Epilepsy research: a window onto function to and dysfunction of the human brain.

Abstract:

:As one of the most common neurological disorders, epilepsy has devastating behavioral, social, and occupational consequences and is associated with accumulating brain damage and neurological deficits. Epilepsy comprises a large number of syndromes, which vary greatly with respect to their etiology and clinical features, but share the characteristic clinical hallmark of epilepsy-recurrent spontaneous seizures. Research aimed at understanding the genetic, molecular, and cellular basis of epilepsy has to integrate various research approaches and techniques ranging from clinical expertise, functional analyses of the system and cellular levels, both in human subjects and rodent models of epilepsy, to human and mouse genetics. This knowledge may then be developed into novel treatment options with better control of seizures and/or fewer side effects. In addition, the study of epilepsy has frequently shed light on basic mechanisms underlying the function and dysfunction of the human brain,

authors

Beck H,Elger CE

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

7-15

issue

1

eissn

1294-8322

issn

1958-5969

journal_volume

10

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