Abstract Seizures in some 30% to 40% of patients with epilepsy fail to respond to
antiepileptic drugs or other treatments. While much has been made of the risks of new drug …

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that is complicated by psychiatric, cognitive,
and social comorbidities that have become a major target of concern and investigation in …

This fully updated edition of Developmental Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach
addresses key issues in child neuropsychology with a unique emphasis on evidence …

The brain is in a constant state of dynamic change, for example switching between cognitive
and behavioural tasks, and between wakefulness and sleep. The brains of people with …

Abstract The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) was one of the first
attempts to measure executive function via self-and informant reports of everyday …

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is the most common idiopathic generalized epilepsy,
characterized by frequent myoclonic jerks, generalized tonic-clonic seizures and, less …

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine if there were focal cortical abnormalities in
juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) using neuropsychological investigations and MRI …

The prevailing understanding of generalized epilepsy is shaped by the traditional definition
that “the responsible neuronal discharge takes place, if not throughout the entire grey matter …

Genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE), previously called idiopathic generalized epilepsies,
constitute about 20% of all epilepsies, and include childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile …

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is the most common idiopathic epilepsy syndrome and is
considered a benign seizure disorder that responds well to antiepileptic drug treatment, in …