Reflex Epilepsies: Progress in Understanding - Softcover

Peter Wolf; Yushi Inoue; Benjamin Zifkin

 
9782742005406: Reflex Epilepsies: Progress in Understanding
Softcover
ISBN 10: 2742005404 ISBN 13: 9782742005406
Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Reflex epilepsies can provide a qualitative and quantitative viewpoint of the complexities of ictogenesis. The various chapters in this book examine the factors that can trigger a seizure, such as hot water, food, contact and movement, music and emotions. The relationship between several reflex epilepsy mechanisms and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is discussed along with the significance of their occurrence in syndromes, enhancing our understanding of current epilepsy nosology. The conventional dichotomy appears outdated, while functional studies of trigger mechanisms are moving more towards central nervous system subsets acting as pathological networks that produce seizures in generalized and focal epilepsies.

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Reflex epilepsies can provide qualitative and quantitative insights into the complexities of ictogenesis. This is what the chapters of this book are about, dealing with such varied modes of precipitation as hot water, eating, touch and movement, music, and emotions. The relation of several reflex epileptic mechanisms to Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy is discussed as well as the meaning of their occurrence across syndromes for our present nosological understanding of epilepsy. Our traditional dichotomy seems out-dated as functional studies of trigger mechanisms rather point to central nervous subsystems acting as pathological networks generating seizures in both generalised and localisation-related epilepsies. This book makes the point on research for a better comprehension of the current nosology of the epilepsy. A reference work written by the best international specialists in epilepsy.

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Publisher
John Libbey Eurotext Ltd
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
2742005404
ISBN 13 
9782742005406
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
176