Epilepsy and Psychiatry
March 2008 – Vol 10 – No. 1
State of the art
Epilepsy research: a window onto function and dysfunction of the human brain
Heinz Beck, MD; Christian E. Elger, MD
Basic research
Epilepsies and neuronal plasticity: for better or for worse?
Ben-Ari Yehezkel, PhD
Genetics and epilepsy
Ortrud K. Steinlein, MD, PhD
Mood disorder and epilepsy: a neurobiologic perspective of their relationship
Andres M. Kanner, MD
Malformations of cortical development and epilepsy
Richard J. Leventer, MBBS, PhD; Renzo Guerrini, MD; William B. Dobyns, MD
Pharmacological aspects
Pregnancy, epilepsy, and anticonvulsants
Bernhard J Steinhoff, MD, PhD
The effectiveness of anticonvulsants in psychiatric disorders
Heinz C. R. Grunze, MD
Clinical research
Epilepsy surgery: eligibility criteria and presurgical evaluation
Philippe Ryvlin, MD, PhD
Electroconvulsive therapy and its different indications
Thomas C. Baghai, MD