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Book Synopsis The Comorbidities of Epilepsy by : Marco Mula
Download or read book The Comorbidities of Epilepsy written by Marco Mula and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-04-20 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epilepsy is one of most frequent neurological disorders affecting about 50 million people worldwide and 50% of them have at least another medical problem in comorbidity; sometimes this is a the cause of the epilepsy itself or it is due to shared neurobiological links between epilepsy and other medical conditions; other times it is a long-term consequence of the antiepileptic drug treatment. The Comorbidities of Epilepsy offers an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of all comorbidities of epilepsy (somatic, neurological and behavioral), by international authorities in the field of clinical epileptology, with an emphasis on epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. This book includes also a critical appraisal of the methodological aspects and limitations of current research on this field. Pharmacological issues in the management of comorbidities are discussed, providing information on drug dosages, side effects and interactions, in order to enable the reader to manage these patients safely. The Comorbidities of Epilepsy is aimed at all health professionals dealing with people with epilepsy including neurologists, epileptologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, epilepsy specialist nurses and clinical researchers. Provides a comprehensive overview of somatic, neurological and behavioral co-morbidities of epilepsy Discusses up-to-date management of comorbidities of epilepsy Written by a group of international experts in the field
Book Synopsis Do Seizures Damage the Brain by : Thomas Sutula
Download or read book Do Seizures Damage the Brain written by Thomas Sutula and published by Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the consequences, if any, of repeated brief seizures that are the defining feature of epilepsy? A firm answer to this question has been surprisingly elusive for a variety of reasons. Clearly there is a subset of patients who appear to tolerate seizures with relatively limited long-term consequences, and not all patients are destined to progress to intractability with frequent seizures and disability. This variability and individual susceptibility has made it difficult to make statements that fairly apply to the full range of people with epileptic disorders, whose disorders span a broad spectrum from mild with excellent control and few limitations, to severe with multiple daily seizures and pronounced disability that affects employment, educational performance, an personal life. This volume seeks to explore the spectrum of severe to more subtle damage that may be a consequence of seizures. The contributing authors have addressed these questions and related issues using a variety of methods in experimental models and in patients with epilepsy.
Book Synopsis Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies by : Jeffrey Noebels
Download or read book Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies written by Jeffrey Noebels and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 1258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jasper's Basic Mechanisms, Fourth Edition, is the newest most ambitious and now clinically relevant publishing project to build on the four-decade legacy of the Jasper's series. In keeping with the original goal of searching for "a better understanding of the epilepsies and rational methods of prevention and treatment.", the book represents an encyclopedic compendium neurobiological mechanisms of seizures, epileptogenesis, epilepsy genetics and comordid conditions. Of practical importance to the clinician, and new to this edition are disease mechanisms of genetic epilepsies and therapeutic approaches, ranging from novel antiepileptic drug targets to cell and gene therapies.
Book Synopsis Cognitive Dysfunction in Children with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by : Alexis Arzimanoglou
Download or read book Cognitive Dysfunction in Children with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy written by Alexis Arzimanoglou and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the cognitive function of children with epilepsy but despite there being extensive study of the neuropsychological status of adults with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy, it has been more limited in children. Although cognitive development in children is influenced by similar factors to adults, the role of early damage, modification of cerebral organisation and interruption of the learning process are also likely to be important. Devoted to cognitive function and dysfunction in children with temporal lobe epilepsy, this book highlights those domains that demand further research and those for which immediate established techniques for a better global care can be undertaken.
Book Synopsis Epilepsy, Behaviour and Cognitive Function by : Michael R. Trimble
Download or read book Epilepsy, Behaviour and Cognitive Function written by Michael R. Trimble and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cognitive and behavioral complications of epilepsy are recognized as important factors in the management of patients, and a group of specialists presents here the latest information on the relationships among seizures, EEG discharges, and the effects of anticonvulsant drugs on cognition and behavior. The methods and the problems inherent in measuring the effects of epilepsy, its complications and its treatment on mood, memory, performance and achievement are examined and discussed.
Book Synopsis Neuropsychology in the Care of People with Epilepsy by : Christoph Helmstaedter, Bruce Hermann, Maryse Lassonde, Philippe Kahane, Alexis Arzimanoglou
Download or read book Neuropsychology in the Care of People with Epilepsy written by Christoph Helmstaedter, Bruce Hermann, Maryse Lassonde, Philippe Kahane, Alexis Arzimanoglou and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having appeared in the 1930s in Montreal, standardised neuropsychological evaluation has become an essential tool in the clinical diagnosis and evaluation of surgical epileptic patients. Nevertheless, despite great progress over the last 20 to 30 years in the diagnosis and medical treatment of epilepsy, clinical neuropsychology still remains largely associated with surgical epilepsy, particularly surgery of the temporal lobe. Clinical neurology has still not managed to clear a way in the daily practice with patients with all types of epilepsy despite significant advances in cognitive neuroscience and a large number of clinical studies on epilepsy and cognition. How is it that there are only rarely major advances in the field of clinical neuropsychology? It has long been time for this question to be asked, and for an attempt to be made to bring about changes. This was the aim of the Toronto workshop and the result of this book. Every approach was debated, providing important elements to reflect on and allowing a great forum for exchanges. This book includes the communications from the main participants and comments from some others on specific subjects.
Book Synopsis Childhood Seized by : M. Canal Frechilla
Download or read book Childhood Seized written by M. Canal Frechilla and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-09-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, little research has been conducted to the effects of epilepsy on cognitive and language issues. This study is a response to this knowledge gap. A careful matched-subject, mixed-factors description, designed to identify cognitive decline during the process and treatment of this illness. The research is focused on description and exploration, of linguistic considerations in Rolandic epilepsy. Rolandic epilepsy, is also known as Benign focal epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECS). The intention is to shed light from a neurolinguistic perspective, on reasons that might underline cognitive and behavioral complications, in children with epilepsy. This study has been approached corroborating ‘structural connectivity’, which defines language network in the brain. The rational derives from research of neurological data, from prestigious neurological and scientific international journals, on the topic that illustrates our case. Conclusions are based upon careful evaluation on how epilepsy affects cognitive skills, and language issues upon observations drawn on results. Deficits in language patterns have been associated to different brain areas, in patients who suffer from different pathologies. Degenerative illnesses have opened a milestone in the study on reasons leading to cognitive decline, in children affected from “Benign childhood epilepsy”. Medical history has been well documented to current day. Lack of consistent information internationally recognized on cognitive issues toughen consensus on best medical procedure to follow, in best interest of the child. Our research confronted this shortage of information, in the light of the new literature coming through. Overall, the results indicate that when working with language skills in people with epilepsy or with degenerative diseases, clinicians should account for the presence of anti-epileptic medication or amalgamation of medications as possible cause of cognitive decline.
Book Synopsis Sleep, Epilepsies, and Cognitive Impairment by : Peter Halasz
Download or read book Sleep, Epilepsies, and Cognitive Impairment written by Peter Halasz and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translational research connects science and clinical medicine from "the bench to the bedside." In Sleep, Epilepsies and Cognitive Impairment, the authors look back from the bedside to the brain function underlying clinical symptoms and reveal mechanisms explored by contemporary neuroimaging and signal analysis in the overlapping fields of sleep and epilepsy. This book will help the reader to see epilepsy from a new viewpoint. The common pathophysiology binding together the diverse manifestations of epilepsies is the exaggeration of plastic functions of the brain involving the hippocampus, the non-specific thalamocortical system and the perisylvian cognitive network. Epileptic derailment seems to be the price for the latest achievements of the mammal and human brain; namely the highly developed ability to change and learn. The contemporary results of sleep research provide new viewpoints to explain why sleep and epilepsy are bedfellows. Converging evidence supports the concept that one of the most important biological roles of NREM sleep is the renewal of synaptic balance ensuring learning ability from one day to the next and consolidation of new memories. Epilepsy and NREM sleep use overlapping structures and functions, therefore epilepsy beginning in early childhood may interfere with sleep plastic functions. NREM sleep, which affects original learning and memory, may become the hidden source of chronic cognitive impairment when epilepsy occurs during sleep and blocks the plastic processes. Sleep, Epilepsies and Cognitive Impairment abandons the academic classification of epilepsy by following the system epilepsy concept, binding major epilepsies with structures and functions of physiological brain systems. It tries to show within this system the close interrelationship between sleep, epilepsy and cognition. Neuroscientists, clinical epileptologists and neurologists interested in brain processes underlying brain plasticity, sleep and epilepsy will find this book thought provoking. It offers good "brain-gymnastics" for reconsidering the ideas on epilepsy. It provides contemporary knowledge about the neurophysiological and functional anatomical background of major epilepsies Treats major epilepsies as system epilepsies of brain networks Reveals the interrelationship of sleep, epilepsy and cognitive impairment showing how epileptic manifestations became facilitated in NREM sleep and interferes with sleep plastic functions
Book Synopsis Cognitive Plasticity in Neurologic Disorders by : Joseph I. Tracy
Download or read book Cognitive Plasticity in Neurologic Disorders written by Joseph I. Tracy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes clear that the cognitive and behavioural symptoms of neurologic disorders and syndromes are dynamic and changing. Each chapter describes the neuroplastic processes at work in a particular condition, giving rise to these ongoing cognitive changes.
Book Synopsis The Assessment of Cognitive Function in Epilepsy by : W. Edwin Dodson
Download or read book The Assessment of Cognitive Function in Epilepsy written by W. Edwin Dodson and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The workshop on which this volume was based was organized under the auspices of the Behavioral Sciences Initiative Group of the Continuing and Professional Education Committee of the Epilepsy Foundation of America"--T.p. verso.
Download or read book Cognition and Epilepsy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic disorder that affects one percent of the U.S. population (Hauser and Hesdorffer, 1990). Research shows that recurrent seizures affect cognitive functioning in areas involving language, learning, and problem solving (Hermann & Seidenberg, 2002; Hermann, Seidenberg, Schoenfeld, & Davies, 1997). However, the most prominent deficit associated with recurrent seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is memory impairment (Hermann & Seidenberg, 2002; Schomer, O'Conner, Spiers, Seeck, Mesulam, & Bear, 2000). Nevertheless, debate exists regarding the potential detrimental nature of epileptic seizures on memory. The aim of this study was to assess whether duration (time since diagnosis) of intractable epilepsy is associated with progressive memory loss in a cross-sectional sample of two participant groups with seizures: those with left temporal lobe epilepsy (LTLE, n=60) and those with right temporal lobe epilepsy (RTLE, n=47). Those diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES, n=143) served as a control group. The results of this study suggest that duration of temporal lobe epilepsy adversely affects verbal memory performance in person's diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy as measured by several neuropsychological memory tests. The results also support the notion that age of seizure onset may significantly affect verbal memory performance in the same population. These results have implications for the strategy of treatment and counseling of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Additionally, the findings may be useful in efforts to minimize the degree of memory loss in people suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy.
Book Synopsis Oxford Textbook of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures by : Samden Lhatoo
Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Epilepsy and Epileptic Seizures written by Samden Lhatoo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology (OTCN) series, this volume covers the scientific basis, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy and epileptic seizures, and is complemented by an online edition.
Book Synopsis The Neuropsychology of Epilepsy by : Thomas L. Bennett
Download or read book The Neuropsychology of Epilepsy written by Thomas L. Bennett and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was an exciting project to work on, and I attempted to obtain a broad sampling of current research on the neuropsychology of epilepsy. Because the emphasis of the book takes a neuropsychological perspective on epilepsy, the coverage is not redundant with previous texts on this topic. The book is organized around three themes, although individual chapters certainly often extend beyond the part in which they are located. The three major topics are the nature of epilepsy, cognitive and emotional consequences of epilepsy, and treatment approaches to epilepsy and outcome. In Part I, following a historical overview of epilepsy in Chapter 1 by Sandra D. Haynes and me, Gerald C. McIntosh presents a conceptualization of the epilepsies from a neurologist's perspective. The characteristics of seizure types are discussed, and the etiology of secondary epilepsies is described. Epileptic syndromes are considered. McIntosh outlines clinical seizure patterns associated with seizures originating from different cortical regions.
Download or read book Epilepsy and Memory written by Adam Zeman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the brain, and these patients often suffer from memory problems. There are a number of reasons for this: seizures can directly affect the brain in ways that disturb memory; epilepsy often results from trouble in brain regions closely linked to memory; the treatment of epilepsy can affect memory; epilepsy can cause psychological problems, like depression, which interfere with memory. The study of epilepsy and the and the study of human memory are interwoven. Epilepsy and Memory comprehensively reviews all aspects of the relationship between this common and potentially serious neurological disorder and memory, one of the core functions of the human mind. The authors, acknowledged experts in their fields, review the history of the subject, the clinical features of memory disorder in epilepsy, neuropsychological, neuroradiological, neuropathological and electrophysiological findings, the roles of anticonvulsant side effects and psychiatric disorder, and the scope for memory support and rehabilitation. The study of patients with epilepsy has revealed much about the workings of memory, yet there has been no recent review of this fertile field of research. This book fills this gap and is a valuable new addition to the brain sciences literature. It will be of wide interest to clinicians and basic researchers in the brain sciences.
Download or read book Epilepsy and Memory written by Adam Zeman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epilepsy is one of the most common potentially serious disorders of the brain, and patients often suffer from memory problems. This book comprehensively reviews all aspects of the relationship between this common and potentially serious neurological disorder and memory, one of the core functions of the human mind.
Book Synopsis Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain by : Samden D. Lhatoo
Download or read book Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain written by Samden D. Lhatoo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No other neurological condition allows the same opportunities for an intracranial electrophysiological study of the human brain as epilepsy does. Epileptic surgery is designed to remove the epileptic focus from the human brain, thereby effecting either cure or substantial reduction of seizures in an individual with an otherwise intractable condition. Its use as a treatment modality dates from the late 19th century, and it has become a widely used treatment option throughout the world in the last 20-30 years. The complexity of epilepsy cases in surgical centres, and the need for invasive electrode studies for pre-surgical evaluation, are both greatly increasing. Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain is the definitive reference text on the use of invasive electroencephalographic (EEG) diagnostic studies in human epilepsy. Written by some of the most renowned epilepsy experts of the 20th and 21st centuries, the authors provide their expertise and insights into the identification and mapping of intracranial epileptiform and non-epileptiform activity, mapping of the human brain function, and approaches in the use of invasive electroencephalography in a variety of clinical situations. The book is organized into an easily readable series of chapters and is brilliantly illustrated with case studies; each providing an intuitively comprehensive approach to invasive brain studies.
Book Synopsis Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and the Mind-Brain Relationship: A New Perspective by : Shirley Ferguson
Download or read book Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and the Mind-Brain Relationship: A New Perspective written by Shirley Ferguson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to the surgical treatment of epilepsy and its consequences, and provides an extraordinary perspective on the fascinating question of the relationship between brain and mind. Contrary to the current emphasis on statistics and objectivity, this book is dedicated to understanding the whole person, the life and experiences of the individual. It reports on cutting-edge technical skills provided with a human touch. This book reflects the understanding that the temporolimbic seizure originates in tissue providing the substrate for the emotional life and memory. Finally, it emphasizes the value of clinical research – here, conducted in the course of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of epilepsy – in helping to elucidate the relationship between brain and mind.
