Epilepsy Board Review

Part I. The Normal EEG

1. Physiologic Basis of EEG and Epilepsy
Susanta Bandyopadhyay, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar

2. EEG Instrumentation, Montage, Polarity, and Localization
Krikor Tufenkjian

3. Normal EEG Variants and Artifacts
Raed Azzam, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar

4. Neonatal EEG and Neonatal Seizures
Kohilavani Velayudam, Ahsan N. V. Moosa

Part II. The Abnormal EEG

5. Ictal and Interictal EEG
Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar

6. EEG and Semiology in Generalized Epilepsies
Nandakumar Bangalore-Vittal

7. EEG and Semiology in Focal Epilepsy
Amir M. Arain

8. Status Epilepticus
Pavel Klein

9. EEG in Encephalopathy and Coma
Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar, Peter W. Kaplan

Part III. Specific Epilepsy Syndromes

10. Electro-Clinical Syndromes by Age of Onset—Childhood, Adolescence, and Adult
Tesfaye Zelleke

11. Seizures and Epilepsy in Early Life
Adam L. Hartman

12. Imitators of Epilepsy
Dewi Frances T. Depositario-Cabacar, Nabil J. Azar

13. Genetic Analysis of Epilepsies
Sara K. Inati

14. Epilepsy Secondary to Specific Mechanisms
Amar Bhatt

Part IV. Management of Epilepsy

15. Principles of Epilepsy Diagnosis and Management
Hasan H. Sonmezturk, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar

16. Old-Generation Antiepileptic Drugs
Bassel Abou-Khalil

17. New-Generation Antiepileptic Drugs
Bassel Abou-Khalil

18. Dietary Therapies
Amy Kao

19. Other Pharmacological Therapies: Investigational Antiepileptic Drugs, Animal Models of Epilepsy, Hormonal Therapy, Immunotherapy
Bassel Abou-Khalil

20. Epilepsy Management in Special Populations
Amir M. Arain

Part V. Presurgical Evaluation and Epilepsy Surgery

21. Neuroimaging in Epilepsy
Anuradha Singh, Priyanka Sabharwal, Timothy Shepherd

22. Neuropsychological Evaluation in Epilepsy
Madison M. Berl, Leigh Sepeta

23. Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Modeling
Manoj Raghavan

24. Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Other Neuromodulation
Gholam K. Motamedi

25. Epilepsy Surgery Assessment and Testing
Gholam K. Motamedi

26. Procedures and Outcomes in Epilepsy Surgery
Ronald P. Lesser

27. Quality of Life in Epilepsy
Patsy J. Ramey, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology