Epilepsy and memory

by Jones-Gotman, Marilyn Kapur, Narinder Zeman, Adam

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Epilepsy is the most common potentially serious disorder of the brain, and patients often suffer from memory problems. This book reviews all aspects of the relationship between this common and potentially serious neurological disorder and memory, one of the core functions of the human mind.

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Full title :Epilepsy and memory / edited by Adam Zeman, Narinder Kapur, Marilyn Jones-Gotman.

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Publication Date:2012.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 464 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191625633, 0191625639, 1283576333, 9781283576338
oclc:ocn806325693
LC Classification:RC372
Dewey Decimal:616.853

Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. History -- 2. Memory before and after H.M.: an impressionistic historical perspective -- 3. Memory disorders and epilepsy during the nineteenth century -- Part. 2 Overviews of memory and epilepsy -- 4. Interictal memory disturbance: a comparative phenomenology and epidemiology of memory impairment in epilepsies -- 5. Long-term follow-up of memory in patients with epilepsy -- 6. Memory in children with epilepsy -- Part 3. Ictal and interictal memory phenomena -- 7. Dèjá experiences in epilepsy: contributions from memory research -- 8. The syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia -- 9. Effects of epileptiform EEG discharges on cognitive function -- Part 4. Assessment -- 10. Neuropsychological assessment of memory in patients with epilepsy -- 11. Memory assessment in intracarotid anaesthetic procedures: history and current status -- 12. Epilepsy and the study of spatial memory using virtual reality -- Part 5. Remote memory and psychiatric disorders -- 13. Remote memory and temporal lobe epilepsy -- 14. Electroconvulsive therapy for depression and autobiographical memory -- 15. Psychiatric aspects of memor…