Abstract: Epilepsy: Mechanisms, Models, and Translational Perspectives is a new one-volume book published by CRC Press that aims to highlight and summarize the basic concepts of and translational progress made toward our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of epilepsy. The chapters included in this work have been thoughtfully selected by a triad of prominent figures in epilepsy research. Dr. Jong Rho is a senior staff scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute and St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA, with prominent contributions in the study of metabolic control of seizures and neuropharmacology of antiepileptics. Dr. Raman Sankar is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an authority on the study and screening of antiepileptic and antiepileptogenic therapies and mechanisms of seizure-induced injury in the developing brain. Dr. Carl Stafstrom is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School at Madison and renowned not only for his substantial contributions to our understanding of the pathophysiology of epilepsy and its cognitive sequelae during development, as well as the development of alternative epilepsy therapies, but also for his critical review of advancements in the field of epilepsy. Most importantly, they share a common interest in critically translating the benchside advances into clinically relevant interventions to cure epilepsy, and this reflects on the quality of this project.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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