Table of Contents: Intractable Epilepsy in Adults; I.E. Leppik. Complex Partial Seizures. Clinical Description and Diagnosis; W.T. Blume. Drug Therapy for Complex Partial Seizures; J. Bruni. Surgery for Complex Partial Seizures; J. Girvin. West's Syndrome (Infantile Spasms). Clinical Description and Diagnosis; R.A. Hrachovy. Drug Therapy for West's Syndrome; C. Chiron, O. Dulac. Surgery for West's Syndrome; H. Hoffman. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. Clinical Description and Diagnosis; E. Niedermeyer. Drug Therapy in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; K. Farrell. Surgery in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Corpus Callosum Division for Children; J. Gates. Special Topics. Early versus Late Surgery in Intractable Epilepsy; J. Engel. Basic Pathophysiology – Theories and Research. Why are Complex Partial Seizures Intractable? M. Burnham. Pathophysiology of Infantile Spasms; H. Chugani. Functional Properties of Human Neocortical Neurons: A Window to the Physiopathogenesis of Seizures in Patients with Cortical Dysplasia; M. Avoli, et al. Effects of Unchecked Seizures – Human and Animal Studies. Psychiatric Aspects of Intractable Epilepsy; D. Blumer. Neural Growth, Neural Damage and Neurotrophins in the Kindling Model of Epilepsy; R. Racine. Effects of Uncontrolled Seizures: Neural Changes in Animal Models; C.E. Stafstrom, G. Holmes. New Therapeutic Strategies. The Landau-Kleffner Syndrome; H. Kolski, H. Otsubo. Neuroprotective Strategies in Epilepsy; P.L. Carlen, et al. The Ketogenic Diet; E.P.G. Vining. Vagal Stimulation for Intractable Seizures; A.R.M. Upton. About the Editors: W. McIntyre Burnham University of Toronto, Dept. of Pharmacology, ON, Canada Peter L. Carlen Toronto Hospital Research Institute, Western Hospital, ON, Canada Paul A. Hwang University of Toronto, ON, Canada |