Overview

Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the brain, and these patients often suffer from memory problems. There are a number of reasons for this: seizures can directly affect the brain in ways that disturb memory; epilepsy often results from trouble in brain regions closely linked to memory; the treatment of epilepsy can affect memory; epilepsy can cause psychological problems, like depression, which interfere with memory. The study of epilepsy and the and the study of human memory are interwoven. Epilepsy and Memory comprehensively 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. The authors, acknowledged experts in their fields, review the history of the subject, the clinical features of memory disorder in epilepsy, neuropsychological, neuroradiological, neuropathological and electrophysiological findings, the roles of anticonvulsant side effects and psychiatric disorder, and the scope for memory support and rehabilitation. The study of patients with epilepsy has revealed much about the workings of memory, yet there has been no recent review of this fertile field of research. This book fills this gap and is a valuable new addition to the brain sciences literature. It will be of wide interest to clinicians and basic researchers in the brain sciences.

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Author:   Adam Zeman (Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, UK) ,  Narinder Kapur (Visiting Professor of Neuropsychology, University College London, UK) ,  Marilyn Jones-Gotman (Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.138kg
ISBN:  

9780199580286

ISBN 10:   0199580286
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   28 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Adam Zeman, Narinder Kapur, and Marilyn Jones-Gotman: Introduction History 2: Morris Moscovitch: Memory before and after HM: An Impressionistic Historical Perspective 3: German E. Berrios: Memory Disorders and Epilepsy during the 19th Century Overviews of memory and epilepsy 4: Hennric Jokeit, Simone Bosshardt, Victoria Reed: Interictal Memory Disturbance 5: Elisabeth Engman and Kristina Malmgren: Long-term follow-up of memory in patients with epilepsy 6: Mary Lou Smith and Esther Direnfeld: Memory in Children with Epilepsy Ictal and interictal memory phenomena 7: Nathan A. Illman, Chris J.A. Moulin, Akira R. O'Connor, and Patrick Chauvel: Déjà experiences in Epilepsy 8: Adam Zeman, Chris Butler, John Hodges, and Narinder Kapur: The syndrome of transient epileptic amnesia 9: Albert P. Aldenkamp: Effects of epileptiform EEG discharges on cognitive function Assesesment 10: Jelena Djordjevic and Marilyn Jones-Gotman: Neuropsychological assessment of memory in patients with epilepsy 11: Gail L. Risse: Memory Assessment in Intracarotid Anesthetic Procedures 12: Véronique D. Bohbot and Louisa Dahmani: Epilepsy and the Study of Spatial Memory using Virtual Reality Remote memory and psychiatric disorders 13: Mary Pat McAndrews: Remote Memory and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 14: Hedvig Söderlund, Alexandra Percy, and Brian Levine: Electroconvulsive therapy for depression and autobiographical memory 15: Laura H. Goldstein and Narinder Kapur: Psychiatric Aspects of Memory Disorders in Epilepsy Imaging and ERPs 16: Mark Richardson: Structural imaging and neuropathological correlates of memory in epilepsy 17: Lars Frings and Kathrin Wagner: Functional Imaging of Memory in Epilepsy 18: Thomas Grunwald and Manila Vannucci: Electrophysiological studies of memory in epilepsy Intracranial stimulation and recording 19: Pierre-Pascal J. Lenck-Santini and Gregory L. Holmes: Memory and Epilepsy in Nonhuman Animals 20: Robin G. Morris, Steven G. Coleshill, Maria E Lacruz, Antonio Valentin and Gonzalo Alarcon: Hippocampal Electrical Stimulation and Localisation of Long-Term Episodic Memory 21: Nikolai Axmacher: Interrelationships between epilepsy, sleep and memory 22: Indre V. Viskontas: Mapping memories in the medial temporal lobe Management and outcome 23: Joanne Taylor and Gus A Baker: Anticonvulsants and memory 24: Sarah J. Banks and Marilyn Jones-Gotman: Effects of amygdalohippocampectomy versus corticoamygdalohippocampectomy on memory and nonmemory cognitive functions 25: Pam Thompson, Loes Koorenhof, and Narinder Kapur: Memory Rehabilitation for People with Epilepsy

Reviews

This fascinating volume seeks to review what is known about the interrelationships of memory and epilepsy, summarising both clinical and laboratory studies. ACNR, Dec 2012

Author Information

Adam trained in Medicine at Oxford University Medical School, after a first degree in Philosophy and Psychology, and in Neurology in Oxford, at The National Hospital for Neurology in Queen Square, London, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge and The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He moved to Edinburgh in 1996, as a Consultant and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Between February 2003 and August 2004 he was supported by a Health Foundation Mid-Career Award with the aim of 'building bridges between neurology, psychology and psychiatry'. Adam's specialised clinical work is in cognitive and behavioural neurology, including neurological disorders of sleep. His research interests include amnesia associated with epilepsy, disorders of visual imagery and the neuropsychiatric consequences of cerebellar disease. Adam has an active background interest in the science and philosophy of consciousness, publishing a wide-ranging review of the field in Brain (2001;124:1263-1289). Narinder trained as a neuropsychologist in Belfast, Boston and London. He was Head of Neuropsychology at the Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton for 23 years, and then Head of Neuropsychology at Addenbrooke's Hospital for 7 years. Marilyn earned a BA in psychology at the University of California in 1970, followed by an MA in Physiological Psychology at McGill University in 1971 and a PhD at McGill in 1975. Her specialty in graduate school was in neuropsychology, which I have practiced in clinical work and in research and teaching throughout my career. She is currently Professor in McGill's Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, with an associate appointment in the Psychology Department. Her work has focused in part on various aspects of cognition, especially learning and memory, approached via functional neuroimaging and studies of patients with brain lesions. Marilyn also has developed a number of neuropsychological tests, several of which have been adopted by other neuropsychologists around the world.

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