Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the brain, and these patients often suffer from memory problems. There are a number of reasons for this:: seizures can directly affect the brain in ways that disturb memory; epilepsy often results from trouble in brain regions closely linked to memory; the treatment of epilepsy can affect memory; epilepsy can cause psychological problems, like depression, which interfere with memory. The study of epilepsy and the and the study of humanmemory are interwoven. Epilepsy and Memory comprehensively reviews all aspects of the relationship between this common and potentially serious neurological disorder and memory, one of the core functions of the human mind. The authors, acknowledged experts in their fields, review the history of the subject, the clinical features of memory disorder in epilepsy, neuropsychological, neuroradiological, neuropathological and electrophysiological findings, the roles of anticonvulsant side effects and psychiatricdisorder, and the scope for memory support and rehabilitation. The study of patients with epilepsy has revealed much about the workings of memory, yet there has been no recent review of this fertile field of research. This book fills this gap and is a valuable new addition to the brain sciences literature. Itwill be of wide interest to clinicians and basic researchers in the brain sciences.
Introduction; History; Memory before and after HM: An Impressionistic Historical Perspective; Memory Disorders and Epilepsy during the 19th Century; Overviews of memory and epilepsy; Interictal Memory Disturbance; Long-term follow-up of memory in patients with epilepsy; Memory in Children with Epilepsy; Ictal and interictal memory phenomena; Dej? experiences in Epilepsy; The syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia; Effects of epileptiform EEG discharges on cognitive function; Assesesment; Neuropsychological assessment of memory in patients with epilepsy; Memory Assessment in Intracarotid Anesthetic Procedures; Epilepsy and the Study of Spatial Memory using Virtual Reality; Remote memory and psychiatric disorders; Remote Memory and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy; Electroconvulsive therapy for depression and autobiographical memory; Psychiatric Aspects of Memory Disorders in Epilepsy; Imaging and ERPs; Structural imaging and neuropathological correlates of memory in epilepsy; Functional Imaging of Memory in Epilepsy; Electrophysiological studies of memory in epilepsy; Intracranial stimulation and recording; Memory and Epilepsy in Nonhuman Animals; Hippocampal Electrical Stimulation and Localisation of Long-Term Episodic Memory; Interrelationships between epilepsy, sleep and memory; Mapping memories in the medial temporal lobe; Management and outcome; Anticonvulsants and memory; Effects of amygdalohippocampectomy versus corticoamygdalohippocampectomy on memory and nonmemory cognitive functions; Memory Rehabilitation for People with Epilepsy;
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