Epilepsy, cognition, and neuropsychiatry (Epilepsy, Brain, and Mind, part 2)

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• 作者：Amos D. Korczyn ; Steven C. Schachter ; Martin J. Brodie ; Sarang S. Dalal ; Jerome Engel Jr. ; Alla Guekht ; Hrvoje Hecimovic ; Karim Jerbi ; Andres M. Kanner ; Cecilie Johannessen L ; mark ; Pavel Mares ; Petr Marusic ; Stefano Meletti ; Marco Mula ; Philip N. Patsalos ; Markus Reuber ; Philippe Ryvlin ; Kl¨¢ra ?tillov¨¢ ; Roberto Tuchman ; Ivan Rektor ; et al.
• 关键词：Epilepsy ; Behavior ; EEG ; Mind ; Psychiatry ; Psychology ; Antiepileptic drugs ; Cognition ; Stress ; Imaging ; Social issues
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：August, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：28
• 期：2
• 页码：283-302
• 全文大小：1003 K

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Epilepsy is, of course, not one disease but rather a huge number of disorders that can present with seizures. In common, they all reflect brain dysfunction. Moreover, they can affect the mind and, of course, behavior. While animals too may suffer from epilepsy, as far as we know, the electrical discharges are less likely to affect the mind and behavior, which is not surprising. While the epileptic seizures themselves are episodic, the mental and behavioral changes continue, in many cases, interictally. The episodic mental and behavioral manifestations are more dramatic, while the interictal ones are easier to study with anatomical and functional studies. The following extended summaries complement those presented in Part 1.