Absence Seizures
Absence Seizures Selim R. Benbadis Samuel F. Berkovic Absence seizures are the most extensively studied type of epileptic seizure. The remarkable association of clinical absences with generalized spike-wave discharges was…
Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures
Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Bruce J. Fisch Piotr W. Olejniczak Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCSs) are the oldest known and most feared of all epileptic attacks. They are also the final common…
Focal Motor Seizures, Epilepsia Partialis Continua, and Supplementary Sensorimotor Seizures
Focal Motor Seizures, Epilepsia Partialis Continua, and Supplementary Sensorimotor Seizures Andreas V. Alexopoulos Dudley S. Dinner HISTORY Focal motor seizures have been recognized since the time of Hippocrates, who first…
Focal Seizures with Impaired Consciousness
Focal Seizures with Impaired Consciousness Prakash Kotagal Tobias Loddenkemper HISTORICAL BACKGROUND From the earliest description of epileptic seizures, in a Babylonian medical text collection (1067-1046 BC), impaired consciousness has been…
Epileptic Auras
Epileptic Auras Norman K. So The word aura (from the Greek for “air,” Latin for “breeze”) was first applied to epilepsy by Galen’s teacher, Pelops (1), who interpreted reports of…
Localization and Field Determination in Electroencephalography and Magnetoencephalography
Localization and Field Determination in Electroencephalography and Magnetoencephalography Richard C. Burgess Masaki Iwasaki Dileep Nair LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING The word electroencephalogram (EEG) was derived from Greek roots to create a…
Classification of Seizures
Classification of Seizures Christoph Kellinghaus Hans O. Lüders Elaine Wyllie Efforts to categorize epileptic seizures and syndromes date to classic medical literature (1). Various classifications were developed for different purposes…
Atlas of Pathologic Substrates of Epilepsy
Atlas of Pathologic Substrates of Epilepsy Richard A. Prayson Ajay Gupta Figure 1.1 Low-magnification appearance of hippocampus in a patient with hippocampal sclerosis (HS). An adult patient who underwent anterior…
Electroencephalographic Atlas of Epileptiform Abnormalities
Electroencephalographic Atlas of Epileptiform Abnormalities Soheyl Noachtar Elaine Wyllie Electroencephalography (EEG) is generally considered the single most important laboratory tool in the evaluation of patients with epilepsy. This atlas of…
Application of Electroencephalography in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy
Application of Electroencephalography in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy David R. Chabolla Gregory D. Cascino The electroencephalogram (EEG) is the most frequently performed neurodiagnostic study in patients with a seizure disorder…
