Full Description
The present volume is intended to be a synopsis of seizure disorders with a goal of describing key studies in animals and humans. The translation of pertinent findings from animal studies to human studies, and to potential human studies will be emphasized. Specific cogent animal studies/results which deserve exploration in human seizure disorders will be detailed. The current rate of translation is estimated to be from 7-9 years, and the "success" rate of translation was very recently listed as less than one half. The success rate is defined as results in human studies which were predicted in advance by animal studies. Both the time between animal and human attempts plus the success rate need improvement.
Contents
Prologue: World Health Concerns, Incidence, Costs, etc.- Section 1 Animal Partial.- Chapter 1: Simple Partial.- Chapter 2: Complex Partial.- Section 2 Animal Generalized.- Chapter 3: Tonic Clonic.- Chapter 4: Tonic.-Chapter 5: Atonic.- Chapter 6: Myoclonic.-Chapter 7: Absence .- Section 3 Animal.- Chapter 8: Unclassified-Mixed.- Chapter 9: Nocturnal.- Section 4 Human Partial.- Chapter 10: Simple Partial.-Chapter 11: Simple complex.- Section 5 Human Generalized.- Chapter 12: Tonic Clonic.- Chapter 13: Tonic.- Chapter 14: Atonic.- Chapter 15: Myoconic.- Chapter 16: Absence.- Section 6 Human.- Chapter 17: Unclassified-Mixed.- Chapter 18: Nocturnal.- Section 7 Miscellaneous.- Chapter 19: Pediatric Considerations.- Chapter 20 : Surgery.- Chapter 21: Status Epilepticus.- Chapter 22: Epilogue
