Epilepsy : the biology of a spectrum disorder / edited by Gregory L. Holmes, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Jeffrey L. Noebels, Baylor College of Medicine.

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine.
Other Authors: Holmes, Gregory L.
Noebels, Jeffrey L.
Language:English
Published: Cold Spring Harbor, New York : CSH Press/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2016]
Series:Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine.
Subjects:
Epilepsy.
Epilepsy > Treatment.
MEDICAL / Diseases.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience.
MEDICAL / Neuroscience.
Physical Description:viii, 459 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • (preliminary)
  • Epilepsy: A Spectrum Disorder
  • Joseph I. Sirven
  • Seizures and Epilepsy: An Overview for Neuroscientists
  • Carl E. Stafstrom and Lionel Carmant
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Shlomo Shinnar and Howard Goodkin
  • Neonatal and Infantile Epilepsy: Acquired and Genetic Models
  • Aristea S. Galanopoulou and Solomon L. Moshé
  • Common mechanisms of the co-morbidities and seizures
  • Audrey Mazarati and Raman Sankar
  • Mechanisms Responsible for Cognitive Impairment in Epilepsy
  • Pierre-Pascal Lenck-Santini and Rodney Scott
  • Genetics of Epilepsy in Humans
  • Samuel F. Berkovic and Ingrid Scheffer
  • Epigenetics and Epilepsy
  • David C. Henshall and Katja Kobow
  • Single Gene Determinants of Epilepsy Comorbidity
  • Jeffrey L. Noebels
  • Malformations of Cortical Development and Epilepsy
  • A. James Barkovich, William B. Dobyns, and Renzo Guerrini
  • mTOR Signaling in Epilepsy: Insights from Malformations of Cortical Development
  • Peter B. Crino
  • Role of Astrocytes in Epilepsy
  • Douglas A. Coulter and Christian Steinhäuser
  • Immunity and Inflammation in Epilepsy
  • Annamaria Vezzani, Bethan Lang, and Eleonora Aronica
  • Initiation, Propagation, and Termination of Partial (Focal) Seizures
  • Marco de Curtis and Massimo Avoli
  • Microcircuits in Epilepsy: Heterogeneity and Hub Cells in Network Synchronization
  • Anh Bui, Hannah Kim, Mattia Maroso, and Ivan Soltesz
  • Role of Sodium Channels in Epilepsy
  • David I. Kaplan, Lori L. Isom, and Steven Petrou
  • Role of Potassium Channels in Epilepsy
  • Ruediger Koehling
  • The Role of Calcium Channels in Epilepsy
  • Sanjeev Rajakulendran and Michael G. Hanna
  • Hyperpolization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide Gated (HCN) Channels in Epilepsy
  • Gary P. Brennan, Tallie Z. Baram, and Nicholas P. Poolos
  • GABAergic Synchronization in Epilepsy
  • Roustem Khazipov
  • Glutamatergic Mechanisms Associated with Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Melissa Barker-Haliski and H. Steve White
  • Epileptogenesis
  • A. Pitkänen, K. Kukasiuk, F.E. Dudek, and K.J. Staley
  • Mechanisms of Antiepileptic Drugs and Dietary Therapy
  • Wolfgang Loescher, Jong M. Rho, & Michael A. Rogawski
  • Interneuron Transplantation as a Treatment for Epilepsy
  • Robert F. Hunt and Scott C. Baraban
  • Unconventional Targets for Therapy in Epilepsy
  • Christophe Bernard
  • The Neurobiology of Epilepsy: Future Directions
  • Gregory L. Holmes.