Behavioral Aspects of Epilepsy: Principles and Practice

Behavioral aspects of epilepsy include a patient's experiences during seizures, his or her reaction during and between seizures, the frequency of episodes and what can be determined from the number of seizures. With contributions by dozens of leading international experts, this is the only book to cover all aspects of this critical emerging science. Adult and pediatric patients, animal models, and epilepsy surgery and its effects are all covered in detail.

is the only source for up-to-date information on a topic that has significant and growing interest in the medical community. This comprehensive, authoritative text has a bench to bedside, approach that covers:
• The mechanisms underlying epilepsy and behavior
• Neurophysiologic function
• Neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders in patients with epilepsy
• The effects of treatments and surgery on behavior
• Pediatric and adolescent epilepsy
• Disorders associated with epilepsy that impact behavior
• And much more

Gregory L. Holmes, MD , is Chair and Professor of Neurology, Dartmouth Medical School.

Steven C. Schachter, MD, is currently Director of Research for the Neurology Department and Vice Chair of the Committee for Clinical Investigations at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of Clinical Research, Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dorothee GA Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor, Medical Genetics, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands and has a Marie Curie Chair on Visual Sensitivity (FP6 European research program), Universita di Rome, Sapienza.