Presurgical Evaluation of Epileptics

Basic Considerations Relevant to Seizure Origin and Spread.- I. Anatomical and Physiological Data.- Hodology of Limbic and Related Structures: Cortical and Commissural Connections.- The Role of Limbic and Related Structures in the "Making" of Behavior: The Lessons from Animal Experimentation.- Physiology of the Frontal Cortex.- Editors' Commentary 1.- II. Pathophysiology.- Basic Epileptology.- Special Features of the Hippocampal Formation with Respect to Seizure Conditions.- The Kindling Model of Epilepsy of the Hippocampus in the Rat: Electrophysiology and Behavior.- III. Potential Generation.- Generation of Epileptiform Field Potentials in the Cerebral Cortex.- Volume Conductor Principles: Their Application to the Surface and Depth Electroencephalogram.- Editors' Commentary 2.- IV. Pathology.- Pathological Findings Caused by Seizures, with Particular Reference to the Temporal Lobe.- Pathological Changes Relevant for Seizure Generation.- Chairman's Commentary.- V. Neuropsychology.- Specific Detection of Epileptic Disorders in Clinical Neuropsychology.- Problems of Learning and Memory: Comparison of Performances Before and After Surgical Therapy.- Intracarotid Amobarbital Testing and Assessment of Speech Laterality.- Lateralization and Intrahemispheric Localization of Language and Memory During Surgical Therapy of Epilepsy.- Editors' Commentary 3.- Electrophysiological and Other Diagnostic Procedures.- I. Diagnostic Tools.- Electrode Technology.- Future Trends in Electrode Technology.- Magnetoencephalography and Epilepsy.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Epileptic Focus.- The Use of Positron Emission Tomography in the Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy.- Editors' Commentary 4.- II. Diagnostic Procedures.- Specific Neuroradiological Examinations Necessary for Stereotactic Procedures.- Presurgical Epileptological Intensive Evaluation.- Editors' Commentary 5.- III. Electrophysiological Focus Localization.- Conventional Electroencephalography.- Special Extracranial Electrodes.- Foramen Ovale Electrode Recordings.- Electrocorticography.- Stereo-Electroencephalography.- Comparison Between Electrophysiological Approaches for Presurgical Evaluation.- IV. Computerized Analysis of Seizure Potentials.- Spread of Epileptic Seizure Activity in Experimental and Clinical Epilepsy: The Use of Mutual Information Analysis.- Evaluation of Relationships Between Seizure Potentials.- Editors' Commentary 6.- Electroclinical Semiology of the Epilepsies.- Limbic Seizures.- The Significance of Phase Structure in Mesiotemporal Seizures in Relation to Clinical Manifestations.- Neocortical Temporal Seizures.- Complex Partial Seizures of Frontal Lobe Origin.- Focal Epilepsies of Nontemporal and Nonfrontal Origin.- Startle Epilepsy with Infantile Brain Damage: The Clinical and Neurophysiological Rationale for Surgical Therapy.- Symptomatic Partial Epilepsies with Secondary Bilateral Synchrony: Differentiation from Symptomatic Generalized Epilepsies of the Lennox-Gastaut Type.- Editors' Commentary 7.- The Surgical Approach: Preconditions, Rationale, Efficacy.- Drug-Resistant Partial Epilepsy: Clinical and Pharmacological Criteria.- Preoperative Indicators for Optimal Surgical Outcome for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.- The Preoperative Electroclinical Evaluation Determines Postoperative Seizure Control after Temporal Lobectomy.- High-Level Drug Therapy Versus Surgical Treatment: Long-Term Outcome.- Cortical Resection for Multilobe Epileptogenic Lesions.- Selective Microsurgical Resections.- Stereotactic Surgery for Epilepsy.- Consequences for the Present Practice of Epilepsy Therapy in Europe.- Consequences for the Present Practice of Epilepsy Therapy in Europe.- Editors' Commentary 8.- Concluding Remarks.- Concluding Remarks.- Clinical Questionnaire (In a pocket inside the back cover).