Introduction Print Section Listen The accurate diagnosis of events occurring during sleep requires knowledge of normal and abnormal sleep, skills in recording specialized forms of polysomnography, and experience in interpreting…

Introduction Print Section Listen The case described above illustrates the common confusion between panic attacks resulting from a panic disorder and ictal fear or ictal panic, which is the expression…

Introduction Print Section Listen Generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizures may be either primary or secondary in onset.1 Although the older terms grand mal, convulsion, and fit are still widely used by…

Introduction Print Section Listen This chapter provides a brief introduction to fundamental aspects of electroencephalography (EEG), with a special emphasis on aspects of EEG that are particularly relevant to video-EEG…

Introduction Print Section Listen Many seizures arise from frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes, and these are collectively referred to as extratemporal seizures. They are commonly encountered, and merit recognition because…

Introduction Print Section Listen Reading no further than the title of this chapter has already presented you with a conundrum: how exactly does one define “complex partial seizures of temporal…

Introduction Print Section Listen In clinical practice, epileptic seizures with focal onset and subsequent generalized motor involvement are referred to as secondarily generalized seizures.1,2 However, generalized motor manifestations do not…