Epilepsy, Behavior, and Cognition

The definition of epilepsy extends far beyond the occurrence of spontaneous of spontaneous epileptic seizures and encompasses a spectrum of behavioral of behavioral, psychiatric and cognitive manifestations. and cognitive manifestations. Scientific data on the factors responsible for these associations are accumulating and include an understanding of the structural lesions, antiepileptic drugs and electrical electrical hyperexcitability in the onset of cognitive disturbances in children in children, adults and the elderly and epileptic encephalopathies in infants often irreversible, as well as behavioral and psychiatric disorders, including behavioral and psychiatric disorders, which not infrequently precede the onset of clinical seizures. precede the onset of clinical seizures. The V LASSE-2011 with the participation eminent national and international neuroscientists, basic and clinical neuroscientists, emphasizes the structuring of human cognition and its disintegration by the its disintegration by the epileptic process. The understanding of these mechanisms underpins the development of preventive measures.