Epilepsy, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics

Download or read book Epilepsy, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics written by Edward F. Chang and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, Drs. Chang and Barbaro provide a thorough look at epilepsy, with sections focusing on devices in epilepsy surgery, open loop systems, closed loop systems, and non-stimulation. Topics in this issue include history and overview of stimulation for epilepsy, trigeminal nerve stimulation, anterior thalamus DBS, hippocampal stimulation, neuropace RNS, seizure detection/prediction algorithms, cooling, seizure prediction and its applications, stimulation paradigms, and experimental stimulation.