Our services
Novant Health Neurology – Brunswick offers diagnosis of, and treatment and management for common and complex neurologic conditions. Our providers are specialists in neurology; they have devoted their careers to understanding neurologic conditions and offering the very latest methods available to address those concerns.
We treat conditions including:
- Epilepsy and seizure disorders
- Headaches including migraines
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease; a condition involving progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain)
- Myasthenia gravis (a condition in which communication between nerves and muscles is lessened, resulting in weakness)
- Multiple sclerosis (MS; a condition in which the fatty tissue protecting nerves is harmed, making it harder for those nerves to conduct impulses from the brain)
- Parkinson’s disease (a motor system disorder that affects muscle function)
- Alzheimer’s disease and other memory problems
Our services include:
- Consultations and physical exams
- Infusion therapy for multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular diseases and headaches
- Electromyography/nerve conduction studies (EMG; a recording of the electrical activity of a muscle)
- Electroencephalography (EEG; a recording of the electrical activity of part of the brain)
- Long-term video EEG monitoring (EEG recordings taken over days or weeks)
- Evoked potential studies (a test to detect problems with the spinal cord)
- Lumbar punctures (to diagnose certain spinal conditions)
- Skin, muscle and nerve biopsies
- Nerve ultrasounds
- Botulinum toxin (Botox) injections
- t-PA administration for acute stroke (“clot buster” drug)
- Care coordination with Novant Health New Hanover Rehabilitation Hospital and other rehabilitation providers