epilepsy: scientific foundations of clinical practice

Abstract

Mostly neurologists and pharmacologists, but also other biomedical researchers, explore the physical aspects of the episodic neurological disorder, which have only been recognized for the past century of the many millennia the condition has been known. They cover the scientific foundations, anti-epileptic drugs, epilepsy surgery, alternative therapies, other modulators of the epileptic state, and the future of epilepsy therapy. Among specific topics are epilepsy as a channelopathy, nonsynaptic mechanisms in seizures and epilepto-genesis as targets for clinical management, the ketogenic diet, the impact of neuroendocrine factors on seizure genesis and treatment, and the intraoperative optical imaging of epileptiform and functional activity. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)