Epilepsy Currents, September/October, 2008, Vol. 8, Num. 5

Table of Contents

Clinical Science - Current Review

Generic Antiepileptic Drugs: Current Controversies and Future Directions (PDF)
Michael D. Privitera, MD

Clinical Science - Current Literature

Levitating Levetiracetam’s Status for Status Epilepticus (PDF)
Lawrence J. Hirsch, MD

Of Race, Ethnicity, and Rash: The Genetics of Antiepileptic Drug-Induced Skin Reactions (PDF)
John W. Miller, MD, PhD

Outcomes Remain Ambivalent for Deep Brain Stimulation and Epilepsy (PDF)
Elinor Ben-Menachem, MD, PhD

Thalamus: The “Inner Chamber” Reveals Its Secrets (PDF)
Warren T. Blume, MD

You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby: Or Have You? (PDF)
Eileen P.G. Vining, MD

Basic Science - Current Review

Intrinsic Severity as a Determinant of Antiepileptic Drug Refractoriness (PDF)
Michael A. Rogawski, MD, PhD and Michael R. Johnson, DPhil, FRCP

Basic Science - Current Literature

Animal Models of Infantile Spasms: Is the Holy Grail Finally in Sight? (PDF)
Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD

GABA Regulates Stem Cell Proliferation before Nervous System Formation (PDF)
Doris D. Wang, BS, Arnold R. Kriegstein, MD, PhD, and Yehezkel Ben-Ari, PhD

Is Epilepsy a Disease of Synaptic Transmission? (PDF)
Jaideep Kapur MD, PhD

Rational Polypharmacy: When Two Old Drugs Are Better Than One (PDF)
Gregory C. Mathews, MD, PhD

VEGF As a Target for Neuroprotection (PDF)
Annamaria Vezzani, PhD