Contemporary Clinical Neurophysiology

Contemporary Clinical Neurophysiology (Supplement No. 34 to Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology) Edited by W. A. Cobb and H. Van Duijn. (Pp. 577; illustrated; price not stated.) Elsevier Scientific Publishing: Amsterdam. 1978. This book comprises the invited lectures which formed the basis for individual contributions to the Round Tables and Symposia at the Ninth International Congress of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology in Amsterdam in 1977. Three main topics are covered Electroencephalography, a short section on Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation, and Electromyography. The former topic incorporates data processing and automatic reporting in clinical EEG; behavioural correlates of evoked potentials and slow potentials, attentiveness and consciousness in epilepsy and experimental models of epilepsy. The section on electromyography covers motor control, structure and function, central EMG, neuromuscular physiology and pathophysiology. The papers are in general short, informative, and clearly illustrated. In summary, the book is an excellent source of information on clinical neurophysiology.