Epilepsy Towards the Next Decade

Dr. Pasquale Striano is a Research Associate at the University of Genova's Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, where his main field of interest is molecular genetics of idiopathic epilepsies with a special interest in structural genomic variation and genotype-phenotype relationships. Dr. Striano is actively included in multicenter projects in Italy, Europe, and around the world. He is also a member of the Board of Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE), a scientific association focused on promoting knowledge of Epilepsy in order to improve patient care.

Preface.- Copy number variants and epilepsy: new emerging syndromes.- Mutations of ion channels in genetic epilepsies.- LGI1 dysfunction in inherited and acquired epileptic disorders.- Glioneuronal tumors and epilepsy: clinico-diagnostic features and surgical strategies.- Metabolic causes of epilepsy.- New insights into mechanisms underlying generalized reflex seizures.- Current status and future prospective of neuroimaging for epilepsy.- The complex relationship between epilepsy and headache and the concept of ictal epileptic headache.- Epilepsy and immune system: a tour around the current literature.- Novel molecular targets for drug-treatment of epilepsy.- Reproductive hormones in epilepsy therapy: from old promises to new hopes.- Neuromodulation for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.- New radiosurgical paradigms to treat epilepsy using synchrotron radiation.