This chapter includes an accompanying slide presentation that has been prepared by the author: Video 104.1 . Key Concepts Movement disorders include hypokinetic-rigid and hyperkinetic or mixed forms mainly originating from dysfunction of the basal ganglia. Disruption of the essential…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 103.1 . Key Concepts The basal ganglia, thalamus, and cortex are arranged in topographically organized circuits that remain segregated throughout their cortical-subcortical course. These circuits…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 102.1 . Key Concepts The basal ganglia are a group of interconnected subcortical structures that comprise the dorsal striatum (caudate nucleus and putamen); the ventral…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 101.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 101.1 . Key Concepts Resective epilepsy surgery is…
Disclosure Dr. Gross serves as a consultant to Medtronic and NeuroPace, Inc., and receives compensation for these services. Medtronic and NeuroPace develop products related to the research described in this chapter. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and…
Key Concepts The indication for hemispheric deafferentation is severe hemispheric damage causing drug-resistant epilepsy. In the past, anatomic hemispherectomy was replaced by functional hemispherectomy. Functional hemispherectomy has been replaced largely by hemispherotomy. Hemispherotomy is a disconnection of the cortical mantle…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 98.1 . Key Concepts MRgLITT is a rapidly evolving technology that is being applied for an increasing number of types of focal epilepsy. The most…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 97.1 . Key Concepts Minimizing the invasiveness and rate of complications is very crucial in management of already severely disabled epileptic patients. Low rates of…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 96.1 . This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 96.1 . Key Concepts There is a subset…
This chapter includes an accompanying lecture presentation that has been prepared by the authors: Video 95.1 . Key Concepts Describe the basic semiology of seizures arising from the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes, as well as the insula and perisylvian…