Epilepsy : scientific foundations of clinical practice /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
M. Dekker,
[2004]
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| Series: | Neurological disease and therapy ;
64. |
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Table of Contents:
- Scientific foundations
- Pathophysiology of seizures and epilepsy
- Drug resistance in epilepsy and status epilepticus
- Genetics of human epilepsy - epilepsy as a channelopathy
- Antiepileptic drugs
- Ontogeny of molecular targets of antiepileptic drugs : impact on drug choice
- Epilepsy and disease modification : animal models for novel drug discovery
- Nonsynaptic mechanisms in seizures and epileptogenesis : targets for clinical management?
- A mechanisitic approach to antiepileptic drug interactions
- Toxicology of idiosyncratic organ toxicities of AEDs
- Epilepsy surgery
- Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging : how are these guiding epilepsy surgery?
- Nonsurgical ablation of epileptic tissue
- Alternative therapies
- Social treatments in epilepsy
- The ketogenic diet : scientific principles underlying its use
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Immunomodulation of epilepsy
- Neurosteroids : endogenous modulators of seizure susceptibility
- Other modulators of the epileptic state
- Impact of neuroendocrine factors on seizure genesis and treatment
- Chronobiology and sleep : implications of seizure genesis and treatment
- Chronobiology and sleep : implications for seizure propensity
- Psycopathology in epilepsy : a window to brain behavior in relationships
- The future of epilepsy therapy
- Novel mechanisms of drug delivery
- Deep brain stimulation : why should this work?
- Intraoperative optical imaging of epileptiform and functional activity
- Early seizure detection : theoretical and applied
- Arresting epileptogenesis : the current challenge