Clinical neurophysiology
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in the U.S., clinical neurophysiology can also be a subspecialty of psychiatry as well as of neurology; link provided
'''Clinical neurophysiology''' is a [[medicine|medical]] speciality that studies the central and peripheral nervous systems through the recording of bioelectrical activity, whether spontaneous or stimulated.
In some countries it is a part of [[neurology]] or [[psychiatry]], for example the [[United States]] [http://www.abpn.com/cnp.htm] and [[Germany]]. In others it is an autonomous speciality, such as [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Finland]], [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]].
Its main parts are:
* [[Electromyography]] and [[nerve conduction study]]; acronyms include EMG, NCS
* [[Electroencephalography]]; acronyms include EEG
* [[Evoked potential]]s; acronyms include EP, SSEP, TCeMEP, TCmMEP
* [[Polysomnography]], an overnight test which finds sleep abnormalities
* [[Intraoperative monitoring]], [[Neuromonitoring|Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring]], surgical neurophsyiology; acronyms include IOM and IONM.
==External links==
*[http://www.aan.com American Academy of Neurology]
*[http://www.neurophys.com Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.abpn.com/cnp.htm Initial Qualification in the Subspecialty of Clinical Neurophysiology], from the [[American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology]]
*[http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/ Neuromuscular disease center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO]
*[http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/diseasemanagement/neurology/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm#table2 Cleveland Clinic]
*[http://www.epilepsy.org/ctf/default.html ILAE Task Force on Classification]
*[http://www.teleemg.com Tele EMG]
*[http://svt.ee.tut.fi/emg EMG The Expert]
*[http://www.chasque.apc.org/dcibils Neurofisiologia Universidad de Montevideo]
*[http://www.caahep.org/standards/end_93.htm Accredited Educational Program for Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist]
*[http://neurofisio.hn.org/index.phtml Perineuro, web de Neurofisiología Clínica]
==Organizations for clinical neurophysiology==
*[http://www.ifcn.info International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.acns.org American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.nevrofysiologi.no Norwegian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.nvknf.nl/ Dutch Society for Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.neurofisiologia.net/ Italian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.smnfc.com/ Mexican Society for Clinical Neurophysiology]
*[http://www.neurofisiologia.org Sociedad Española de Neurofisiología Clínica]
*[http://www.aan.com American Academy of Neurology]
[[Category:Neurophysiology]]
[[es:Neurofisiología clínica]]
[[no:Klinisk nevrofysiologi]]
[[zh:临床神经生理学]]