Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and the Mind-Brain Relationship: A New Perspective
Edited By- Shirley Ferguson
This book is devoted to the surgical treatment of epilepsy and its consequences, and provides an extraordinary perspective on the fascinating question of the relationship between brain and mind. Contrary to the current emphasis on statistics and objectivity, this book is dedicated to understanding the whole person, the life and experiences of the individual. It reports on cutting-edge technical skills provided with a human touch. This book reflects the understanding that the temporolimbic seizure originates in tissue providing the substrate for the emotional life and memory. Finally, it emphasizes the value of clinical research here, conducted in the course of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of epilepsy in helping to elucidate the relationship between brain and mind.
Audience
Neuroscientists and neurologists.
International Review of Neurobiology
Hardbound, 168 Pages
Published: November 2006
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-373667-3
Contents
- IntroductionPhenomenology of SeizuresClinical Findings in Patients Treated at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, during the 1960?sPositive experiencesNegative experiencesThe destructive nature of a so-called ?minor seizure?Direct expression of and handling of instinctual needs involving hunger, elimination, sexual and aggressive feelings as a seizure phenomenon or during brain stimulation Delayed response to an urge for elimination by hallucinatory experience on brain stimulation Profile view of the patients behavior over periods of weeks and monthsAlteration of mood may occur with the sign shifted after a seizure.The interictal periodDisturbances occasioned by anatomical or functional loss of neurons may result in chronic organic mental impairment of varying magnitude. Psychotic features
