With the growth of combined clinical neurophysiology fellowship training programs and their corresponding "e;pan-physiology"e; board examinations, there has been an increased need for educational materials that span the range of clinical neurophysiology topics. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer aims to meet this need by providing a broad and intentionally basic treatment of the most central topics within clinical neurophysiology. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer initially took shape within the clinical neurophysiology sections at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Rhode Island Hospital, as an outgrowth of their fellowships' didactic lecture series. Faculty and trainees at these and affiliated teaching hospitals participate in a series of lectures over the course of the academic year designed to acquaint trainees with the elements of clinical neurophysiology, supplementing their clinical experiences. We hope that this primer will prove valuable to others as a companion book intended for clinical neurophysiology fellows and neurology residents, to be used in conjunction with such a program of lectures.

With the growth of combined clinical neurophysiology fellowship training programs and their corresponding “pan-physiology” board examinations, there has been an increased need for educational materials that span the range of clinical neurophysiology topics. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer aims to meet this need by providing a broad and intentionally basic treatment of the most central topics within clinical neurophysiology. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer initially took shape within the clinical neurophysiology sections at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Rhode Island Hospital, as an outgrowth of their fellowships’ didactic lecture series. Faculty and trainees at these and affiliated teaching hospitals participate in a series of lectures over the course of the academic year designed to acquaint trainees with the elements of clinical neurophysiology, supplementing their clinical experiences. We hope that this primer will prove valuable to others as a companion book intended for clinical neurophysiology fellows and neurology residents, to be used in conjunction with such a program of lectures.

Basic Considerations.- Basic Electronics in Clinical Neurophysiology.- Basic Neurophysiology and the Cortical Basis of EEG.- Ions, Membrane Potentials, and Myelin.- to Volume Conduction.- Electroencephalography.- The Normal EEG in an Adult.- Activation of the EEG.- Normal Variant EEG Patterns.- Epileptiform Abnormalities.- Focal and Generalized Slowing, Coma, and Brain Death.- Normal Pediatric EEG.- Pediatric EEG Abnormalities.- Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography.- Neurophysiology of Nerve Conduction Studies.- Technical, Physiological and Anatomic Considerations in Nerve Conduction Studies.- to the Needle Electrode Examination.- Mononeuropathies of the Upper and Lower Extremity.- Electrophysiology of Polyneuropathy.- Radiculopathy and Motor Neuron Disorders.- Electrophysiology of Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexopathies.- Evaluation of the Cranial Nerves.- Electrophysiology of Myopathy.- Neurophysiology of Neuromuscular Transmission and Its Disorders.- Pediatric Nerve Conduction Studies and EMG.- Autonomic Testing, Evoked Potentials, and Sleep.- Polysomnography and Sleep Disorders.- Autonomic Nervous System Testing.- Visual Evoked Potentials.- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials.- Somatosensory Evoked Potentials.- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

With the growth of combined clinical neurophysiology fellowship training programs and their corresponding “pan-physiology” board examinations, there has been an increased need for educational materials that span the range of clinical neurophysiology topics. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer aims to meet this need by providing a broad and intentionally basic treatment of the most central topics within clinical neurophysiology. The Clinical Neurophysiology Primer initially took shape within the clinical neurophysiology sections at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Rhode Island Hospital, as an outgrowth of their fellowships’ didactic lecture series. Faculty and trainees at these and affiliated teaching hospitals participate in a series of lectures over the course of the academic year designed to acquaint trainees with the elements of clinical neurophysiology, supplementing their clinical experiences. We hope that this primer will prove valuable to others as a companion book intended for clinical neurophysiology fellows and neurology residents, to be used in conjunction with such a program of lectures.