Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain - Principles and Practice (Relié)

No other neurological condition allows the same opportunities for an intracranial electrophysiological study of the human brain as does epilepsy. Epilepsy surgery is designed to remove the epileptogenenic brain tissue from the human brain, thereby effecting either cure or substantial reduction of seizures in an individual with an otherwise intractable condition. Its use as a treatment modality dates from the late nineteenth century, and it has become a widely used treatment option throughout the world in the last 20-30 years.
The complexity of epilepsy cases in surgical centres, and the need for invasive electrode studies for presurgical evaluation, are both greatly increasing. Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain is the definitive reference text on the use of invasive electroencephalographic diagnostic studies in human epilepsy. This book includes contributions from some of the most renowned epilepsy experts of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, who provide their expertise and their insights into the identification and mapping of intracranial epileptiform and non-epileptiform activity, mapping of human brain function, and approaches to the use of invasive electroencephalography in a variety of clinical situations.
The book is organized into an easily readable series of chapters and is brilliantly illustrated with case studies, each providing an intuitively comprehensive approach to invasive brain studies. Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain is an essential read for neurologists and neurosurgeons involved in epilepsy surgery, as well as neuroscientists and clinician researchers interested in the epileptic brain.