Epilepsy, Part I, Basic Principles and Diagnosis, Volume 107, in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series offers a comprehensive review of our knowledge of the field today, including epidemiology, basic mechanisms, animal models, and topics of increasing interest such as the role of inflammation in epilepsy. It provides a comprehensive approach to description of the clinical, electrographic and imaging aspects of the epilepsies, with a clear outline of contemporary classification and the role of modern diagnostic techniques, as well as neuropsychological and psychiatric aspects of epilepsy. Chapters are authored by internationally respected neurologists with varied perspectives insuring depth to the content. Epilepsy, Part II, Treatment, Volume 108, continues coverage of epilepsy with a focus on treatment. The volumes will be a very important resource for basic scientists, clinical investigators, and all health professionals treating patients with epilepsy.

• A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology
• International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field
• Describes the advances which have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences, their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care

SECTION 1  BASIC MECHANISMS 1. Molecular Basis of Acquired Epileptogenesis - K. Lukasiuk and A. Pitkänen 2. Cellular bases of focal and generalised epilepsies - P.A. Schwartzkroin 3. Epilepsy as a dynamic disease of neuronal networks - F.H. Lopes Da Silva, J.A. Gorter and W.J. Wadman 4. Animal models - A. Coppola and S.L. Moshé 5. Classification of epilepsies and seizures: historical perspective and future directions - A.T. Berg and H. Cross 6. The epidemiology of the epilepsies - A. Neligan, W.A. Hauser and J.W. Sander 7. Maturation of the human brain and epilepsy - G.L. Holmes, M.D.M. Milh and O. Dulac 8. Genetics of idiopathic epilepsies - O.K. Steinlein 9. The genetics of focal epilepsies - J.J. Poza 10. Inflammation and epilepsy - A. Vezzani, S. Balosso and T. Ravizza
SECTION 2  DIAGNOSIS 11. Age related epileptic encephalopathies - R. Guerrini and J.M. Pellock 12. Epileptic syndromes with focal seizures of childhood and adolescence - T. Loddenkemper, E. Wyllie and E. Hirsch 13. Idiopathic generalised epilepsies - A. Kao and P.M. Rao 14. Temporal lobe epilepsy - M. Thom and E.H. Bertram 15. Extratemporal epilepsies - S. Bauer and H.M. Hamer 16. Reflex epilepsies - P. Wolf and M. Koepp 17. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures - P. Widdess-Walsh, B. Mostacci, P. Tinuper and O. Devinsky 18. Syncope - B.A. Engelsen 19. Sleep and epilepsy - P. Halász 20. Electroencephalography and video-electroencephalography - A. Gil-Nagel and B. Abou-Khalil 21. Magnetoencephalography - H. Stefan, N. Nakasato and A.C. Papanicolaou 22. Structural brain imaging - R. Kälviäinen and Arnd Dörfler 23. Functional MR imaging: focus localisation - G.D. Jackson, R. Badawy and J. Gotman 24. Functional MR: functional mapping - W.D. Gaillard and M.M. Berl 25. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in epilepsy - T. Hammen and R. Kuzniecky 26. Epilepsy diagnosis: PET - H.T. Chugani, F. Semah, A. Kumar and W.H. Theodore 27. Per-ictal single photon emission computed tomography: principles and applications in  epilepsy evaluation - E.L. So and T.J. O'Brien 28. Clinical neuropsychology in epilepsy: theoretical and practical issues - C. Helmstaedter and J-A. Witt 29. Neuropsychiatric complications of epilepsy - D.C. Hesdorffer and A.M. Kanner