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Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease

  • The first book to bring together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory to discuss the possibility of treating epilepsy by controlling the mechanisms that cause seizures
  • Includes a unique reference database with more than 1000 references, including hard-to-access references in the Russian literature
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Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXII
  2. Medically Intractable Epilepsy

    • J. Milton
    Pages 1-14
  3. Dynamic Epileptic Systems Versus Static Epileptic Foci?

    • S. A. Chkhenkeli, J. Milton
    Pages 25-36
  4. Neuroglia, the Other Brain Cells

    • P. Jung, A. H. Cornell-Bell, A. deGrauw, R. Strawsburg
    Pages 37-49
  5. Electrocorticographic Coherence Patterns of Epileptic Seizures

    • V. L. Towle, F. Ahmad, M. Kohrman, K. Hecox, S. Chkhenkeli
    Pages 69-81
  6. Synchronization of Synaptically Coupled Neural Oscillators

    • P. C. Bressloff, S. Coombes
    Pages 83-114
  7. Predicting Epileptic Seizures

    • Robert Savit
    Pages 213-235
  8. Comparison of Methods for Seizure Detection

    • K. K. Jerger, T. I. Netoff, J. T. Francis, T. Sauer, L. Pecora, S. L. Weinstein et al.
    Pages 237-247
  9. Seizure Control using Feedback and Electric Fields

    • B. J. Gluckman, S. J. Schiff
    Pages 263-282
  10. Unstable Periodic Orbits (UPOs) and Chaos Control in Neural Systems

    • M. L. Spano, W. L. Ditto, K. Dolan, F. Moss
    Pages 297-322

About this book

A "brain defibrillator" may be closer than we think. An epileptic seizure involves a paroxysmal change in the activity of millions of neurons. Feedback control of seizures would require an implantable device that could predict seizure occurrence and then deliver a stimulus to abort it. To examine the feasibility of building such a device, this text brings together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory. Topics include the development of epileptic systems, seizure prediction, neural synchronization, wave phenomena in excitable media, and the control of complex neural dynamics using brief electrical stimuli.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    John Milton

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Quantitative Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA

    Peter Jung

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eBook USD 129.00
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