Electrocorticography Marc R. Nuwer Electrocorticography (ECoG) is intraoperative electroencephalography (EEG) recorded directly from the exposed cerebral cortex. The technique is used for localizing epileptic discharges and regions of impaired cortex…
Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Frank W. Drislane Peter W. Kaplan Susan T. Herman HISTORY Although generalized convulsive status epilepticus has been recognized for millennia, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is a much…
Nasopharyngeal, Anterotemporal, and Sphenoidal Electrodes Andres M. Kanner Travis Stoub Steve Bild INTRODUCTION Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most frequent type of epilepsy of focal origin affecting adults. It…
Convulsive Status Epilepticus Frank W. Drislane Susan T. Herman Peter W. Kaplan HISTORY Status epilepticus (SE) may have been described as early as 600 to 700 BC in cuneiform writings,…
Anticipating Seizures Based on EEG Fernando H. Lopes Da Silva Stiliyan Kalitzin INTRODUCTION In this chapter, we deal with the possibility of anticipating seizures based on the analysis of electroencephalogram…
Nonepileptic Attacks Megan Selvitelli Trudy Pang Donald L. Schomer Ernst Niedermeyer Sudden, brief loss of consciousness, sudden behavior changes, or strange subjective sensations are not necessarily epileptic. This should be…
Seizures and Epilepsy in Infants to Adolescents Douglas R. Nordli Jr. James J. Riviello Jr. Ernst Niedermeyer BASIC CONSIDERATIONS Definition and Prevalence There is no disease named “epilepsy.” Rather, epileptic…
Epilepsy in Adults and the Elderly Bernard S. Chang Donald L. Schomer Ernst Niedermeyer INTRODUCTION It is difficult to imagine the practice of modern epileptology without the availability of electroencephalography…
Seizures and Epilepsies in the Preterm and Term Neonate Emma Laureta Eli M. Mizrahi Solomon L. Moshé NEONATAL SEIZURES Historical Aspects Initial investigations and attempts to characterize and classify neonatal…
Anoxia, Coma, and Brain Death Peter W. Kaplan Gerhard Bauer CLINICAL DEFINITIONS OF IMPAIRED RESPONSIVENESS: FROM LOCKED-IN STATES TO COMA Consciousness Consciousness can be described as an awareness of self…
