Neurobiology of Epilepsy
From Genes to Networks

This volume in the Progress in Brain Research series provides a comprehensive review of the most recent progress in the neurobiology of epilepsy with a particular emphasis on the connection between genes and networks.

Elsa Rossignol (Volume editor), Lionel Carmant (Volume editor), Jean-Claude Lacaille (Volume editor)

9780128038864, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 16 June 2016

250 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg

Neurobiology of Epilepsy: From Genes to Networks is the latest volume in the Progress in Brain Research series that focuses on new trends and developments. This established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within the neurosciences, as well as popular and emerging subfields.

1. Multimodal investigation of epileptic networks: The case of insular cortex epilepsy Dang K. Nguyen 2. Genetic investigations of epileptic encephalopathy Heather C. Mefford 3. mTOR pathway genes and focal epilepsies Stéphanie Baulac 4. Involvement of cortical fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive basket cells in epilepsy Elsa Rossignol 5. Organization and control of epileptic circuits in temporal lobe epilepsy Ivan Soltesz 6. Normal and Epilepsy-Associated Pathologic Function of the Dentate Gyrus Douglas A. Coulter 7. Antiepileptic Drug Treatment Strategies in Neonatal Epilepsy Gregory L. Holmes 8. Advancing epilepsy treatment through personalized genetic zebrafish models Scott C. Baraban 9. Antiepileptogenic repair of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connectivity after neocortical trauma          David Allan Prince

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN]