Focal Status Epilepticus
Fig. 11.1 Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC). Repeated myoclonic jerks of the left face, with muscle artifact on the left side of the EEG recording. Polymorphic delta slowing over the right hemisphere,…
Neuropathology of Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Systemic or intracerebroventricular NMDA Quisqualate Kainic acid Domoic acid Pentylenetetrazol Bicuculline Allylglycine Pilocarpine ± lithium Soman Flurothyl Intracerebral Kainic acid in amygdala Dibutyl cAMP into amygdala Folic acid into cortex Penicillin into…
Nonepileptic Psychogenic Status Epilepticus
Seizure characteristics Nonepileptic psychogenic status epilepticus Status epilepticus Onset Gradual, from waking or “pseudosleep” Abrupt, from waking or EEG-confirmed sleep Movements Asynchronous, pelvic thrusting, side-to-side thrashing, waxing and waning Automatisms…
History of Status Epilepticus
Fig. 1.1 Map of Paris in the 1880s showing the peregrinations taken by a mailman with bromide-responsive epileptic “wanderings”—an early case of nonconvulsive status epilepticus? (From Shorvon [4], with permission) After…
Basics of Electroencephalography (EEG)
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
EEG Patterns in Seizure Disorders
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
Essential Neurophysiology
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
Interpretation of EEG
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
Neuromuscular Transmission Disorders
, Ali T. Ghouse2 and Raghav Govindarajan3 (1) Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada (2) McMaster University Department of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada (3) Department of Neurology,…
