"Febrile Seizures" is written by the most active researchers and clinicians in epilepsy research today. This book presents the latest developments in this field as well as the current state of knowledge in the following fields: new imaging tools and emerging data, visualizing effects of febrile seizures on the brain, new genetic methodologies, and the use of animal models to permit scientific analysis of the electrophysiology and molecular biology of the seizure. Its key feature is that it is the first book on febrile seizures in over 20 years! It covers the broad spectrum of approaches, from genetic and epidemiological to bench research using animal models and in vitro single-cell patch-clamp methods. It contains a comprehensive update of the topic, written by world leaders in the field. It features novel and newly discovered information based on up-to-the-minute methods, and uses an engaging style, that is accessible to the clinician, researcher, and the educated parent.
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1, Carl E Stafstrom, The Incidence and prevalence of febrile seizures 2, Peter R. Camfield , Antecedents and risk factors for febrile seizures 3, Anne T. Berg, Recurrent febrile seizures 4, Deborah Hirtz, Cognitive outcome of febrile seizures 5, Allen W. Hauser, Febrile seizures and the risk for epilepsy 5, Dale C. Hesdoffer, Febrile seizures and the risk for epilepsy 6, Frederick Andermann, Do febrile seizures promote temporal lobe epilepsy? Retrospective studies 7 Shlomo, Shinnar, Do febrile seizures lead to temporal lobe epilepsy: prospective and epidemiological studies? 8, Darrell Lewis, Do prolonged febrile seizures inure the hippocampus? Human MRI studies 9 Tallie Z. Baram, Do prolonged febrile seizures injure hippocampal neurons? Insights from animal models 9, Roland Bender, Do prolonged febrile seizures injure hippocampal neurons? Insights from animal models 10, Ellen S Sperber, Do effects of febrile seizures differ in normal and abnormal brain? 11, Frances E. Jensen, Why does the developing brain demonstrate heightened susceptibility to febrile and other provoked seizures? 11, Russell M. Sanchez, Why does the developing brain demonstrate heightened susceptibility to febrile and other provoked seizures? 12, Tamas Bartfai, Mechanism of fever and febrile seizures: Putative role of the interleukin -1 system 13, Tallie Z. Baram, Animal models for febrile seizures 14, Ivan Soltesz, Effects of prolonged FS in the infant rat model: in Vitro Electrophysiology 15 Tallie Z. Baram, Do prolonged febrile seizures in an immature rat model cause epilepsy? 16, Celine Dube, Do prolonged febrile seizures in an immature rat model cause epilepsy? 17, Robert S Fisher, Neurophysiology of Febrile Seizures 18, Gregory L Holmes, The genetics of Febrile Seizures 19, N. Paul, Rosman, Evaluation and current diagnostic tools for a child with febrile seizures 20, Finn Ursin Knudsen, Practical management approaches in simple and complex febrile seizures 21, Christine O'Dell, What do we tell parents of a child with simple or complex febrile seizures? 22, Shlomo Shinnar, Human data; what do we know about FS and what further information is needed to determine treatment. 23, Tallie Z Baram, Mechanisms and outcomes of FS: what do we know and what needs studying
