Neurology

Neurology services provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and consultation for conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

Neurologists are doctors who specialize in caring for patients with these conditions. Care may be provided while you are in hospital (i.e. inpatient services) or through an appointment at a clinic  (i.e. outpatient services).

Neurologists diagnose and treat conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

You may be referred for conditions such as:

• epilepsy
• Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia
• stroke and other conditions that affect blood flow to the brain
• migraine and other headache disorders
• multiple sclerosis (MS) and other inflammatory conditions of the nervous system
• Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other motor neuron (nerve cell) disease
• neuromuscular problems that affect the nerves, muscles or the connection between them (focal or generalized neuropathies)
• Lou Gehrig’s disease
• Huntington’s disease
• EMG testing

Neurology services are available to people across Newfoundland and Labrador who need assessment, diagnosis or treatment for a condition affecting the brain, spinal cord or nerves.

A referral from your health-care provider is required.

Your care team might include:

• neurologists (doctors who diagnose and treat conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord and nerves)
• pediatricians (doctors who specialize in the care of children and youth)
• nurses
• electroencephalogram (EEG) technologists, who perform tests to measure the electrical activity of the brain
• administrative professionals

Some neurologists provide general neurology care, while others specialize in specific neurological conditions. Care is also available through dedicated and travel clinics.