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Up-to-date and easy to read, Essentials of Clinical Neurophysiology, Fourth Edition, details the basics of normal and abnormal neurologic function and provides authoritative clinical guidance on performing and interpreting today's full range of neurophysiologic studies. Drs. Karl E. Misulis and Thomas C. Head cover recent advances in technology as well as changes in training and practice patterns for EEG, EMG, EP, intraoperative monitoring, sleep studies, and autonomic testing. Offering a practical overview of this complex field, this one-stop resource is an excellent tool for board review and preparation.

• Covers a wide variety of the studies used to evaluate epilepsy, coma, dementia, movement disorders, neuromuscular diseases, nerve dysfunction, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and more
• Features numerous illustrations that highlight key content and promote visual understanding
• Includes a new Key Points section to begin each chapter and offers suggested readings for further study
• Discusses new technologies and explains their clinical implications
• An ideal resource for neurology residents, fellows in neurophysiology and EEG/EMG, those studying for recertification, and EEG/EMG technicians
• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Dr. Misulis is a neurologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, specializing in hospital neurology. After a fellowship in neurophysiology, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty practicing general neurology and researching nerve regeneration and brain tumor biology. He moved to West Tennessee Healthcare where he was a hospital neurologist and Chief Medical Information Officer, while retaining his faculty appointment at Vanderbilt. Dr. Misulis has returned to full-time practice at Vanderbilt University Hospital as Professor of Clinical Neurology and Director of the Neurology Hospitalist service. He has a secondary appointment as Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics. Dr. Misulis is board certified in neurology and recently completed his 10-year recertification. He is also certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventative Medicine and certified in EEG by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Misulis has received numerous awards including being listed in Best Doctors for many years. He has published numerous books, including a co-authorship on “Neurologic Localization and Diagnosis” to publish with Elsevier this year. He has taught medicine around the world, working directly with physicians on three continents and lecturing on six.

Dr. Head received his medical degree from University of Alabama School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is board certified in neurology as well as in clinical neurophysiology (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology), with a focus on neuromuscular. Dr. Head served as co-author with Dr. Misulis for the previous edition of this text as well as on Netter’s Concise Neurology Updated Edition.