Epilepsy, cognition, and neuropsychiatry (Epilepsy, Brain, and Mind, part 2)

• Authors: KORCZYN Amos D; SCHACHTER Steven C; BRODIE Martin J; DALAL Sarang S; ENGEL Jerome; GUEKHT Alla; HECIMOVIC Hrvoje; JERBI Karim; KANNER Andres M; LANDMARK Cecilie Johannessen; MARES Pavel; MARUSIC Petr; METETTI Stefano; MULA Marco; PATSALOS Philip N; REUBER Markus; RYVLIN Philippe; ŠTILLOVÁ Klára; TUCHMAN Roberto; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2013
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
• MU Faculty or unit: Central European Institute of Technology
• Web: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764496
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.03.012
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Epilepsy; Behavior; EEG; Mind; Psychiatry; Psychology; Antiepileptic drugs; Cognition; Stress; Imaging; Social issues
• Description: Epilepsy is, of course, not one disease but rather a huge number of disorders that can present with seizures. In common, they all reflect brain dysfunction. Moreover, they can affect the mind and, of course, behavior. While animals too may suffer from epilepsy, as far as we know, the electrical discharges are less likely to affect the mind and behavior, which is not surprising. While the epileptic seizures themselves are episodic, the mental and behavioral changes continue, in many cases, interictally. The episodic mental and behavioral manifestations are more dramatic, while the interictal ones are easier to study with anatomical and functional studies. The following extended summaries complement those presented in Part 1.

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