Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy

by Luders; Hans O.

• ISBN13: 9781841842592
• ISBN10: 1841842591
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-14
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Deep brain stimulation has been used effectively for many years to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Now, neurologists and neurosurgeons are using electric pulse generators to block abnormal activity, i.e. epileptic fits. Promising research results indicate that electric pulses implanted deep in the brain can affect neurocircuitry and help stop oncoming seizures. Supplying a solid background on brain stimulation and its application to epilepsy, Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy provides a historical overview, explores pathogenesis of brain stimulation, discusses animal experiments and human studies, and explores future prospects of brain stimulation for epileptic control. The editor and his team of contributors distill information drawn directly from the literature into one convenient resource.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
I Historical overview: brain stimulation and epilepsy
1 Brain stimulation and epilepsy: basic overview and novel approaches
Jürgen Laders, Imad Najm and Hans O Lüders	3	(18)
II Pathogenesis of brain stimulation: animal studies
2 The basal ganglia: an overview
Thyagarajan Subramanian	21	(8)
3 The subthalamic nucleus: anatomy and neurophysiology
Thomas Wichmann	29	(16)
4 Brain stimulation and epilepsy: electrical stimulus characteristics
Mark T Rise	45	(10)
5 Electrically excitable nerve elements: excitation sites in peripheral and central stimulation
Warren M Grill	55	(12)
6 Control of neuronal activity by electrical fields: in vitro models of epilepsy
Dominique M Durand and Marom Bikson	67	(20)
7 The nigral control of epilepsy: basal ganglia circuitry as a substrate for seizure control
Karen Gale	87	(10)
8 High frequency direct cortical electrical stimulation: an animal model of induced acute focal seizures
Hiroshi Shigeto, Imad Najm Atthaporn Boongird, Dileep R Nair, Candice Burrier, Ikeiineth B Baker and Hans O Lüders	97	(8)
III Pathogenesis of brain stimulation: human studies
9 Cortico-coritcal evoked potentials
Riki Matsumoto, Dileep R Nair, Eric LaPresto, Imad Najm, William Bingaman, Hiroshi Shibasaki and Hans O Laders	105	(8)
10 Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Gregor Thut and Alvaro Pascual-Leone	113	(16)
11 High frequency subthalamic nucleus stimulation
Erwin B Montgomery, John T Gale and Kenneth B Baker	129	(14)
12 Cortical-evoked potentials from deep brain stimulation
Kenneth B Baker and Erwin B Montgomery Jr	143	(14)
13 EEG recording from the subthalamic nucleus in patients with epilepsy
Dudley S Dinner, Silvia Neme and Hans O Lüders	157	(14)
14 EEG and the anterior thalamic nucleus
Brian Litt and Stephen Cranstoun	171	(18)
IV Effect of brain stimulation on epileptic seizures: animal experiments
15 Absence seizures in the GAERS model: subthalamic nucleus stimulation
Alim-Louis Benabid, Laurent Vercueil, Karine Bressand, Maurice Dematteis, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Lorella Minotti and Philippe Kahane	189	(10)
16 Focal limbic seizures induced by kainic acid: effects of bilateral subthalamic nucleus stimulation
Andrew Pan, Atthaporn Boongird, Takaheru Kunieda, Imad Najm and Hans O Lüders	199	(10)
17 Focal stimulation versus deep brain stimulation
Tatsuya Tanaka, Kiyotaka Hashizume, Atsuko Matsuo, Tomoyuki Urino, Hiroshige Tsuda, Koichi Kato, Akira Hodozuka and Hirofumi Nakai	209	(6)
18 The anterior thalamus and the pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) model
Marek A Mirski, David L Sherman and Wendy C Ziai	215	(32)
V Effcct of brain stimulation on epileptic seizures: human studies
19 Vagal nerve stimulation: surgical technique
William E Bingaman	247	(8)
20 Vagal nerve stimulation: effects on seizures
Douglas Labar	255	(8)
21 Therapeutic prospects and safety of transcranial magnetic stimulation In epilepsy
Frithjof Tergau and Bernhard Steinhoff	263	(12)
22 Direct cortical electrical stimulation in the treatment of epilepsy
Dileep R Nair, Riki Matsumoto, Hans O Lüders, Richard Burgess, William Bingaman	275	(10)
23 Electrical neuromodulation of the epileptic focus in cases of temporal lobe seizures
Francisco Velasco, Ana Luisa Velasco, Marcos Velasco, Luisa Rocha and Diana Menes	285	(14)
24 Anterior thalamic nucleus stimulation: surgical procedure
Gordon Baltuch	299	(6)
25 Anterior thalamic nucleus stimulation: issues in study design
Robert S Fisher	305	(16)
26 Surgical procedure for subthalamic nucleus stimulation
Joshua M Rosenow, Atthaporn Boongrid, Nicholas M Boulis, Ali Rezai	321	(14)
27 Subthalamic nucleus and substantia nigra pars reticulata stimulation: the Grenoble experience
Alim-Louis Benabid, Adnan Koudsie, Stephan Chabardes, Laurent Vercueil, Abdelhamid Benazzouz, Lorella Minotti, Jean-Francois Le Bas, Philippe Kahane, Anne de Saint Martin and Edouard Hirsch	335	(14)
28 Subthalamic nucleus stimulation in patients with intractable epilepsy: the Cleveland experience
Silvia Neme, Erwin B Montgomery Jr, Ali Rezai, Kathy Wilson and Hans O Lüders	349	(10)
VI Brain stimulation: future prospects
29 The future of brain stimulation for seizure control
William Heetderks	359	(4)
Index	363