Browsing by Author "Nuwer, Marc"

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    Guidelines for Qualifications of Neurodiagnostic Personnel: A Joint Position Statement of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring, and ASET-The Neurodiagnostic Society
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2023) López, Jaime R.; Ahn-Ewing, Judy; Emerson, Ron; Ford, Carrie; Gale, Clare; Gertsch, Jeffery H.; Hewitt, Lillian; Husain, Aatif; Kelly, Linda; Kincaid, John; Kise, Meledy; Kornegay, Adam; Moreira, Joseph J.; Nuwer, Marc; Schneider, Anita; Stecker, Mark; Sullivan, Lucy R.; Toleikis, J. Richard; Wall, Lois; Herman, Susan; Neurology, School of Medicine
    The Guidelines for Qualifications of Neurodiagnostic Personnel (QNP) document has been created through the collaboration of the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS), the American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring (ASNM), the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), and ASET—The Neurodiagnostic Society (ASET). The quality of patient care is optimized when neurophysiological procedures are performed and interpreted by appropriately trained and qualified practitioners at every level. These societies recognize that neurodiagnostics is a large field with practitioners who have entered the field through a variety of training paths. This document suggests job titles, associated job responsibilities, and the recommended levels of education, certification, experience, and ongoing education appropriate for each job. This is important because of the growth and development of standardized training programs, board certifications, and continuing education in recent years. This document matches training, education, and credentials to the various tasks required for performing and interpreting neurodiagnostic procedures. This document does not intend to restrict the practice of those already working in neurodiagnostics. It represents recommendations of these societies with the understanding that federal, state, and local regulations, as well as individual hospital bylaws, supersede these recommendations. Because neurodiagnostics is a growing and dynamic field, the authors fully intend this document to change over time.
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    Widespread white matter and conduction defects in PSEN1-related spastic paraparesis
    (Elsevier, 2016-11) Soosman, Steffan K.; Joseph-Mathurin, Nelly; Braskie, Meredith N.; Bordelon, Yvette M.; Wharton, David; Casado, Maria; Coppola, Giovanni; McCallum, Holly; Nuwer, Marc; Coutin-Churchman, Pedro; Apostolova, Liana G.; Benzinger, Tammie; Ringman, John M.; Neurology, School of Medicine
    The mechanisms underlying PSEN1 mutation-associated spastic paraparesis (SP) are not clear. We compared diffusion and volumetric magnetic resonance measures between 3 persons with SP associated with the A431E mutation and 7 symptomatic persons with PSEN1 mutations without SP matched for symptom duration. We performed amyloid imaging and central motor and somatosensory conduction studies in one subject with SP. We found decreases in fractional anisotropy and increases in mean diffusivity in widespread white matter areas including the corpus callosum, occipital, parietal, and frontal lobes in PSEN1 mutation carriers with SP. Volumetric measures were not different and amyloid imaging showed low signal in sensorimotor cortex and other areas in a single subject with SP. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated both slowed motor and sensory conduction in the lower extremities in this same subject. Our results suggest that SP in carriers of the A431E PSEN1 mutation is a manifestation of widespread white matter abnormalities not confined to the corticospinal tract that is at most indirectly related to the mutation’s effect on APP processing and amyloid deposition.