Epilepsy and Movement Disorders

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 11
Preface and overview......Page 20
1 - Epilepsies as channelopathies......Page 30
2 - Epilepsy and movement disorders in the GABAA receptor [GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA]3 subunit knockout mouse: model of Angelman syndrome......Page 44
3 - Genetic reflex epilepsy from chicken to man: relations between genetic reflex epilepsy and movement disorders......Page 58
4 - Functional MRI of the motor cortex......Page 76
5 - Neuromagnetic methods and transcranial magnetic stimulation for testing sensorimotor cortex excitability......Page 88
6 - Motor dysfunction resulting from epileptic activity involving the sensorimotor cortex......Page 106
7 - Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy......Page 126
8 - Motor cortex hyperexcitability in dystonia......Page 140
9 - The paroxysmal dyskinesias......Page 154
10 - Normal startle and startle-induced epileptic seizures......Page 170
11 - Hyperekplexia: genetics and culture-bound stimulus-induced disorders......Page 180
12 - Myoclonus and epilepsy......Page 194
13 - The spectrum of epilepsy and movement disorders in EPC......Page 240
14 - Seizures, myoclonus and cerebellar dysfunction in progressive myoclonus epilepsies......Page 255
15 - Opercular epilepsies with oromotor dysfunction......Page 279
16 - Facial seizures associated with brainstem and cerebellar lesions......Page 297
17 - Neonatal movement disorders: epileptic or non-epileptic......Page 307
18 - Epileptic and non-epileptic periodic motor phenomena in children with encephalopathy......Page 335
19 - Epileptic stereotypies in children......Page 347
20 - Non-epileptic paroxysmal eye movements......Page 361
21 - Shuddering and benign myoclonus of early infancy......Page 371
22 - Epilepsy and cerebral palsy......Page 381
23 - Sydenham chorea......Page 387
24 - Alternating hemiplegia of childhood......Page 407
25 - Motor attacks in Sturge--Weber syndrome......Page 421
26 - Syndromes with epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia......Page 435
27 - Epilepsy genes: the search grows longer......Page 449
28 - Genetics of the overlap between epilepsy and movement disorders......Page 479
29 - Seizures and movement disorders precipitated by drugs......Page 493
30 - Steroid responsive motor disorders associated with epilepsy......Page 539
31 - Drugs for epilepsy and movement disorders......Page 545
Index......Page 576