Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook
2nd Edition

F
Facial defects
Facial myoclonus
Facilitation, paired-pulse
Facilitation, short-term
Factitious disorders
description
psychogenic nonepiletic seizures and
Factor V Leiden mutation
Fadiman, Anne
Faeroe Islands
Fainting See Syncope
Falling seizures See Atonic seizures
Falls, risk of
False-positive rates
Familial adult myoclonic epilepsy
Familial aggregation studies
Familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy
Familial dystonic choreoathetosis (PDC)
Familial frontal lobe epilepsies
Familial hemiplegic migraine
Familial hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia
Familial lateral temporal lobe epilepsy (FLTLE)
Familial nephrosis with nerve deafness
Familial nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
Familial paroxysmal choreoathetosis
P.I-21

Familial paroxysmal dystonia
Familial partial epilepsy with variable foci (FPEVF)
basic mechanisms
clinical presentation
definitions
diagnostic evaluation
differential diagnosis
epidemiology
etiology
historical perspectives
outcomes
prognosis
temporal lobe epilepsies and
treatment
Familial temporal lobe epilepsies
with auditory features
clinical presentation
definitions
diagnostic evaluation
differential diagnosis
outcome
prognosis
treatment
basic mechanisms
clinical presentation
definitions
diagnostic evaluation
differential diagnosis
epidemiology
etiology
outcome
prognosis
treatment
Familial temporal lobe epilepsy
Families
child psychopathology and
chronic illness in children
consent issues
context of care
education of
emotional overinvolvement
of febrile seizure patients
impact of chronic illnesses
impact of epilepsy on
impact of intellectual disabilities on
information transfer to
interviews with
intrafamilial communication
lack of support from
parental issues
presentation of diagnoses to
presurgical expectations
quality-of-life
reaction to epilepsy by
in school-to-work transitions
support services for
treatment compliance and
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Family concordance analysis
Family histories
data collection
decision to treat and
epilepsy risk and
genetic counseling and
seizure recurrences and
Family planning
Family therapy
Fampridine (4-AP)
Fang Xian
Fasciculation
Fast action potentials
Fast Ripples model
Fast spin echo
Fasting, ketogenic diets and
Fatigue See also Daytime sleepiness
provoked seizures and
seizure activation and
topiramate and
Fatty acids
FCE 26742 (PNU 151774, NW 1015, safinamide)
Fear
auras
as clinical feature
ictal
mediation of
reflex syncope and
as seizure mimic
symptomatic
FEB family genes
Febrile seizures (FSs)
afebrile convulsions after
animal models of
benign nature of
clinical features
continuing into adulthood
cytokine network in
decision to treat
definitions
description
diagnosis
early-life
electroencephalography
emergency room management
epidemiology
etiology
family counseling
genetic counseling in
genetics of
historical perspective
IL-1β and
incidence
in late-onset childhood occipital epilepsy (Gastaut type)
neuroimaging in
outcomes
cognitive function
epilepsy and
partial-onset unprovoked seizures and
phenobarbital in
predictive factors
prognosis
prolonged
seizure prevention
sleep deprivation and
treatment of
Febrile status epilepticus (FSE)
anatomic pathways
clinical features
definition
duration
epidemiology
outcomes
pathophysiology
treatment of
Felbamate (2-phenyl-1, 3-propanediol dicarbamate, FBM)
adverse effects
aplastic anemia and
dose-related
effect on hepatic porphyria
hepatotoxicity
idiosyncratic
laboratory testing for
liver failure
liver toxicity
manic behavior in children
psychiatric
seizure worsening
teratogenic effects
thrombocytopenia
animal models
animal studies
chemistry
in children
contraindications
determination of
discovery of
dosing recommendations
maximal dose
starting doses
withdrawal
drug interactions
with carbamazepine
pharmacodynamic
trial design and
efficacy
in atonic seizures
in elderly patients
in generalized epilepsies
in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
in localization-related epilepsies
in myoclonic–atonic seizures
GABAergic inhibition and
history of
indications
licensing process
mechanisms of action
NMDA receptors and
pharmacokinetics
absorption
in adults
distribution
elimination
in liver disease
metabolism
plasma protein binding
pharmacology
precautions
sleep architecture and
structure
therapeutic drug monitoring of
toxicity models
treatment
Fentanyl
ictal spike activation
myoclonic movements and
toxicity of
Fere effect
Ferritin, plasma levels
Fertility
antiepileptic drugs and
disorders of
mechanisms in women
prevalence
rates
Fetal deaths
Fetal hydantoin syndrome (FHS)
Fetal valproate syndrome (FVS)
Fevers
altered pharmacokinetics in
in hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy
seizures and
FG syndrome
Fibrillary gliosis
Fibromuscular dysplasia
Field bursts
Fifth-day fits
Figure 4 sign
FILA mutation
Filamin, mutation in
Filamin A (FLNA) gene
Fincher, Edgar
Finger tapping test
Finland
epilepsy remission rates
prognosis of epilepsy
unemployment rates
First aid, education
First-rank symptoms of Schneider
FIRST study outcomes
Fit switches
FKRP mutations
FKTN gene mutation
Flapping tremor
Flathead rat
FLN1 gene mutations
FLNA gene mutations
Fluconazole
Fludrocortisone
Fluency tasks
Flufenamic acid
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images
cortical dysplasia
in hippocampal sclerosis
in patient assessment
Flumazenil
distribution
GABAA receptors and
in idiopathic recurring stupor
in valproate-related encephalopathy
Flunarizine
in alternating hemiplegia
P.I-22

Fluo-4
Fluorescent in situ hybridization
Fluorocitrate
Fluorofelbamate
chemistry
pharmacokinetics
pharmacology
structure
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics
Fluoxetine
Flurothyl model
function
seizure induction by
of status epilepticus
clinical phenomenology
electroencephalography
methods
natural history
neuropathology
pathophysiology
pharmacology
FMR-1 gene
Focal (assymetric) tonic seizures
Focal atonic seizures
Focal cerebral vasculitis
Focal clonic seizures
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD)
characterization of
classification of
epilepsy caused by
incidence
in infancy
infantile spasms and
malformations of cortical development and
MRI findings
multilobar resections
N-acetyl aspartate levels
neonatal seizures and
preoperative assessment
surgical interventions
terminology
Focal cortical malformations
Focal cortical myoclonus
Focal encephalomalacia
Focal epilepsies See also Focal seizures; Partial seizures
abnormal brain areas in
anatomic classification of
basic mechanisms
clinical presentation
definitions
diagnostic evaluation
differential diagnoses
epidemiology
etiology
historical perspectives
insular lobe seizures
occipital lobe epilepsy
outcomes
parietal lobe epilepsy
prognosis
treatment
chemically-induced models
EEG findings
electrical-stimulation-induced models
ictal phenomenology
interictal phenomenology
intractable
models of
natural history
obsessive-compulsive behavior and
postictal psychoses in
reflex seizures associated with
Focal inhibitory seizures
Focal motor seizures
Focal myoclonic seizures
Focal occipital seizures
Focal polymorphic delta activity
Focal seizures See also Focal epilepsies; Partial seizures
circadian rhythms and
classification
classification scheme
data interpretation
of frontal lobe origin
phenomenology of
polygraphic recording of
semiology of
terminology
Focal sensory seizures
Focal status epilepticus
Focal tonic seizures
Focal transmantle dysplasia
Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome
Folate
deficiency
depletion
phenobarbital and
phenytoin and
primidone
valproate and
disorders
disorders of metabolism
supplementation
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Food additives, intolerance to
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
clinical data evaluation by
clinical trials and
on dietary supplements
drug safety and
role of
Food Circus Supermarkets, Jansen v.
Foramen ovale electrodes
advantages
comparisons
complications
costs
eight-contact
four-contact
indications
limitations
mesial temporal lobe seizure
patient data
presurgical EEGs
techniques
combinations
design
insertion
location
montage
recording
Forbes, Alexander
Forced normalization
Forebrain
Formal thought disorder
Foscarnet
Fosphenytoin
adverse effects
chemistry
dosing recommendations
intramuscular
intravenous
plasma level monitoring
efficacy
as initial therapy
pharmacokinetics
absorption
distribution
elimination
metabolism
plasma protein binding
pharmacology
structure of
4p-syndrome
myoclonic status in nonprogressive encephalopathy and
Fractures, antiepileptic drugs and
Fragile X syndrome
animal model of
clinical findings
epilepsy in
fragile site induction
intellectual disability and
seizures and
transmission
Fragmented epileptic convulsions See Cortical myoclonus
France, epilepsy prognosis in
FRAXA gene
Freezing-induced layered microgyria, rats
clinical phenomenology
electroencephalogram
methods
natural history
neuropathology
pathophysiology
pharmacology
Fregoli syndrome
Freiburg Personality Inventory/Form A (FPI-A-H)
Freud, Sigmund
Frings mouse strain
Fritz v. Parke Davis & Co.
Frontal cortex
entopeduncular nucleus and
optical imaging
surface EEG
Frontal lobe
complex partial seizures
functional mapping
origin of focal seizures
Frontal lobe epilepsies
characterization
in children
clinical characterization
absence seizures
asymmetric tonic seizures
focal clonic motor seizures
hyperkinetic seizures
opercular seizures
clonic movements in
corpus callostomy in
electroencephalography
familial
frontal lobe resections for
local hypometabolism
personality changes in
sleep and
subtypes
types of
vertiginous seizures
Frontal lobe hyperkinetic seizures (FLHSs)
Frontal lobe personality disorder
Frontal lobe seizures
Frontal lobectomy
Frontal lobes, changes in depression
Frontal sharp transients
Frontal subcortical band heterotopias
Frontocentral epilepsy
Frontoparietal operculum
Frozen shoulder syndrome
Fructose-1, 6-diphosphatase deficiency
Fugue states
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD)
Fumarase deficiency
Functional adequacy model
Functional cortical mapping
Functional deficit zones
definition of
description
identification of
in partial epilepsy
Functional hemispherectomy
Functional hyperprolactinemia
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
of abnormal tissue
applications
language lateralization
surgical planning
blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD)
in children
contrast on
EEG combined with
electrical stimulation mapping and
language
left hemisphere lesion
physiologic basis of
prediction of seizure focus and
preoperative
P.I-23

presurgical assessment
research roles
in systemic lupus erythematosus
of vagus nerve stimulation
Functional mapping
extraoperative
electrodes
indications
intraoperative compared to
stimulation patterns
technique
testing parameters
intraoperative
mean thresholds
optical imaging and
patient assessment
presurgical assessment
somatosensory-evoked-response topography
using electrocorticography
The Functions of the Brain (Hitzig and Ferrier)
Furosemide
FXYD2 gene