Leslie J. Dorfman
Title
Professor
Department
Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Research Interests
Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous system.
Phone
723-6888
Fax
725-7459
Address
A343 Med Center
Mail Code: 5235
Faculty Research Description
Clinical electrophysiology of the peripheral and central nervous systems, including nerve conduction velocity; electromyography; and visual, auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials.
Application of digital signal processing techniques in clinical neurophysiology for diagnosis of neurological disorders and for neurological rehabilitation. Implementation of new methodologies for teaching clinical neuroscience to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, residents and fellows.
Howard JE and Dorfman LJ: Evoked potentials in hysteria and malingering. J Clin Neurophysiol
3:39-49, 1986.
Dorfman LJ and McGill KC: Automatic quantitative electromyography. Muscle and Nerve
11:804-818, 1988.
Dorfman LJ, Howard, JE, McGill KC: Motor unit rates and firing rate variability in the detection of
neuromuscular disorders. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 73:215-214, 1989.
Dorfman LJ, Howard JE, McGill KC: Triphasic behavioral reponse of motor units during submaximal
fatiguing exercise. Muscle and Nerve 13:621-628, 1990.
McGill KC, Lau K, Dorfman LJ: Comparison of motor unit analysis and turns analysis in
electromyography. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 81:8-17, 1991.
Areas of Study
SBRC