RT Book, Section
SR Print(0)
ID 1101682822
T1 Seizures and Epilepsy
T2 Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-139011-8
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101682822
RD 2024/04/19
AB Classification  of  Seizures  and  the  Epilepsies  Is  Important  for  Pathogenesis  and  TreatmentSeizures  Are  Temporary  Disruptions  of  Brain  FunctionEpilepsy  Is  the  Chronic  Condition  of  Recurrent  SeizuresThe  Electroencephalogram  Represents  the  Collective  Behavior  of  Cortical  NeuronsFocal  Seizures  Originate  Within  a  Small  Group  of  Neurons  Known  as  a  Seizure  FocusNeurons  in  a  Seizure  Focus  Have  Characteristic  ActivityThe  Breakdown  of  Surround  Inhibition  Leads  to  SynchronizationThe  Spread  of  Focal  Seizures  Involves  Normal  Cortical  CircuitryPrimary  Generalized  Seizures  Are  Driven  by  Thalamocortical  CircuitsLocating  the  Seizure  Focus  Is  Critical  to  the  Surgical  Treatment  of  EpilepsyProlonged  Seizures  Can  Cause  Brain  DamageRepeated  Convulsive  Seizures  Are  a  Medical  EmergencyExcitotoxicity  Underlies  Seizure-Related  Brain  DamageThe  Factors  Leading  to  Development  of  Epilepsy  Are  an  Unfolding  MysteryAmong  the  Genetic  Causes  of  Epilepsy  Are  Ion  Channel  MutationsEpilepsies  Involving  Focal  Seizures  May  Be  a  Maladaptive  Response  to  InjuryAn  Overall  View