ABSTRACT
Deep brain stimulation has been used effectively for many years to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Now, neurologists and neurosurgeons are using electric pulse generators to block abnormal activity, i.e. epileptic fits. Promising research results indicate that electric pulses implanted deep in the brain can affect neurocircuitry and help stop oncoming seizures. Supplying a solid background on brain stimulation and its application to epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy provides a historical overview, explores pathogenesis of brain stimulation, discusses animal experiments and human studies, and explores future prospects of brain stimulation for epileptic control. The editor and his team of contributors distill information drawn directly from the literature into one convenient resource.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section I|17 pages
Historical overview: brain stimulation and epilepsy
part Section II|83 pages
Pathogenesis of brain stimulation: animal studies
part Section III|83 pages
Pathogenesis of brain stimulation: human studies
part Section IV|57 pages
Effect of brain stimulation on epileptic seizures: animal experiments
part Section V|111 pages
Effect of brain stimulation on epileptic seizures: human studies
part Section VI|5 pages
Brain stimulation: future prospects