Cognitive and Behavioural Disorders of Epileptic Origin in Children

I. INTRODUCTION I

2. COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF EPILEPSY: EPILEPSY AS A

NON-PAROXYSMAL DISORDER AND THE CONCEPT OF

.COGNITIVE EPILEPSIES’ 9

3. EPILEPSY IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN 14

4. EPILEPSY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS: IDENTIFYING THE

DIRECT EFFECTS OF EPILEPSY 28

5. EPILEPSY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS:THE OTHER VARIABLES 44

6. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDHOOD

EPILEPSIES: A LITERATURE REVIEW – WHAT CAN lT TELL US ABOUT

THE DIRECT ROLE OF EPILEPSY? 55

7. CHILDHOOD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (DEVELOPMENTAL

COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF EPILEPSY 62

8. EPILEPTIC COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN SPECIFIC EPILEPTIC

SYNDROMES OR EPILEPTIC CONDITIONS 8I

9. EPILEPTIC COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN SOME SPECIFIC BRAIN PATHOLOGIES II5

10. EPILEPSY SURGERY lN CHILDREN: AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY

THE DIRECT ROLE OF EPILEPSY IN COGNITIVE DISTURBANCES 120

II. EPILEPSY AND MENTAL RETARDATION:THE ROLE OF EPILEPSY 129

12. DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS AND EPILEPSY 137

I3. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICALEVALUATION OF

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN 164

14. PRACTICAL CLINICAL ISSUES IN DIAGNOSIS AND ANTIEPILEPTIC

DRUG THERAPY 179

I5. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS:

SPECIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR EPILEPSIES WITH COGNITIVE

MANIFESTATIONS 190

I6. ADULT OUTCOME OF CHILDHOOD EPILEPSIES WIIH

.COGNITIVE’ EPI LEPTIC MANIFESTATIONS: UNEXPECTED

LESSONS FROM FOLLOW-UP STUDIES 196

17. CONCLUSIONS 204

APPENDIX l: BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES FOR

NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS AND OTHER TOOLS 207

REFERENCES 212

LIST OF CASE STUDIES 230

INDEX 232