Information by Department

Neurology

The neuroscience unit is designed to meet the needs of patients with diagnoses related to the central or peripheral nervous system. These diagnoses include strokes and transient ischemic attacks; seizure disorders; such demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome; such neurodegenerative disorders as myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinson's disease; and infections of the central nervous system like meningitis.

The Neurodiagnostics Laboratory is equipped to perform delectoencephalograms, the recording of brain waves; electromyogramphy, the electrical study of peripheral nerves; polysomnography, or sleep study; multiple sleep latency tests, performed for evaluation of narcolepsy; mean wakefulness tests, performed for evaluation of apnea treatment; and evoked potentials, the recording of the central nervous system's response to stimuli.

The staff is also available to monitor spinal injuries.