Ace The Neurophysiology Exam

Myasthenia gravis (MG), a neuromuscular junction disorder, causes weakness in the voluntary muscles of the body involving eyes, mouth, throat, ...

As survival rates of the critically ill increase with the advancement of modern medicine, the incidence of neuromuscular disturbances in these pati ...

Febrile seizures are seizures that are caused by a sudden spike in body temperature with fevers greater than 38C or 100.4F, with no other ...

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, known by its acronym TENS, is a modality that uses electric current to activate nerves for therapeutic ...

Epilepsy affects about seventy million of the global population and is a chronic, debilitating condition,

Many patients are not aware of their olfactory deficits. Therefore, olfactory testing is imp ...

Myotonia congenita (MC) is a genetic neuromuscular channelopathy that affects skeletal muscle fibers (striated muscle controlled by the somatic ner ...

Kuru is the prototype human prion disease first reported in publications by Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas in 1957 in the Fore tribes o ...

Neuropraxia is the mildest form of traumatic peripheral nerve injury. It is characterized by focal segmental demyelination at the site of inju ...

Brachial Plexus injuries, or brachial plexopathies, are considered among the most devastating of neurological injuries. Numerous mechanisms of inju ...

Triphasic waves are abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG) waveforms seen in association with multiple clinical conditions, including encephalopathy a ...

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a neurophysiological test that measures changes in neuronal activity associated with current flows in the extracell ...

Morvan syndrome or Morvan’s fibrillary chorea (MFC) is a rare constellation of neurological symptoms, consisting of peripheral nerve hyperexc ...

Electroencephalogram of a newborn shows unique features compared to older children and adults. The principles employed in the identification o ...

Cervical radiculopathy is most commonly precipitated by compression of a nerve root. Diagnosis is made by combining the patient’s symptoms, s ...

Brachial neuritis, also called neuralgic amyotrophy, has two major clinical symptoms, pain and muscle weakness from atrophy. It is a multifocal, im ...

Foot drop is an inability to lift the forefoot due to the weakness of dorsiflexors of the foot. This, in turn, can lead to an unsafe antalgic gait, ...