Auteur : Jambaqué, Isabelle / Lassonde, Maryse / Dulac, Olivier 1946-

Maison d'édition : Kluwer academic/Plenum Publishers

Date de publication : 2001

Collation : xiv, 290 p. : ill.

Collection : Advances in behavioral biology

ISBN : 0306465221

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : Neural basis of cognitive development and epilepsy
A. Medical diagnosis
1. Mechnisms, classification and management of seizure and epilepsies -- 2. Conventional and functional brain imaging in childhood epilepsy
B. Neurobiology of epilepsy
3. Longterm effects of status epilepticus in the developing brain -- 4. Effects of focal lesions, epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs on memory functions
C. Developmental neurobiology
5. Ontogenesis of GABAergic and glutamergic synaptic transmission -- 6. Ontogenesis of neuronal networkd -- 7. Development of sensory systems in animals -- 8. Cerebral maturation and functional imaging
Part II : Neuropsychology of various types of epilepsy
A. Focal epilepsies
9. Early signs of lateralization in focal epilepsy -- 10. Neuropsychology of temporal lobe epilepsy in children -- 11. Neuropsychology of frontal lobe epilepsy in children -- 12. Neuropsychology of parieto-occipital epilepsy
B. Generalized epileptic syndromes
13. Neuropsychological outcomes following prolonged febrile seizures associated with hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy in children -- 14. Neuropsychology of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy -- 15. Neuropsychological studies in idiopathic generalized epilepsy
C. Transitory cognitive impairments
16. Paroxysmal and non-paroxysmal cognitive-behavioral epileptic dysfunction in children -- 17. Transitory cognitive disorders and learning impairment -- 18. Acute cognitive and behavioral disorders in focal epilepsy
D. Epileptogenic encephalopaties
19. Neuropsychological outcomes in children with west syndrome : a human model for autism -- 20. Cognitive deterioration in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and doos epilepsy -- 21. Aphasia and auditory agnosia in children with Laudau-Kleffner syndrome -- 22. Cognitive profile of continuous spike waves in sleep (CSWS) syndrome
Part III : Medical, educational, and social outcome
A. A neuropsychological outcome related to medical treatment
23. Presurgical neuropsychological assessment -- 24. Neuropsychological outcome of temporal and extratemporal lobe resection in children -- 25. Cognitive, sensory and motor adjustment to hemispherectomy -- 26. Neuropsychological and psycho-social consequences of corpus callosotomy -- 27. Cognitive side effects of antiepileptic drugs
B. Educational and quality of life issues
28. Epilepsy, cognitive abilities and education -- 29. Quality of life in epileptic children

Résumé : This book is devoted to the neuropsychological description of childhood epilepsy, a neurolo- cal condition that constitutes one of the most prevalent forms of chronic and disabling childhood illnesses. Indeed, one child out of 20 experiences one or more seizures before the age of 5, and one in a hundred develops epilepsy as a chronic disorder. Approximately half of these children with epilepsy display academic difficulties and/or behavioral disorders. Moreoever, it is now believed that a sizable proportion of children with learning disability suffer from undiagnosed epilepsy. While a great number of textbooks have been devoted to various medical aspects of chi- hood epilepsy (diagnosis, genetics, etiology, drug and surgical treatment, etc.), there have been no comprehensive accounts of the cognitive consequences of this condition. Advance of medical knowledge has shown that childhood epilepsy should not be considered as a single disorder but encompasses a whole range of different conditions that exhibit specific clinical EEG and outcome characteristics. It is not becoming apparent that these various clinical entities have different cognitive expression that yet need to be specified. The purpose of this book is to provide a complete up-to-date analysis of this multi-faceted pathology.

Mots-clés : Épilepsie chez l'enfant / Neuropsychologie clinique / Neurologie pédiatrique / Neurologie du développement

Cote : WL 385 J27n 2001