title: Epilepsy, cognition, and neuropsychiatry (Epilepsy, Brain, and Mind, part 2).
abstract: Epilepsy is, of course, not one disease but rather a huge number of disorders that can present with seizures. In common, they all reflect brain dysfunction. Moreover, they can affect the mind and, of course, behavior. While animals too may suffer from epilepsy, as far as we know, the electrical discharges are less likely to affect the mind and behavior, which is not surprising. While the epileptic seizures themselves are episodic, the mental and behavioral changes continue, in many cases, interictally. The episodic mental and behavioral manifestations are more dramatic, while the interictal ones are easier to study with anatomical and functional studies. The following extended summaries complement those presented in Part 1.
authors.affiliation: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: Amos D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Korczyn
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: Martin J
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authors.lastname: Brodie
authors.forename: Sarang S
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authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Jerome
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authors.lastname: Engel
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authors.lastname: Guekht
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authors.forename: Andres M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kanner
authors.forename: Cecilie
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authors.lastname: Johannessen Landmark
authors.forename: Pavel
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authors.lastname: Mares
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authors.lastname: Marusic
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authors.lastname: Meletti
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authors.lastname: Patsalos
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authors.lastname: Reuber
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authors.lastname: Ryvlin
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authors.lastname: Tuchman
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mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D058027:Neuropsychiatry
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants