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Autonomic Functional Assessment:
Director: Frisca Yan-Go, M.D.
Phone: 310-794-1220
Provides quantified measurements of sympathetic adrenergic function, cardiovagal parasympathetic function, and sudomotor sweat ability to aid physicians to assess, localize, and treat autonomic nervous system disorders.
Cerebral Blood Flow:
Director: Neil Martin, M.D.
Phone: 310-206-0626
Provides inpatient and outpatient cerebral blood flow studies for patients with acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, arteriovenous malformations, or traumatic brain injury:
1. Transcranial doppler (TCD): Non-invasive assessment of blood flow velocity in the basal cerebral arteries.
2. Xenon-133 Assessment of cerebral perfusion
Electroencephalography (EEG):
Co-Directors: Marc R. Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D. and
Jerome Engel, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: 310-825-6257
Provides specialized diagnostic testing of epilepsy and focal brain disturbances, space-occupying lesions, and vascular disorders.
1. Ambulatory EEG monitoring (awake and asleep)
2. Computer EEG analysis (brain mapping)
3. Specialized ICU and OR monitoring
Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies (NCS):
Director: Michael Graves, M.D.
Phone: 310-825-7266
Provides needle EMG tests of motor and sensory nerve conduction for patients with disorders of muscle and peripheral nerve. Single fiber EMG for special cases.
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Electronystagmography (ENG):
Director: Robert Baloh, M.D.
Phone: 310-825-5910
Provides computer assisted electronystagmography and rotational testing to evaluate pathologic nystagmus, vestibulo-ocluar reflex function, and visual ocular control in patients with dizziness and balance problems.
Evoked Potential (EP):
Director: Marc R. Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: 310-825-6123
Uses special techniques related to visual and somatosensory pathways, intra-operative monitoring, inpatient and outpatient audiometry for evaluation of hearing in high-risk newborns, and cortical evoked potential mapping.
Functional Assessment:
Director: Bruce Dobkin, M.D.
Phone: 310-794-1461
Provides sophisticated analyses of movement, strength, balance, fatigue and spasticity for patients with neurological disease or injury. Special studies include video gait analysis with computerized kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic evaluation.
Neuro-Psychology:
Director: H. Rebecca Rausch, M.D.
Phone: 310-206-3086
Offers advanced behavioral evaluation of brain function in both pediatric and adult patients to provide useful diagnostic and prognostic information in a wide variety of suspected and confirmed neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Sleep Laboratory:
Director: Frisca Yan-Go, M.D.
Phone: 310-206-8005
Provides testing for sleep apnea, narcolepsy, periodic leg movements, nocturnal seizures, circadian rhythm disturbances, abnormal behaviors during sleep (parasomnias), and infant evaluations for sleep related disordered breathing.
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