fMRI in epilepsy

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the application of functional MRI applied to the field of Epilepsy and is divided into two sections, covering cognitive mapping and imaging of paroxysmal activity, respectively. In addition to a review of the most scientifically and clinically relevant findings, technical and methodological background information is provided to help the reader better understand the data acquisition process. We show how both approaches may play a role in the presurgical evaluation of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and provide opportunities for new insights into the neuropathological processes that underlie both focal and generalized epilepsy.