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