pediatric Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Drug Effects on the EEG; Structural Cerebral Lesions; Metabolic, Infectious, and Degenerative Brain Disorders; Cranial Trauma; Brain Death; Cassette Electroencephalography; Long-Term Monitoring; EEG in Evaluation of Surgery Patients; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS: The Floppy Baby; Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Other Diseases of the Anterior Horn Cell; Plexopathies and Nerve Root Lesions; Hereditary Peripheral Neuropathies; Acquired Peripheral Neuropathies; Mononeuropathies; Neuromuscular Transmission Defects; Myopathies; Bulbar Dysfunction; OTHER NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES: Evaluation of Sphincter Dysfunction; Evoked Potentials in Disease Processes; Sleep; Magnetoencephalography; Computer Applications in Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, and Brain Mapping