Chapter 20 Tracking Epilepsy Disease Progression with Neuroimaging Boris C. Bernhardt , Ana Carolina Coan , Lorenzo Caciagli , Andrea Bernasconi and Neda Bernasconi 20.1 Introduction Epilepsy is one of…
Chapter 13 Prevention of Epileptogenesis in Animal Models Asht Mangal Mishra and Hal Blumenfeld 13.1 Introduction Epileptogenesis is the process of development of epilepsy after exposure of the brain to…
Chapter 16 Predicting the Outcome of Surgical Interventions for Epilepsy Using Imaging Biomarkers Clarissa Lin Yasuda , Ana Carolina Coan , Marina K. Alvim and Fernando Cendes 16.1 Introduction It…
Chapter 15 Biomarkers of Drug Response and Pharmacoresistance to Epilepsy Britta Wandschneider , Maria Feldmann and Matthias Koepp 15.1 Introduction Despite advances in antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy, about one third…
Chapter 19 Imaging Comorbidities in Epilepsy: Depression William H. Theodore 19.1 Introduction A wide range of comorbidities affects patients with epilepsy, including psychiatric, neuropsychological, social, and systemic disorders. Depression is…
Chapter 9 Mapping Metabolism and Inflammation in Epilepsy Csaba Juhász and Sandeep Mittal 9.1 Introduction Abnormalities of brain energy metabolism and neuroinflammation are both key aspects of the pathophysiology of…
Chapter 17 Imaging Neural Excitability and Networks in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Models Grygoriy Tsenov , Giuseppe Bertini , Michele Pellitteri , Elena Nicolato , Pasquina Marzola , Paolo Francesco Fabene…
Chapter 14 Imaging Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Experimental Models of Epilepsy Jens P. Bankstahl and Marion Bankstahl 14.1 Introduction Despite the development of numerous new anticonvulsant drugs, pharmacoresistance still…
Chapter 3 Imaging Biomarkers of Acquired Epilepsies Marian Galovic and Matthias Koepp 3.1 Introduction Between 30% and 49% of all epilepsies are secondary to acute or chronic brain diseases (Figures…
Chapter 12 Imaging Cortical and Subcortical Circuitry in Generalized Epilepsies Fenglai Xiao , Lorenzo Caciagli , Britta Wandschneider and Matthias Koepp 12.1 Introduction Imaging, in particular group analysis of structural…
