Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy, Luders 9781841842592 Fast Free Ship HB..

CRC Press

Deep brain stimulation has been used effectively for many years in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Now, neurologists and neurosurgeons are using electric pulse generators (somewhat like a cardiac pacemaker) to block abnormal activity, i.e. epileptic fits. With promising research results that show how electric pulses implanted deep in the brain can affect neurocircuitry and help stop oncoming seizures, the author and his team of contributors have summarized all the available literature into one volume. Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy should provide the epileptologist and neurosurgeon with a solid background about deep brain stimulation and its application to epilepsy. > Deep brain stimulation has been used effectively for many years to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease. Now, neurologists and neurosurgeons are using electric pulse generators to block abnormal activity, i.e. epileptic fits. Promising research results indicate that electric pulses impln