Epilepsy Currents, May/June, 2005, Vol. 5, Num. 3

Table of Contents

Clinical Science - Current Review

How to Explain Multidrug Resistance in Epilepsy? (PDF)
Wolfgang L¨oscher, Ph.D.

Clinical Science - Current Literature

Catamenial Epilepsy: The Elusive Condition (PDF)
Jacqueline A. French, M.D.

MRI-negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Is There a Role for PET? (PDF)
Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.

Making Sense of Lamotrigine Serum Levels (PDF)
Bassel W. Abou-Khalil, M.D.

Valproate Poses Risk to Unborn Child (PDF)
Kimford Meador, M.D.

Basic Science - Current Review

Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor and Epilepsy—A Missing Link? (PDF)
Helen E. Scharfman, Ph.D.

Basic Science - Current Literature

Calcium Channel “Gaiting” and Absence Epilepsy (PDF)
Jeffrey L. Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.

Experimental Febrile Seizures Require an Undetermined Factor for Induction of Hippocampal Sclerosis in Immature Rat Brain (PDF)
Asla Pitk¨anen, M.D., Ph.D., and Olli Gr¨ohn, Ph.D.

GABA Receptors Gone Bad: The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (PDF)
Andre Lagrange, M.D., Ph.D.

Regulation of Brain Water: Is There a Role for Aquaporins in Epilepsy? (PDF)
F. Edward Dudek, Ph.D., and Michael A. Rogawski, M.D., Ph.D.

The Absence of Information about Hormones and Absence (PDF)
Helen E. Scharfman, Ph.D.

h-Channels and Seizures: Less Is More (PDF)
Nicholas P. Poolos, M.D., Ph.D