CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORIES
Center for Neuromuscular Diseases
Clifton L. Gooch
Understanding diseases of nerve and muscle through electrophysiologic analysis of peripheral nervous system function in patients. Active areas of research include motor unit number estimation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related diseases; electrophysiologic assessment of experimental drug effects; single fiber electromyography and its applications in humans and animal models; quantitative electromyography in myopathic and neuropathic disease; development and application of novel electrophysiologic computerized techniques in EMG; and innovative electrophysiologic techniques for clinical and research applications. The laboratory also provides clinical diagnostic services for a wide and varied population of both inpatients and outpatients at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Neurological Institute.
Autonomic Lab
Louis H. Weimer
Clinical evaluation of central and peripheral causes of dysautonomia and autonomic failure, including autonomic neuropathy, multiple system atrophy, and orthostatic intolerance. Techniques include cardiovascular reflex testing, heart rate variability, tilt-table testing, power spectral analysis, and sudomotor estimation. Quantification of small soatic pain and temperature nerve fiber function in peripheral neuropathy and selective small fiber neuropathy.
Ronald G. Emerson
Generator sources of evoked potentials; sensory processing by the central nervous system; evoked potentials in neurological disorders; technological and systems development. Dipole models of epileptiform discharges; patterns of seizure propagation.
Aging, Memory & Dementia