Epilepsy A to Z : a concise encyclopedia

Contents: Abdominal, (E), AbscessCerebral, Absence(S, E), Acetazolamide(Diamox[registered]), *Acid-basemetabolism, *Adenosine, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone(ACTH), Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), *Adversive (S), Affective (S), Age of Onset (of Seizures), Agranulocytosis, Aicardi's Syndrome, *Acquired immuneodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Alcohol, Effects of, Alopecia, Alpers' (Disease), Alpha Rhythm, AmbulatoryEEG,, Ammonia, *Ammon's horn, *Amnesia, Amygdala, Anemia, Anesthesia Aneurysms, Arterial, *Angelman syndrome, *Angioma, Animal Models of the Epilepsies, Anoxia/Hypoxia, Anticonvulsant/Antiepileptic Drug, (AED) Levels, Anticonvulsant/AntiepilepticDrug Mechanisms, Antiepileptic Drugs(AEDs), *Antipsychotic Drugs, *Anxiety disorders and (S), Aphasia (E). Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, *Aphasic (S) *Apoptosis, Apnea, Arachnoid Cysts, Arrhythmia,,,Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), Arteritis Cerebral, Aspartame, Aspartate, Astatic (S) (also atonic or akinetic (S)), Astrocytoma, Ataxia Ativan[registered] (Lorazepam), Atonic (S), Auditory (S), Aura Automatisms, Autonomic (S), *Awareness, Axon, Baltic Myoclonus, Barbiturates, Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies, Batten-Vogt-Spielmeyer Syndrome, Behavior (Abnormalities of), Bemegride[registered] (Megimide) Benign Epilepsies, Benzodiazepines, Beta Activity, Bilateral Synchrony, Primary, Bilateral Synchrony, Secondary, Biofeedback, *BOLD, Brain, Breast-feeding, Breathholding Spells, Bromides, Calcium Channel Blockers, Callostomy, Carbamazepine (CBZ, Tegretol[registered]), Catamenial (S), Cataplexy Cavernomas, Cavernous Hemangiomas, Cavernous Angiomas, Centrencephalic (S), Cerebellum, Cerebrovascular Accidents and Seizures, Ceroid-lipofuscinoses, Chorea, Choreoathetosis, Paroxysmal, Clinical Trials, Clobazam (Urbanyl[registered]), Clonazepam (Klonopin[registered], Rivotril[registered]), Clonic (S), Clonic-Tonic-Clonic (S), Clorazepate (Tranxene[registered]), Cocaine, Cognitive (S), Commissurotomies, Complex (Partial Seizures), Compliance, Confusion, Consciousness, Contraceptives (Oral), Convulsions, Convulsive Syncope, Corticectomy, Corticography, Cryptogenic, Cure, Cursive (S), Dacrystic (S), Delta Activity, Dendrite, Dentato-Pallido-Rubro-Luysian Atrophy, Depakene[registered] (Valproic Acid), Depakote[registered] (Divalproex Sodium), Diagnosis, Diamox[registered], Diazepam (Valium[registered]), Dilantin[registered]; Phenytoin IV, Diones (Oxazoline-Diones), Discharge (Epileptic), Down (Syndrome) (Trisomy 21) (Mongolism), Driving, Drop Attacks; Falls (Epileptic), Dupuytren's (Disease), Dyskinesias 7, Dysmnestic (S), Dysphasic (S), Eclampsia, EEG (Electroencephalography), Elderly, Late-Life Onset (E), Electroconvulsive Therapy, Electrodes, Subdural (Epidural), Employment, Encephalitis/Encephalitides, Encephalopathies, Epidemiology of the Epilepsies, Epigastric (S), Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Continuous Spikes and Waves During Slow Sleep/ESES (Electrical Status Epilepticus During Slow Sleep), Epileptic Encephalopathy, Epileptic Equivalent, Epileptic (S), Epileptogenesis (Secondary), Essential Epilepsy, Ethosuximide (Zarontino), Etiology, Evoked Potentials, Evolution (of Epilepsy), Famous People with Epilepsy, Febrile Convulsions/Seizures Felbamate (Felbatolo), Fertility, First Aid for Epilepsy, First Seizure, Flunarizine, Focal (S), Focus (Epileptogenic), Focus, Lesion-Related, Folate, Fragile-X Syndrome, Frontal Paroxysms, in Benign Partial Epilepsies in Childhood, Frontal (S, E), Fugue (Epileptic), Functional Epilepsy, Functional Foci, GABA, Gabapentin (Neurontin[registered]), Gabrene[registered] (Progabide), Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT), Gangliosidosis, Gaucher's (Disease), Gelastic (S), Generalized (E), Generalized (S) (or Bilateral and Symmetric (S)), Generic Drugs, Genetics, Glutamate-Aspartate, Grand Mal (S, E), Gustatory (S), Gyratory (S, E), Hallervorden-Spatz (Syndrome), Hallucinatory (S), Hamartomas, Headaches, Hematoma, Intracerebral Nontraumatic, Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy (HHE) Syndrome, Heminevrin[registered] (Chlormethiazole), Hemiplegia, Postictal (Todd's Paralysis), Hemispherectomy, Hepatitis (Drug-Induced), Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Hippocampus, Hirsutism, HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Hormones, Huntington's Chorea (Disease), Hydantoins, Hydrocephalus, Hyperekplexia (Pathological Startle Response), Hyperglycemia, Hyperventilation, Hyponatremia, Hypoxia, Hypsarrhythmia, Ictal, Idiopathic (S, E), Idiosyncratic Reactions, Illusional (S), Immunosuppression, Incidence, Incontinence (Urinary), Induced (S), Inhibitory (S), Isolated (S), Jacksonian (S), Jansky-Bielchowsky (Disease), Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy (Seitelberger's Disease), Ketogenic Diet, Kindling (Phenomenon), Klonopin[registered] (Clonazepam), Kojewnikow's (Syndrome); Epilepsia Partialis Continua, Kufs (Disease), Lafora (Disease), Lamictal[registered] (Lamotrigine), Landau-Kleffner (Syndrome), Lennox-Gastaut (Syndrome), Leukoencephalitis, Leukoencephalopathies, Lidocaine (Xylocaine[registered]), Lipidoses, Lissencephaly (Agyria-Pachygyria); Cortical Dysplasia, Loading Dose (Oral), Lorazepam (Ativan[registered]), Magnesium, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Malformations, Marriage, Memory, Meningitis, Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, Metabolic Errors (Inborn), Migraine, Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies, Mitochondrial Myopathy, Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis,; Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS), Mogadon[registered] (Nitrazepam), Monotherapy, Mortality, Movement (Seizures Induced By), Multiple (Disseminated) Sclerosis Myoclonic Encephalopathy (Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy), Myoclonic (E), Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (Benign), Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy and Childhood (Severe), Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive,, Myoclonic-Astatic (E) (Doose's Syndrome), Myoclonic-Astatic (S), Myoclonic (S), Myoclonus, Myoclonus Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERFF), Mysoline[registered] (Primidone), Narcolepsy, Neonatal (S), Neuropathies (and AEDs); Niemann-Pick (Disease), Night Terrors, Nitrazepam (Mogadon[registered]), Nystagmus (Epileptic), Occasional (S), Occipital (E) (Partial Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxysms),, Occipital (S), Olfactory (S), Oropharyngeal (S), Oxcarbazepine (Trileptal[registered]), P-300, Paraldehyde, Parasitoses, Parietal (E), Paroxysmal EEG Bursts, Paroxysmal Noctural Dystonia, Partial (S) (Seizures with Focal Onset), Petit Mal, Petit Mal (Intermediate), Phenobarbital, Phenytoin (PHT, Diphenylhydantoin, Dilantino), Phonatory (S), Phosphate-Calcium Metabolism, Photoconvulsive (S) (Induced (S)), Photosensitivity, Polypharmacy, Porencephaly, Porphyria, Positron Emission Tomography Scanning (PET), Postoperative (S), Post-Traumatic (E), Postural (S), Pregnancy, Prevalence, Primary (Generalized Epilepsies), Primidone (PRM, Mysoline[registered]), Progabide, (Gabrene[registered]), Prognosis, Prolactin, Prophylaxis Pseudoperiodic (or Periodic) Lateralized Epileptiform Discharges (PLEDs), Psychogenic (S), Psychomotor (S, E), Psychoses, Psychosocial (Problems), Psychotropic Medications, Pyknolepsy, Pyridoxine, Race, Ramsay Hunt, (Syndrome) (Dyssenergia Cerebellaris Myoclonica), Rasmussen's (Syndrome), Recurrence Rate, Reflex Epilepsy/Seizures and Triggered, Seizures, Refractory (E), Relapse, Remission, Rett (Syndrome), Rheumatism (Barbiturate-Related Connective Tissue Disorders), Rolandic (E) (Benign Rolandic or Centro-Temporal Epilepsy), Sabril[registered], Santavuori-Haltia (Disease), Scans (CT; MRI), Scholastic Activities, Scotosensitive (S), Secondary Generalized (S), Self-Medication, Sensory (S), Sequelae (Traumatic Consequences of Seizures), Sex/Gender, Sexuality, Sialidoses Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Situation-Related (S), Skin Eruptions and Toxic Dermatoses, Sleep, Sleepwalking, Somatomotor (S)/Focal Motor (S), Somatosensory (S), Spells, Sphingolipidoses, Sports, Status Epilepticus, Stereoencephalography (SEEG), Stress, Sturge-Weber (Syndrome), Suicide, Surgery in Epilepsy, Symptomatic (E), Syncope, Syndromes (Epileptic),, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Taurine, Tay-Sachs (Disease), Telemetry, Temporal Lobe (S, E), Theta Activity, Tolerance, Tonic (S), Tonic-Clonic (S) (Grand Mal (S)), Toxicity, Transient Global Amnesia, Transient Paroxysmal Dystonia in Infancy, Treatment, Tuberous Sclerosis (Bourneville's Disease; Adenoma Sebaceum), Tumors, Uncinate (S), Unclassifiable (S, E), Unilateral (S) (or Hemibody (S)), Unverricht-Lundborg (Disease), Vaccination, Valproate, Sodium (Divalproex Sodium, Depakote[registered]); Valproic Acid (VPA, Depakene[registered]), Valpromide (Amide of Valproic Acid) (Depamide[registered]), Versive (S), Vertiginous (S), Vestibulogenic (5), Vigabratin (Sabrilo), Violence, Visual (S), Vomiting, Von Recklinghausen's (Disease) (Neurofibromatosis), Wada (Test). (Sodium Amytal Test), West (Syndrome) (Infantile Spasms with Hypsarrhythmia), Wilson's (Disease), Withdrawal (S), Zone of Epileptogenesis, Zonisamide (Excegran[registered]).