Generalized Seizures : From Clinical Phenomenology to Underlying Systems and Networks.

Generalized Seizures: From clinical phenomenology to underlying systems and networks -- Contents -- Foreword -- Workshop -- Section I: Generalized seizures and epilepsies: a bilateral "focal" dysfunction? -- What is a generalized seizure? -- What is Generalized Epilepsy? -- Section II : Tonic seizures and brainstem systems -- From brainstem to forebrain in generalized animal models of seizures and epilepsies -- Systems and network in tonic seizures and epilepsies in humans -- Comments from participants -- Comments from participants -- Section III: Absence seizures and cortico-thalamic systems -- Propagation and dynamic processing of cortical paroxysms in the basal ganglia networks during absence seizures -- Cortical control of absence seizures: focal initiation, spreading and modulation -- Systems and networks in absence seizures and epilepsies in humans -- Spike-wave seizures in corticothalamic systems -- Section IV: Myoclonic seizures and the frontal lobe -- Animal models of myoclonic seizures and epilepsies -- Systems and networks in myoclonic seizures and epilepsies -- Connections between primary reading epilepsy and Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy -- Section V: Primary versus Secondary Tonic-clonic seizures -- Behavior, neural circuits and plasticity in acute and chronic models of generalized tonic-clonic seizures -- The semiology and pathophysiology of the secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures -- Tonic-clonic and clonic-tonic-clonic seizures in human primary generalized epilepsies -- Section VI: The "cortical" and "centrencephalic" theories revisited -- Cortical trigger in generalized seizures -- Section VII: Phenomenology versus networks: clinical consequences -- Why can some antiepileptic drugs control certain types of seizures and aggravate others? -- Section VIII: Concluding remarks.

Can we replace the terms "focal" and "generalized"?.

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