Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

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Overview -- Non-invasive EEG in the definition of the irritative zone -- Magnetoencephalography in the definition of the irritative zone -- Invasive EEG in the definition of the irritative zone -- Electrocorticography in the definition of the irritative zone: its role in the era of multi-channel EEG and modern neuroimaging -- Automatic detection of interictal epileptiform discharges -- Non-invasive EEG in the definition of the seizure onset zone -- Invasive EEG in the definition of the seizure onset zone: subdural electrodes -- Invasive EEG in the definition of the seizure onset zone: depth electrodes -- Special recording techniques for detection of the seizure onset zone: DC shifts and high-frequency discharges -- Ictal SPECT in the definition of the seizure onset zone -- Automatic detection of epileptic seizures -- Automatic seizure detection by ECG analysis -- Cortical stimulation in the definition of the stimulation-induced aura zone -- Video analysis for defining the symptomatogenic zone

CT scan and MRI in the definition of the epileptogenic lesion -- PET scan in the interictal period: its contribution to evaluation of the functional-deficit and epileptogenic zones -- The role of neuropsychological assessment in the presurgical evaluation of epilepsy surgery candidates -- Intracarotid amobarbital test and fTCD in the lateralization of memory and language -- Cortical stimulation in the definition of eloquent cortical areas -- Cortical somatosensory evoked potential mapping -- VEP in the definition of eloquent cortical areas -- Auditory evoked potentials in the definition of eloquent cortical areas -- Functional MRI in the definition of eloquent cortical areas -- Event-related evoked potentials in the definition of eloquent cortical areas -- Magnetic stimulation in the definition of eloquent cortical areas

-- Presurgical evaluation in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with tumors -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with vascular malformations -- Presurgical evaluation of patients with focal malformations due to abnormal cortical development (MCD) -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with remote symptomatic epilepsy -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with inflammatory lesions: meningitis, encephalitis, Rasmussen's syndrome -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with hypothalamic hamartomas -- Presurgical evaluation in patients with catastrophic epilepsy -- fMRI in the evaluation of the irritative zone -- EEG dipole analysis -- Prediction of seizure occurrence by chaos analysis: technique and therapeutic implications -- Cognition related potentials in the definition of functional deficit zones -- Three-dimensional analysis of MRI -- New PET tracers -- Mechanisms and efficacy of deep brain stimulation in epilepsy.