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Epilepsy - Surgery
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Definition of 'Epilepsy'A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313) |
Monday, November 23, 2009
Relationships between essential cortical language sites and subcortical pathways.
29 Sep 2009 
OBJECT: Maps produced using either electrical stimulation or functional imaging have demonstrated a distributed network of cortical regions involved in expressive and receptive language tasks. The pattern of connectivity among components of this ... Read more...
Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence.
29 Sep 2009 OBJECT: Hemispherotomy generally is performed in hemiparetic patients with severe, intractable epilepsy arising from one cerebral hemisphere. In this study, the authors evaluate the efficacy of hemispherotomy and present an analysis of the factors ... Read more...
Challenges in the surgical treatment of epilepsy patients with cortical dysplasia.
29 Sep 2009 Cortical dysplasia (CD) is the most common malformation of cortical development in epilepsy surgery patients. Patients with mild Palmini type I CD represent about 50% of the surgical cases, and these lesions tend to occur most often in the temporal ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Epilepsy - Surgery'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Relationships between essential cortical language sites and subcortical pathways. 29 Sep 2009
- Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence. 29 Sep 2009
- Challenges in the surgical treatment of epilepsy patients with cortical dysplasia. 29 Sep 2009
- From human tissue to animal models: Insights into the pathogenesis of cortical dysplasia. 29 Sep 2009
- Clinical, functional, and neurophysiologic assessment of dysplastic cortical networks: Implications for cortical functioning and surgical management. 29 Sep 2009
- Minimally invasive magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation for epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartomas. 30 Aug 2009
- Experiences from an international tele-epilepsy collaboration. 30 Aug 2009
- Early history of the stereotactic apparatus in neurosurgery. 30 Aug 2009
- Surgical treatment of the extratemporal epilepsies. 30 Aug 2009
- Refractory seizures: try additional antiepileptic drugs (after two have failed) or go directly to early surgery evaluation? 30 Aug 2009
- Treatment algorithms in refractory partial epilepsy. 30 Aug 2009
- Epilepsy surgery for insular lesions. 10 Aug 2009
- Clinical Centers of Excellence: Seizure disorders. Barrow Neurological Institute.
5 Aug 2009 - Lateralizing language with magnetic source imaging: validation based on the Wada test. 5 Aug 2009
- Insular cortex epilepsy: an overview. 30 Jul 2009
- Epilepsy and memory dysfunction. 30 Jul 2009
- [Risk factors for seizure recurrence and short term outcome after epilepsy surgery for mesial temporal sclerosis]
30 Jul 2009 - In memoriam: Susan S. Spencer, MD. 30 Jul 2009
- American Clinical MEG Society (ACMEGS) position statement: the value of magnetoencephalography (MEG)/magnetic source imaging (MSI) in noninvasive presurgical evaluation of patients with medically intractable localization-related epilepsy. 30 Jul 2009
- Epilepsy and insular Grade II gliomas: an interdisciplinary point of view from a retrospective monocentric series of 46 cases. 30 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Epilepsy'
Definition: A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
Descriptor UI: D004827
Alternative terms: Epilepsy; Epilepsies; Seizure Disorder; Seizure Disorders; Seizures, Epileptic; Epileptic Seizures; Epileptic Seizure; Seizure, Epileptic; Single Seizure; Seizure, Single; Seizures, Single; Single Seizures; Epilepsy, Cryptogenic; Cryptogenic Epilepsies; Cryptogenic Epilepsy; Epilepsies, Cryptogenic; Aura; Auras; Awakening Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Awakening;
Related Mesh Headings: Seizures;
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Tree Number: C10.228.140.490;
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