Epilepsy is one of the most common serious brain conditions, affecting over 70 million
people worldwide. Its incidence has a bimodal distribution with the highest risk in infants and …

Candidates for epilepsy surgery must undergo presurgical evaluation to establish whether
and how surgical treatment can stop seizures without causing neurological deficits. Various …

An overview of the following six cortical zones that have been defined in the presurgical
evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery is given: the symptomatogenic zone; the …

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults. TLE has a high
chance of becoming medically refractory, and as such, is frequently considered for further …

Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation and management of patients with seizure disorders.
Elegant structural neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may assist in …

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of adult localization-related
epilepsy. Hippocampal onset accounts for at least 80% of all temporal lobe seizures. The …

Temporal lobe seizures are accompanied by complex behavioral phenomena including loss
of consciousness, dystonic movements and neuroendocrine changes. These phenomena …

With a prevalence of 0.8 to 1.2%, epilepsy represents one of the most frequent chronic
neurological disorders; 30 to 40% of patients suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy (that is …

Object The authors reviewed the long-term outcome of focal resection in a large group of
patients who had intractable partial nonlesional epilepsy, including mesial temporal lobe …

Molecular imaging with ictal and interictal single-photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT) as well as positron emission tomography (PET) rank among the established …