Epilepsy
Subtitle: the biology of a spectrum disorder
By: edited by Gregory L. Holmes, University of Vermont College of Medicine and Jeffrey L. Noebels, Baylor College of Medicine
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781621820949
Subjects: MEDICAL / Neuroscience; Epilepsy; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience; Treatment; MEDICAL / Diseases
Description: "Epilepsy affects millions worldwide and represents a variety of disorders characterized by seizures. This book examines the neurobiological bases of these conditions and current research into treatment strategies"--
Notes: "A subject collection from Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: (preliminary); title: Epilepsy: A Spectrum Disorder; title: Joseph I. Sirven; title: Seizures and Epilepsy: An Overview for Neuroscientists; title: Carl E. Stafstrom and Lionel Carmant; title: Status Epilepticus; title: Shlomo Shinnar and Howard Goodkin; title: Neonatal and Infantile Epilepsy: Acquired and Genetic Models; title: Aristea S. Galanopoulou and Solomon L. Moshé; title: Common mechanisms of the co-morbidities and seizures; title: Audrey Mazarati and Raman Sankar; title: Mechanisms Responsible for Cognitive Impairment in Epilepsy; title: Pierre-Pascal Lenck-Santini and Rodney Scott; title: Genetics of Epilepsy in Humans; title: Samuel F. Berkovic and Ingrid Scheffer; title: Epigenetics and Epilepsy; title: David C. Henshall and Katja Kobow; title: Single Gene Determinants of Epilepsy Comorbidity; title: Jeffrey L. Noebels; title: Malformations of Cortical Development and Epilepsy; title: A. James Barkovich, William B. Dobyns, and Renzo Guerrini; title: mTOR Signaling in Epilepsy: Insights from Malformations of Cortical Development; title: Peter B. Crino; title: Role of Astrocytes in Epilepsy; title: Douglas A. Coulter and Christian Steinhäuser; title: Immunity and Inflammation in Epilepsy; title: Annamaria Vezzani, Bethan Lang, and Eleonora Aronica; title: Initiation, Propagation, and Termination of Partial (Focal) Seizures; title: Marco de Curtis and Massimo Avoli; title: Microcircuits in Epilepsy: Heterogeneity and Hub Cells in Network Synchronization; title: Anh Bui, Hannah Kim, Mattia Maroso, and Ivan Soltesz; title: Role of Sodium Channels in Epilepsy; title: David I. Kaplan, Lori L. Isom, and Steven Petrou; title: Role of Potassium Channels in Epilepsy; title: Ruediger Koehling; title: The Role of Calcium Channels in Epilepsy; title: Sanjeev Rajakulendran and Michael G. Hanna; title: Hyperpolization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide Gated (HCN) Channels in Epilepsy; title: Gary P. Brennan, Tallie Z. Baram, and Nicholas P. Poolos; title: GABAergic Synchronization in Epilepsy; title: Roustem Khazipov; title: Glutamatergic Mechanisms Associated with Seizures and Epilepsy; title: Melissa Barker-Haliski and H. Steve White; title: Epileptogenesis; title: A. Pitkänen, K. Kukasiuk, F.E. Dudek, and K.J. Staley; title: Mechanisms of Antiepileptic Drugs and Dietary Therapy; title: Wolfgang Loescher, Jong M. Rho, & Michael A. Rogawski; title: Interneuron Transplantation as a Treatment for Epilepsy; title: Robert F. Hunt and Scott C. Baraban; title: Unconventional Targets for Therapy in Epilepsy; title: Christophe Bernard; title: The Neurobiology of Epilepsy: Future Directions; title: Gregory L. Holmes.