Structural Neuroimaging

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20 CHAPTER Structural Neuroimaging Matthew W. Luedke and William B. Gallentine Clinical localization is one of the hallmark skills of a neurologist. Seizure semiology is an elegant method of localization,…

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Normal EEG

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11 CHAPTER Normal EEG Aatif M. Husain A clear understanding of a normal EEG is mandatory before studying abnormalities. Recognizing variations of a normal tracing can be challenging. Interpreting rhythmic…

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Epilepsy Surgery

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31 CHAPTER Epilepsy Surgery Edgar Perez and Gerald Grant More than 2 million people in the United States have epilepsy, and 400,000 to 600,000 of them have seizures that cannot…

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Dietary Therapy

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32 CHAPTER Dietary Therapy Candace Richardson and William B. Gallentine The classic Ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate treatment that has been used in the treatment of epilepsy for…

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Scalp Video EEG Monitoring

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17 CHAPTER Scalp Video EEG Monitoring Abeer J. Hani and Aatif M. Husain While about 60% to 70% of patients with epilepsy will respond to a first- or second-line antiepileptic…

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EEG of Epilepsy

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12 CHAPTER EEG of Epilepsy Rajdeep Singh EEG is largely a recording of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials generated by the large vertically oriented pyramidal neurons located in layers 3,…

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Principles of Treatment

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25 CHAPTER Principles of Treatment Christa B. Swisher and Rodney A. Radtke At first glance, the medical management of a patient with seizures appears to be a straightforward process. In…

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Intracranial EEG Monitoring

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18 CHAPTER Intracranial EEG Monitoring Saurabh R. Sinha In spite of an ever-increasing number of available antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), a substantial portion of patients with epilepsy are intractable to treatment,…

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Bone Health

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36 CHAPTER Bone Health Christa B. Swisher and Aatif M. Husain It was first reported about 40 years ago that antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were associated with poor bone health, such…

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EEG Instrumentation

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10 CHAPTER EEG Instrumentation Saurabh R. Sinha EEG involves the measurement of electrical fields generated by the activity of neurons and, possibly, glial cells in the brain. Electrodes are placed…

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