Background Randomized trials of surgery for epilepsy have not been conducted, because
of the difficulties involved in designing and implementing feasible studies. The lack of data …

Recent investigations indicate a site of cardiac representation within the left insular cortex of
the rat. Moreover, the results of lesion studies suggest left-sided insular dominance for …

We conducted a prospective study over 24 months to compare health‐related quality of life
in surgically and medically treated patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Seizure …

Hippocampal sclerosis is the sole abnormality found in approximately 65% of all temporal
lobe specimens resected for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Up to 27% of en bloc temporal …

Fourteen (74%) of 19 patients obtained a significant reduction in seizures after posterior
corticectomy; 6 (32%) were seizure‐free over a median follow‐up of 3.7 years (range, 1 to 14 …

✓ A 29-year-old man presented in 1984 with a recent onset of partial seizures marked by
speech arrest. Electroencephalography identified a left frontotemporal dysrhythmia. …

OBJECTIVE--To provide a descriptive analysis of the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric
morbidity among 300 consecutive epileptic patients refractive to treatment and admitted …

This prospective study evaluated the safety and efficacy of patient-controlled sedation (PCS)
using propofol during awake seizure surgery performed under bupivacaine scalp blocks. …

: Artificial vision for the blind may be feasible by interfacing a television camera with
electronics stimulating the visual cortex. The status of a major collaborative effort involving the …

This prospective study evaluated the effects of propofol sedation on the incidence of intraoperative
seizures and the adequacy of electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings during awake …