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" Epilepsy, infantile spasms, and developmental encephalopathy / "
edited by Philip A. Schwartzkroin, Jong M. Rho
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BL
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688828
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b511017
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Epilepsy, infantile spasms, and developmental encephalopathy /\ edited by Philip A. Schwartzkroin, Jong M. Rho
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Academic Press,, [2002]
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, ©2002
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International review of neurobiology ;; v. 49
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xviii, 429 pages :: illustrations ;; cm
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0123668492 (alk. paper)
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: 9780123668493 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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| Contents
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What is West Syndrome? -- Relationship between encephalopathy and abnormal neuronal activity in the developing brain -- Hypotheses from functional neuroimaging studies -- Infantile spasms: unique syndrome or general age-dependent manifestation of a diffuse encephalopathy? -- Histopathology of brain tissue from patients with infantile spasms -- Generators of ictal and interictal electroencephalograms associated with infantile spasms: intracelluar studies of cortical and thalamic neurons -- Cortical and subcortical generators of normal and abnormal rhythmicity -- Role of subcortical structures in the pathogenesis of infantile spasms: what are possible subcortical mediators? -- What must we know to develop better therapies? -- Treatment of infantile spasms: an evidence-based approach -- ACTH treatment of infantile spasms: mechanisms of its effects in modulation of neuronal excitability -- Neurosteroids and infantile spasms: the deoxycorticosterone hypothesis -- Are there specific anatomical and/or transmitter systems (cortical or subcortical) that should be targeted? -- Medical versus surgical treatment: which treatment when -- Developmental outcome with and without successful interventions -- Infantile spasms versus myoclonus: is there a connection? -- Tuberous sclerosis as an underlying basis for infantile spasm -- Brain malformations, epilepsy, and infantile spasms -- Brain maturational aspects relevant to pathophysiology of infantile spasms -- Gene experssion analysis as a strategy to understand the molecular pathogenesis of infantile spasms -- Infantile spasms: criteria for an animal model
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Brain-- Diseases
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Epilepsy in children
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Infantile spasms
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Spasms, Infantile
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Brain Diseases
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| Dewey Classification
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618.92845
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RC341.I5 vol. 49RJ496.S58
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W1IN834 v.49 2002
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WS 340E64 2002
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Rho, Jong M
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Schwartzkroin, P. A., (Philip A.)
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