Structural Neuroimaging
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,…
Normal EEG
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…
Epilepsy Surgery
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…
Dietary Therapy
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…
Scalp Video EEG Monitoring
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…
EEG of Epilepsy
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,…
Principles of Treatment
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…
Intracranial EEG Monitoring
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,…
Bone Health
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…
EEG Instrumentation
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…
