Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy

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ISBN: 9781933864044 | 1933864044
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Copyright: 10/1/2007

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Harvard Univ., Boston, MA. Comprehensive reference covers the important topics in the behavioral aspects of epilepsy. Includes neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders in patients with epilepsy, the effects of pharmacologic treatments and brain surgery on behavior, pediatric and adolescent epilepsy. For clinicians. DNLM: Epilepsy - physiopathology.

Preface
Contributors
Basic Science
Animal Models
Behavior-Seizure Correlates in Animal Models of Epilepsy	p. 3
Influence of Environment and Social Factors in Animal Models of Epilepsy	p. 11
Animal Models of Mood Disorders: Kindling as a Model of Affective Illness Progression	p. 19
Cognitive and Affective Effects of Seizures: Immature Developing Animals	p. 29
Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Seizures: Adult Animals	p. 35
Cognitive Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs	p. 43
Mechanisms Underlying Epilepsy and Behavior
The Role of Sprouting and Plasticity in Epileptogenesis and Behavior	p. 51
Regulation of Neuronal Excitability in the Amygdala and Disturbances in Emotional Behavior	p. 59
Computer Simulation of Epilepsy: Implications for Seizure Spread and Behavioral Dysfunction	p. 69
Clinical Science
Seizures and Behavior
Neuroethology and Semiology of Seizures	p. 81
Neuropsychologic Effects of Seizures	p. 93
Seizures and Consciousness	p. 99
Postictal Phenomena in Epilepsy	p. 105
Behavioral Aspects of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus	p. 117
Reflex Epilepsies	p. 125
Behavioral Precipitants of Seizures	p. 131
Behaviors Mimicking Seizures in Institutionalized Persons with Epilepsy	p. 139
Neuropsychologic Function
Memory Impairment and Its Cognitive Context in Epilepsy	p. 147
Cognition	p. 155
Atypical Language Organization in Epilepsy	p. 165
Interictal Perceptual Function	p. 169
Neuropsychologic Aspects of Frontal Lobe Epilepsy	p. 175
Social and Emotion Information Processing	p. 181
Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Disorders in Patients With Epilepsy
Classification of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Epilepsy	p. 189
Mood Disorders in Epilepsy: Two Different Disorders with Common Pathogenic Mechanisms?	p. 195
Interictal Dysphoric Disorder	p. 209
Epilepsy and Anxiety	p. 219
Biting Behavior as a Model of Aggression Associated with Seizures	p. 227
Psychosis and Forced Normalization	p. 235
Conditioning Mechanisms, Behavior Technology, and Contextual Behavior Therapy	p. 245
Personality Disorders and Epilepsy	p. 253
Frontal Lobe Behavioral Disorders	p. 261
Neurophysiologic Correlates of Psychiatric Disorders and Potential Applications in Epilepsy	p. 267
Effects of Treatment on Mood and Neuropsychologic Function in Adults
Cognition	p. 281
Mood	p. 289
Epilepsy Surgery
Presurgical Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery	p. 297
Neuropsychologic Outcomes after Epilepsy Surgery in Children	p. 307
Neuropsychologic Outcomes after Epilepsy Surgery in Adults	p. 311
Psychiatric Outcomes after Epilepsy Surgery in Adults	p. 319
Indicators of Psychosocial Adjustment and Outcome after Epilepsy Surgery	p. 327
The Myth of Silent Cortex and the Morbidity of Epileptogenic Tissue: Implications forTemporal Lobectomy	p. 335
Pediatric and Adolescent Epilepsy
Behavioral Aspects of Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes	p. 343
Psychiatric Aspects of Epilepsy in Children	p. 349
Behavioral and Psychiatric Effects in Patients with Multiple Disabilities	p. 355
Family Factors and Psychopathology in Children with Epilepsy	p. 365
Learning and Behavior: Neurocognitive Functions in Children	p. 371
The Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Epilepsy with Continuous Spike-Waves During Sleep	p. 377
Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs on Psychiatric and Behavioral Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents	p. 383
Social Competence	p. 389
Academic Achievement	p. 397
Psychosocial Intervention in Pediatric and Adolescent Epilepsy	p. 403
Other Disorders Associated With Epilepsy That Impact Behavior, Mood, and Cognition
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: An Overview	p. 411
Conducting Treatment Trials for Psychologic Nonepileptic Seizures	p. 421
Cortical Malformations	p. 431
Chromosomal Abnormalities	p. 439
Autism	p. 449
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 455
Migraine in Children and Relation with Psychiatric and Sleep Disorders	p. 463
Migraine in Adults	p. 471
Brain Tumors in Children	p. 481
Brain Tumors in Adults	p. 485
Sleep	p. 489
Conclusion
Historical Perspectives and Future Opportunities	p. 499
Index	p. 507
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