Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributing Authors

vi

 

Preface

xiii

 

Foreword

xiv

 

Acknowledgments

xv

PART I

PATHOLOGIC SUBSTRATES AND MECHANISMS OF EPILEPTOGENESIS

 

Section A

Epidemiology and Natural History of Epilepsy

 

Chapter 1

Epidemiologic Aspects of Epilepsy   Christine Linehan and Anne T. Berg

2

Chapter 2

The Natural History of Seizures   D. Ding and W.A. Hauser

11

Section B

Epileptogenesis, Genetics, and Epilepsy Substrates

 

Chapter 3

Experimental Models of Seizures and Mechanisms of Epileptogenesis   T.A. Benke and A.R. Brooks-Kayal

20

Chapter 4

Genetics of the Epilepsies   Jocelyn Bautista and Anne Anderson

34

Chapter 5

Pictorial Atlas of Epilepsy Substrates   Ajay Gupta, Richard A. Prayson, and Janet Reid

43

PART II

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY

 

Chapter 6

Neurophysiologic Basis of the Electroencephalogram   Erwin-Josef Speckmann, Christian E. Elger, and Ulrich Altrup

60

Chapter 7

Localization and Field Determination in Electroencephalography   Richard C. Burgess

73

Chapter 8

Application of Electroencephalography in the Diagnosis of Epilepsy   Katherine C. Nickels and Gregory D. Cascino

93

Chapter 9

Electroencephalographic Atlas of Epileptiform Abnormalities   Soheyl Noacbtar and Elaine Wyllie

103

PART III

EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND SYNDROMES

 

Section A

Epileptic Seizures

 

Chapter 10

Classification of Seizures   Christopb Kellinghaus and Hans O. Lüders

134

Appendix 10.A

Proposal for Revised Clinical and Electrographic Classification of Epileptic Seizures

137

 

Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy (1981)

 

Chapter 11

Epileptic Auras   Norman K. So

144

Chapter 12

Focal Seizures with Impaired Consciousness   Lara Jehi and Prakash Kotagal

153

Chapter 13

Focal Motor Seizures, Epilepsia Partialis Continua, and Supplementary Sensorimotor Seizures   Andreas V. Alexopoulos and Stephen E. Jones

163

Chapter 14

Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures   Tim Wehner

184

Chapter 15

Absence Seizures   Alexis Arzimanoglou and Karine Ostrowsky-Coste

192

Chapter 16

Atypical Absence Seizures, Myoclonic, Tonic, and Atonic Seizures   William O. Tatum IV

202

Chapter 17

Epileptic Spasms   Ingrid Tuxhorn

216

Section B

Epilepsy Conditions: Diagnosis and Treatment

 

Chapter 18

Classification of the Epilepsies   Tobias Loddenkemper

229

Appendix 18.A

Proposal for Revised Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes

235

 

Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy (1989)

 

Chapter 19

Idiopathic and Benign Partial Epilepsies of Childhood   Elaine C. Wirrell, Carol S. Camfield, and Peter R. Camfield

243

Chapter 20

Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes of Childhood and Adolescence   Stephen Hantus

258

Chapter 21

Progressive and Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsies   Bernd A. Neubauer, Andreas Hahn, and Ingrid Tuxhorn

269

Chapter 22

Encephalopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome   S. Panish Winesett and William O. Tatum IV

281

Chapter 23

Continuous Spike Wave of Slow Sleep and Landau-Kleffner Syndrome   Mohamad A. Mikati and Sara M. Winchester

294

Chapter 24

Epilepsy with Reflex Seizures   Benjamin Zifkin and Frederick Andermann

305

Chapter 25

Rasmussen Encephalitis (Chronic Focal Encephalitis)   François Dubeau

317

Chapter 26

Hippocampal Sclerosis and Dual Pathology   Luigi D’Argenzio and J. Helen Cross

332

Chapter 27

Malformations of Cortical Development and Epilepsy   Ghayda Mirzaa, Ruben Kuzniecky, and Renzo Guerrini

339

Chapter 28

Brain Tumors and Epilepsy   Lara Jehi

352

Chapter 29

Post-Traumatic Epilepsy   Stephan Schuele

361

Chapter 30

Epilepsy in the Setting of Cerebrovascular Disease   Stephen Hantus, Neil Friedman, and Bernd Pohlmann-Eden

371

Chapter 31

Epilepsy in the Setting of Neurocutaneous Syndromes   Ajay Gupta

375

Chapter 32

Epilepsy in the Setting of Inherited Metabolic and Mitochondrial Disorders   Sumit Parikh, Douglas R. Nordli Jr., and Darryl C. De Vivo

383

Section C

Diagnosis and Treatment of Seizures in Special Clinical Settings

 

Chapter 33

Neonatal Seizures   Kevin E. Chapman, Eli M. Mizrahi, and Robert R. Clancy

405

Chapter 34

Febrile Seizures   Michael Duchowny

428

Chapter 35

Seizures Associated with Nonncurologic Medical Conditions   Stephan Eisenschenk, Jean Cibula, and Robin L. Gilmore

438

Chapter 36

Epilepsy in Patients with Multiple Handicaps   John M. Pellock

451

Chapter 37

Epilepsy in the Elderly   Ilo E. Leppik and Angela K. Birnbaum

458

Chapter 38

Status Epilepticus   Howard P. Goodkin and James J. Riviello Jr.

469

Section D

Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy

 

Chapter 39

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Attacks   Selim R. Benbadis

486

Chapter 40

Other Nonepileptic Paroxysmal Disorders   John M. Pellock

495

PART IV

ANTIEPILEPTIC MEDICATIONS

 

Section A

General Principles of Anticpileptic Drug Therapy

 

Chapter 41

Anti Epileptic Drug Development and Experimental Models   H. Steve White

506

Chapter 42

Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions   Gail D. Anderson

513

Chapter 43

Initiation and Discontinuation of Antiepileptic Drugs   Varda Gross Tsur, Christine O’dell, and Shlomo Shinnar

527

Chapter 44

Hormones, Catamenial Epilepsy, Sexual Function, and Reproductive Health in Epilepsy   Cynthia Harden and Robert Martinez

540

Chapter 45

Treatment of Epilepsy during Pregnancy   Page B. Pennell

557

Chapter 46

Bone Health and Fractures in Epilepsy   Raj D. Sheth and Alison Pack

569

Chapter 47

Treatment of Epilepsy in the Setting of Renal and Liver Disease   Jane G. Boggs, Elizabeth Waterhouse, and Robert J. Delorenzo

576

Chapter 48

Monitoring for Adverse Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs   L. James Willmore, John M. Pellock, and Andrew Pickens IV

592

Chapter 49

Pharmacogenetics of Antiepileptic Medications   Tobias Loddenkemper, Tracy A. Glauser, and Diego A. Morita

601

Section B

Specific Antiepileptic Medications and Other Therapies

 

Chapter 50

Carbamazepine and Oxcarbazepine   Carlos A.M. Guerreiro and Marilisa M. Guerreiro

614

Chapter 51

Valproate   Angela K. Birnbaum, Susan E. Marino, and Blaise F.D. Bourgeois

622

Chapter 52

Phenytoin and Fosphenytoin   Diego A. Morita and Tracy A. Glauser

630

Chapter 53

Phenobarbital and Primidone   Blaise P.D. Bourgeois

648

Chapter 54

Ethosuximide   Andres M. Kanner, Tracy A. Glauser, and Diego A. Morila

657

Chapter 55

Benzodiazepines   Lazor John Greenfield, Jr., Howard C. Rosenberg, and Elizabeth I. Tietz

668

Chapter 56

Gabapentin and Pregabalin   Michael J. Mclean and Barry E. Gidal

690

Chapter 57

Lamotrigine   Frank Gilliam and Barry E. Gidal

704

Chapter 58

Topiramate   William E. Rosenfeld

710

Chapter 59

Zonisamide   Timothy E. Welty

723

Chapter 60

Levetiracetam   Joseph I. Sirven and Joseph F. Drazkowski

731

Chapter 61

Tiagabine   Dana Eckstein and Steven C. Schachter

736

Chapter 62

Felbamate   Edward Faught

741

Chapter 63

Vigabatrin   Elizabeth A. Thiele

747

Chapter 64

Rufinamide   Gregory Krauss and Stefanie Darnley

753

Chapter 65

Lacosamide   Raj D. Sheth and Harry S. Abram

758

Chapter 66

Adrenocorticotropin and Steroids   Crislina Y. Go and Orlando Carter Snead III

763

Chapter 67

Newer Antiepileptic Drugs   Deana M. Gazzola, Norman Delanty, and Jacqueline A. French

771

Chapter 68

Less Commonly Used Antiepileptic Drugs   Basim M. Uthman

779

Chapter 69

The Ketogenic Diet   Douglas R. Nordli Jr. and Darryl C. De Vivo

790

Chapter 70

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy   James W. Wbeless

797

PART V

EPILEPSY SURGERY

 

Section A

Identifying Surgical Candidates and Defining the Epileptogenic Zone

 

Chapter 71

Issues of Medical Intractability for Surgical Candidacy   Patrick Kwan and Martin J. Brodie

810

Chapter 72

The Epileptogenic Zone   Anita Datta and Tobias Loddenkemper

818

Chapter 73

MRI in Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery   Ahsan N.V. Moosa and Paul M. Ruggieri

828

Chapter 74

Video-EEG Monitoring in the Presurgical Evaluation   Jeffrey W. Britton

844

Chapter 75

Nuclear Imaging (PET, SPECT)   William Davis Gaillard

860

Chapter 76

Magnetoencephalography   Thomas Bast

869

Chapter 77

Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and EEG-Correlated fMRI   Beate Diehl and Louis Lemieux

877

Section B

Mapping Eloquent Cortex

 

Chapter 78

Eloquent Cortex and the Role of Plasticity   Tobias Loddenkemper and Martin Staudt

887

Chapter 79

Functional MRI for Mapping Eloquent Cortex   William Davis Gaillard

899

Chapter 80

The Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure   Rohit Das and Tobias Loddenkemper

906

Chapter 81

Intracranial Electroencephalography and Localization Studies   Fernando L. Vale and Selim R. Benbadis

914

Section C

Strategies for Epilepsy Surgery

 

Chapter 82

Surgical Treatment of Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy   Tonicarlo R. Velasco and Gary W. Mathern

922

Chapter 83

Focal and Multilobar Resection   Paula M. Brna and Michael Duchowny

937

Chapter 84

Hemispherectomies, Hemispherotomies, and Other Hemispheric Disconnections   Jorge A. González-Martínez and William E. Bingaman

948

Chapter 85

Multifocal Resections or Focal Resections in Multifocal Epilepsy   Howard L. Werner, Jonathan Roth, and Stephen P. Kalhorn

957

Chapter 86

Nonlesional Cases   Elson L. So

964

Chapter 87

Hypothalamic Hamartoma   John F. Kerrigan

973

Chapter 88

Corpus Callosotomy and Multiple Subpial Transection   Michael C. Smith, Richard Byrne, and Andres M. Kanner

984

Chapter 89

Special Considerations in Children   Ajay Gupta and Elaine Wyllie

993

Chapter 90

Outcome and Complications of Epilepsy Surgery   Lara Jehi, Jorge Martinez-Gonzalez, and William Bingaman

1007

Chapter 91

Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Epilepsy   S. Matthew Stead and Gregory A. Worrell

1021

PART VI

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF EPILEPSY

 

Chapter 92

Cognitive Effects of Epilepsy and Antiepileptic Medications   Kimford J. Meador

1028

Chapter 93

Psychiatric Comorbidity of Epilepsy   Beth Leeman and Steven C. Schachter

1037

Chapter 94

Driving and Social Issues in Epilepsy   Joseph F. Drazkowski and Joseph I. Sirven

1051

Chapter 95

Achieving Health in Epilepsy: Strategies for Optimal Evaluation and Treatment   Frank G. Gilliam

1057

Appendix

Indications for Antiepileptic Drugs Sanctioned by the United States Food and Drug Administration   Kay C. Kyllonen

1062

 

Index

1064