Main description:

Neurobiology of Epilepsy: From Genes to Networks is the latest volume in the Progress in Brain Research series that focuses on new trends and developments. This established international series examines major areas of basic and clinical research within the neurosciences, as well as popular and emerging subfields.

Contents:

1. Multimodal investigation of epileptic networks: The case of insular cortex epilepsy Dang K. Nguyen 2. Genetic investigations of epileptic encephalopathy Heather C. Mefford 3. mTOR pathway genes and focal epilepsies Stephanie Baulac 4. Involvement of cortical fast-spiking parvalbumin-positive basket cells in epilepsy Elsa Rossignol 5. Organization and control of epileptic circuits in temporal lobe epilepsy Ivan Soltesz 6. Normal and Epilepsy-Associated Pathologic Function of the Dentate Gyrus Douglas A. Coulter 7. Antiepileptic Drug Treatment Strategies in Neonatal Epilepsy Gregory L. Holmes 8. Advancing epilepsy treatment through personalized genetic zebrafish models Scott C. Baraban 9. Antiepileptogenic repair of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connectivity after neocortical trauma David Allan Prince