Main description:

No other neurological condition allows the same opportunities for an intracranial electrophysiological study of the human brain as epilepsy does. Epileptic surgery is designed to remove the epileptic focus from the human brain, thereby effecting either cure or substantial reduction of seizures in an individual with an otherwise intractable condition. Its use as a treatment modality dates from the late 19th century, and it has become a widely used treatment option
throughout the world in the last 20-30 years. The complexity of epilepsy cases in surgical centres, and the need for invasive electrode studies for pre-surgical evaluation, are both greatly increasing.

Invasive Studies of the Human Epileptic Brain is the definitive reference text on the use of invasive electroencephalographic (EEG) diagnostic studies in human epilepsy. Written by some of the most renowned epilepsy experts of the 20th and 21st centuries, the authors provide their expertise and insights into the identification and mapping of intracranial epileptiform and non-epileptiform activity, mapping of the human brain function, and approaches in the use of invasive
electroencephalography in a variety of clinical situations.

The book is organized into an easily readable series of chapters and is brilliantly illustrated with case studies; each providing an intuitively comprehensive approach to invasive brain studies.

Contents:

Section 1: General overview
1: Hans O. Luders: History of invasive EEG
2: Samden D. Lhatoo, Nuria Lacuey, and Philippe Ryvlin: Principles of invasive EEG
3: Gholam K. Motamedi, Jean Gotman, and Ronald P. Lesser: Technical and practical aspects of invasive recordings and brain stimulation
4: Robert A. McGovern and Guy M. McKhann II: Subdural grid electrode placement: Approaches and complications
5: Thomas Ostergard and Jonathan P. Miller: Depth electrodes: Approaches and complications
Section 2: Identifying and mapping epileptiform and non-epileptiform activity
6: Birgit Frauscher and Francois Dubeau: Physiological activity and artifacts in the human epileptic brain studied with intracerebral depth electrodes EEG
7: Beate Diehl and Catherine A. Scott: Physiological activity and artefacts in epileptic brain in subdural EEG
8: Sebastian Bauer and Felix Rosenow: The irritative zone and seizure onset zone in subdural EEG
9: Fabrice Bartolomei: The irritative, epileptogenic and ictal onset zones in depth EEG
10: Andre Palmini and Eliseu Paglioli: The irritative zone and seizure onset zone in acute ECoG: The quest for relevant epileptogenic tissue
11: Julia Jacobs: High frequency oscillations (HFO)
12: Shasha Wu, Vernon L. Towle, Jonathan P. Miller, and Hans O. Luders: Direct current shift recordings
13: Patrick Landazuri and Lorella Minotti: Electrical stimulation for the mapping of the epileptogenic zone
14: Jerome Engel, Jr., Richard Staba, and Itzhak Fried: Invasive EEG and hippocampal sclerosis
15: Laura Tassi and Roberto Mai: Invasive EEG in cortical dysplasia
16: Francine Chassoux, Elisabeth Landre, and Bertrand Devaux: Invasive EEG in tumoral epilepsy
17: A. Simon Harvey: Invasive EEG in tuberous sclerosis
18: Roberto Mai and Laura Tassi: Invasive EEG in gray matter heterotopia
19: Louis Maillard and Georgia Ramantani: SEEG in polymicrogyria: When and how?
20: Julia Scholly, Fabrice Bartolomei, and Edouard Hirsch: Invasive EEG in hypothalamic hamartoma
Section 3: Invasive EEG approaches in specific clinical situations
21: Anne-Sophie Job-Chapron, Lorella Minotti, Dominique Hoffmann, and Philippe Kahane: SEEG in temporal lobe epilepsy
22: Stephan U. Schuele: Subdural EEG in temporal lobe epilepsy
23: Aileen McGonigal and Patrick Chauvel: SEEG in frontal lobe epilepsy
24: Akio Ikeda: Subdural EEG in frontal lobe epilepsy
25: Stefano Francione, Alexandra Liava, and Francesco Cardinale: SEEG in the posterior cortex epilepsies
26: Americo C. Sakamoto, Tonicarlo R. Velasco, and Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez: Subdural EEG in posterior cortex epilepsy
27: Philippe Ryvlin and Fabienne Picard: Invasive EEG investigation of the insula
28: Bertrand Devaux, Francine Chassoux, Elisabeth Landre, and Baris Turak: Depth EEG in sensorimotor cortex epilepsy
29: Jonathan Edwards, Ekrem Kutluay, and William A. Vandergrift: Invasive studies of sensory motor cortex epilepsy
Section 4: Human brain mapping
30: Stephanie Gollwitzer and Hajo M. Hamer: Human brain mapping using subdural electrodes
31: Milan Brazdil, Pavel Jurak, and Ivan Rektor: Intracranial event-related potentials
32: Riki Matsumoto and Takeharu Kunieda: Cortico-cortical evoked potential mapping
33: Jean-Philippe Lachaux: Dynamic spectral imaging: Online and offline functional brain mapping using high-frequency activity [50 Hz DS 150 Hz] in SEEG
Section 5: Therapy using invasive EEG
34: Marc Guenot and Pierre Bourdillon: Thermocoagulation of the ictal onset zone using SEEG (thermo-SEEG)
35: Mathieu Sprengers, Sofie Carrette, Kristl Vonck, and Paul Boon: Therapeutic stimulation of the ictal onset zone
Section 6: Special techniques and future prospects
36: Michal T. Kucewicz, B. Michael Berry, and Gregory A. Worrell: Simultaneous macro- and micro-recordings
37: Michelle L. Humeiden, Jorge E. Quintero, John T. Slevin, and Greg A. Gerhardt: Fast analytical sensing technology: Microelectrode-based recordings of tonic and phasic neurotransmitter signaling in the mamalian brain
38: Olivier David: Mapping of seizure networks
39: Fabrice Wendling, Pascal Benquet, and Fabrice Bartolomei: SEEG recordings: From signal processing to models of epileptogenic networks