• Overview
• 34 min
  1. An introduction to epilepsy

  • Prof. Steven Schachter
• Epidemiology
• 38 min
  2. Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for epilepsy, and mortality

  • Dr. Dale Hesdorffer
• Diagnosis and Medical Management
• 29 min
  3. Classification system of seizures and epilepsy

  • Dr. Joseph Sirven
• 43 min
  4. Epilepsy in children

  • Dr. Elaine Wirrell
• 25 min
  5. Molecular imaging in epilepsy

  • Prof. Matthias Koepp
• 52 min
  6. Principles of electroencephalography

  • Prof. Donald Schomer
• 54 min
  7. Electroencephalography and epilepsy

  • Prof. Donald Schomer
• 39 min
  8. Pharmacological treatment

  • Prof. Dieter Schmidt
• 45 min
  9. Diagnosis and treatment for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

  • Dr. W. Curt LaFrance, Jr.
• 41 min
  10. Status epilepticus

  • Prof. Daniel Lowenstein
• 47 min
  11. Anti-seizure drugs: discovery and development

  • Dr. Roger Porter
• Surgery and Brain Stimulation
• 46 min
  12. Epilepsy

  • Prof. Gregory D. Cascino
• 30 min
  13. Therapeutic devices for epilepsy

  • Dr. Robert Fisher
• Non-pharmacological Treatments
• 21 min
  14. Alternative therapies

  • Prof. Steven Schachter
• Psychosocial Aspects
• 37 min
  15. Epilepsy stigma and quality of life

  • Prof. Ann Jacoby
• Genetics and Neurobiology
• 57 min
  16. Genetic influences on human epilepsy

  • Prof. Russell J. Buono
• 68 min
  17. Epileptogenesis

  • Dr. Susan T. Herman
• 41 min
  18. Animal models of seizures and epilepsy

  • Dr. Wolfgang Löscher
• Global Burden of Epilepsy
• 32 min
  19. The global burden of epilepsy

  • Prof. Ley Sander
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 48 min
  20. Epilepsy in children

  • Dr. Gregory L. Holmes

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1. Introduction
2. Lecture outline
3. EEG: overview of use in epilepsy
4. Routine electroencephalogram (EEG)
5. Request to "open eyes"
6. Request to "close eyes"
7. Fundamentals of recording EEG
8. Routine EEG: hyperventilation (1)
9. Routine EEG: hyperventilation (2)
10. Routine EEG: intermittent photic stimulation (IPS)
11. IPS at 8 Hz & 10 Hz
12. IPS at 18 Hz & 20 Hz
13. Pathologic response to IPS
14. Variations on intermittent photic stimulation
15. Routine activating techniques: sleep
16. Additional electrodes
17. Special electrodes: naso pharyngeal & ethmoidal
18. Special electrodes: sphenoidal electrodes (1)
19. Special electrodes: sphenoidal electrodes (2)
20. Telemetry-based recording
21. Generalized seizures / epilepsy
22. Childhood absence epilepsy
23. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
24. Jeavon's syndrome
25. Generalized seizure disorders
26. Generalized seizure disorders: symptomatic (1)
27. Generalized seizure disorders: symptomatic (2)
28. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (1)
29. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (2)
30. Niemann-Pick disease
31. Retts syndrome
32. Angelman's syndrome
33. "Partial" seizure disorders
34. EEG recording in focal seizures
35. Partial seizure: interictal discharges (1)
36. Partial seizure: interictal discharges (2)
37. Partial seizure: focal temporal onset
38. Partial seizure: focal occipital onset
39. Partial seizure: focal subtemporal onset
40. Symptomatic seizure: MELAS
41. Other findings of unclear significance
42. Psychomotor variant (1)
43. Psychomotor variant (2)
44. 6 Hz. spike and wave
45. Mu rhythm
46. Small sharp spikes
47. Wickets
48. 14-6 Hz. discharges
49. Midline theta
50. SREDA
51. Cardiac rhythm changes
52. Cardiac asystole
53. SaO2 abnormalities
54. Summary and conclusions
55. Acknowledgments

Topics Covered

• Fundamentals of recording EEG
• Hyperventilation
• Intermittent photic stimulation (IPS)
• Routine activating techniques
• Special electrodes
• Telemetry-based recording
• EEG recording patterns of seizures, epilepsy, syndromes and disorders
• Partial seizures
• MELAS
• Psychomotor variant
• Mu rhythm
• Small sharp spikes
• Wickets
• Midline theta
• SREDA
• Cardiac rhythm changes -SaO2 abnormalities

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Series:

• Epilepsy and Seizures

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Publication History

• Published on November 23, 2011
• Reviewed on July 19, 2020

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Donald Schomer has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.