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Author: Gonzalo Alarcón
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 641
ISBN-13: 0521691583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers all aspects of epilepsy, from basic mechanisms to diagnosis and management, as well as legal and social considerations.
Author: Simon D. Shorvon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-01-31
Total Pages: 761
ISBN-13: 1108905315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEpilepsy has a fascinating history. To the medical historian Oswei Temkin it was 'the paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease'. It is justifiably considered a window on brain function. And yet its story is more than simply a medical narrative, but one influenced also by scientific, societal and personal themes. Written for a medical and non-medical readership, this book describes the major developments in epilepsy between 1860–2020, a turbulent era in which science dominated as an explanatory model, medical theories and practices steered an erratic course, and societal attitudes and approaches to epilepsy fluctuated dramatically. In the middle of this maelstrom was the person with epilepsy at the mercy of social attitudes and legislation, and at times harmed as well as helped by medicine and science. So entangled is the history that intriguingly, as an entity, epilepsy may now be thought not even to exist.
Author: Simon D. Shorvon
Publisher:
Published: 2022
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781108903684
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Epilepsy occupies a unique position in the pantheon of human ailments. It is now, as it has always been, the unparalleled hierophant of neurological disease, but it is much more than this. A multifaceted phenomenon, it has in the swirling waters of human experience, complex scientific, societal and personal significations and meanings, and has attained a symbolism (an 'idea') which has become deeply embedded in the culture of mankind. In consequence, although primarily a medical history, the topic of this book - the story of Epilepsy's voyage in the long twentieth century (1860-2020) - has been shaped by other strong currents in addition to that of medicine, and to ignore these currents would be to isolate epilepsy and deprive it of any meaning. Although similar considerations apply in many diseases this is probably truer of epilepsy than of most others. To Oswei Temkin, epilepsy was a 'paradigm of the suffering of both body and soul in disease', and with its broad and deep connections, who can disagree?"--
Author: Simon Shorvon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-05-02
Total Pages: 1013
ISBN-13: 1108420753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpanded and revised, this unique book provides concise descriptions of the many causes of epilepsy, for use in clinical practice.
Author: Mervyn J. Eadie
Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUses current knowledge of epilepsy and epileptic seizures as a yardstick against which to interpret the thinking of the past. Attempts to trace the development of thought about individual aspects of the understanding of epilepsy one after the other and on a chronological basis.
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Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2009-05-27
Total Pages: 1853
ISBN-13: 0123739616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a truly translational area of biomedical investigation, epilepsy research spans an extraordinary breadth of subjects and involves virtually every tool that modern neuroscience has at its disposal. The Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research provides an up to date, comprehensive reference for all epilepsy researchers. With an expert list of authors, the encyclopedia covers the full spectrum of research activities from genes and molecules to animal models and human patients. The encyclopedia's electronic format also provides unparalleled access to frequent updates and additions, while the limited edition print version provides another option for owning this content. The Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research is an essential resource for researchers of all levels and clinicians who study epilepsy. The only comprehensive reference for basic research and current activities in epilepsy Electronic format provides fast and easy access to updates and additions, with limited print version available as well Contains over 85 articles, all written by experts in epilepsy research
Author: Simon Shorvon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-02-02
Total Pages: 761
ISBN-13: 1108842615
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definitive and scholarly history of the modern era of epilepsy, covering its medical, scientific, societal and personal aspects.
Author: Mircea Steriade
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-05-08
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9780521817073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConventional wisdom assumes that sleep is a resting state of the brain, with negligible activity of cortical neurons. Here, the author brings new evidence favoring the idea that during sleep, memory traces acquired while awake are consolidated. Mircea Steriade focuses on the coalescence of different sleep rhythms in interacting corticothalamic networks and on three types of paroxysmal disorders: spike-wave seizures as in absence epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut seizures, and temporal-lobe epilepsy. Many physiological correlates of waking and sleep states as well as diverse types of epileptic seizures are also discussed.
Author: Adrienne Richard
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-05-29
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 0802719503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a unique collaboration between a gifted writer with epilepsy and a skilled physician who has brought new insight into the treatment of this condition. At the age of twenty-six, when Adrienne Richard was seven months pregnant, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. For years she took anticonvulsant drugs to control her seizures, but she wanted to wean herself from the powerful drugs if she could. During the first ten years without medication she had only one seizure. Her goal was to live seizure-free. Ms. Richard practiced yoga, biofeedback, and mind/body techniques in the eighties to help her reach that goal. While writing an article for a magazine based in California, she learned of Dr. Joel Reiter, who was exploring epilepsy self-care in his clinical practice and through his groundbreaking research. Epilepsy: A New Approach combines Adrienne Richard's own inspiring story of overcoming a debilitating condition with Dr. Reiter's up-to-the-minute medical knowledge of diagnosis and treatment. This self-help program offers people with epilepsy and those who love them a chance to regain control of their lives.
Author: Jeffrey Noebels
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2012-06-29
Total Pages: 1258
ISBN-13: 0199746540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJasper's Basic Mechanisms, Fourth Edition, is the newest most ambitious and now clinically relevant publishing project to build on the four-decade legacy of the Jasper's series. In keeping with the original goal of searching for "a better understanding of the epilepsies and rational methods of prevention and treatment.", the book represents an encyclopedic compendium neurobiological mechanisms of seizures, epileptogenesis, epilepsy genetics and comordid conditions. Of practical importance to the clinician, and new to this edition are disease mechanisms of genetic epilepsies and therapeutic approaches, ranging from novel antiepileptic drug targets to cell and gene therapies.
