Neuromuscular Medicine Glossary

American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, the professional organization that sets standards for electrodiagnos...

Autoantibodies targeting acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, primarily associated with myasthenia gra...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive motor neuron disease affecting voluntary muscle control.

A diagnostic procedure using edrophonium or neostigmine to temporarily improve muscle weakness in myasthenia gravis.

An X-linked recessive muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, milder than Duchenne muscular dystr...

An electrodiagnostic test that evaluates the trigeminal and facial nerve pathways by measuring the reflex blink response...

Intermittent failure of neuromuscular transmission resulting in absent muscle fiber action potentials during single-fibe...

A congenital myopathy characterized by central cores in muscle fibers that lack mitochondria and oxidative enzyme activi...

A group of disorders caused by dysfunction of ion channels affecting muscle membrane excitability and contraction.

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. An acquired autoimmune peripheral nerve disorder requiring specific d...

Compound muscle action potential measured during nerve conduction studies.

The summated electrical response of muscle fibers to stimulation of their motor nerve, recorded in nerve conduction stud...

Focal failure of nerve impulse transmission resulting in reduced CMAP amplitude with proximal versus distal stimulation.

The speed at which electrical impulses travel along nerve fibers, measured in meters per second during nerve conduction...

Hereditary neuromuscular disorder caused by genetic defects affecting neuromuscular junction structure or function from...

Enzyme released from damaged muscle cells, elevated levels indicate muscle injury or disease.

Acute muscle weakness and atrophy developing in critically ill patients, often associated with sepsis and corticosteroid...

Historical diagnostic test using curare (d-tubocurarine) to unmask latent myasthenia gravis. Now obsolete due to safety...

Progressive reduction in compound muscle action potential amplitude during repetitive nerve stimulation, indicating neur...

Progressive decline in CMAP amplitude during repetitive nerve stimulation, indicating neuromuscular junction dysfunction...

Inflammatory myopathy characterized by distinctive skin changes and muscle weakness, often associated with underlying ma...

Time interval between nerve stimulation and onset of the compound muscle action potential in nerve conduction studies.

X-linked recessive muscular dystrophy caused by dystrophin gene mutations, characterized by progressive muscle weakness...

Alternative name for Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome. A presynaptic neuromuscular junction disorder often associated w...