Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease

A "brain defibrillator" may be closer than we think. An epileptic seizure involves a paroxysmal change in the activity of millions of neurons. Feedback control of seizures would require an implantable device that could predict seizure occurrence and then deliver a stimulus to abort it. To examine the feasibility of building such a device, this text brings together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory. Topics include the development of epileptic systems, seizure prediction, neural synchronization, wave phenomena in excitable media, and the control of complex neural dynamics using brief electrical stimuli.

Riassunto

This book on "Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease" focuses on the diagnosis and treatment by controlling the mechanisms of epilepsy. It appeals to medical doctors, researhcers in neurology, medical physicists and advanced students.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: P. Jung (Editore), J. Milton (Editore), Peter Jung (Editore), John Milton (Editore), Joh Milton (Editore), Jung (Editore), Jung (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 05.12.2002
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Biochimica, biofisica
• EAN: 9783540427629
• ISBN: 978-3-540-42762-9
• Numero di pagine: 417
• Illustrazioni: XXXII, 417 p.
• Altezza (della confezione): 23.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 756 g
• Serie: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering; Biological and Medical Physics Series; Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering; Biological and Medical Physics Series
• Categorie: B, Neurology, Microscopy, Neuroscience, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, spectroscopy, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Physics and Astronomy, Electronic Devices, Spectrum analysis, spectrochemistry, mass spectrometry, Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques, Medical physics, Biophysics, Applied mathematics, Biological physics, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biomathematics, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics