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Contents

Chapter 1: Mechanistic Mystery : Risk Factors in SUDEP
Chapter 2: SUDEP : A Syndrome with Several If Not Many Potential Underlying Mechanisms
Chapter 3: Unraveling the Global Mystery of SUDEP
Chapter 4: Decision Analysis and Classification Methods for SUDEP Risk Factor Identification
Chapter 5: Forensic SUDEP Cluster Risk Factor Identifier Method
Chapter 6: Forensic Cases Classified as SUDEP Cluster Risk Factor Identifiers
Chapter 7: Flow to and Flow Not to Use Cluster ID Method
Chapter 8: Clinical Cases Classified as SUDEP Cluster Risk Factor Identifiers
Chapter 9: SUDEP : Continued Forensic Challenges
Chapter 10: A South Carolina Cohort of Epilepsy Patients
Chapter 11: Measuring the Incidence of SUDEP Using Forensic and National Data
Chapter 12: Risk Predictor : Individual SUDEP Risk Factor Cluster IDs
Chapter 13: Intracranial Pressurer Cerebral Edema, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea : A Risk Factor Cluster for SUDEP?
Chapter 14: Neurocardiac Interactions in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy : Can Ambulatory Electrocardiogram-Based Assessment of Autonomic Function and T-Wave Alternans FieIp to Evaluate Risk?
Chapter 15: Patient Management Using Cluster Risk Factor Identifiers
Chapter 16: Future Clinical and Animal Studies
Chapter 17: Animal Model Cluster IDs : Mechanisms and Risk Factors for SUDEP
Chapter 18: Sudden Death Animal Models to Study Nervous System Sites of Action for Disease and Pharmacological Intervention
Chapter 19: A Characterization of the Lockstep Phenomenon in PhenobarbitaFPretreated Cats
Chapter 20: Relationship of the Lockstep Phenomenon and Precipitous Changes in Blood Pressure
Chapter 21: Interspike Interval Flistogram Characterization of Synchronized Cardiac Sympathetic Neural Discharge and Epileptogenic Activity in the Electrocorticogram of the Cat
Chapter 22: Abnormal Brain Activity Triggers Long-Term Potentiation in Sympathetic Ganglia : Implication for Sudden Death
Chapter 23: (31-Adrenergic Blockade Prevents Cardiac Dysfunction and Increased Susceptibility to Experimental Arrhythmias Following Status Epilepticus in Rats
Chapter 24: Cardiac Myocyte Damage, Electrocardiographic Dysfunction, and Ion Channel Remodeling in Rodent Models of Seizure Disorders
Chapter 25: A Rat Model for Exploring the Contributions of Ventricular Arrhythmias to Sudden Death in Epilepsy
Chapter 26: Neurotransmitters Implicated in Control of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy in Animal Models
Chapter 27: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy : A Translational Approach
Chapter 28: Sudden Death in Epilepsy : Relationship to the Sleep-Wake Circadian Cycle and Fractal Physiology
Chapter 29: Lockstep in Humans : Bridging the Gap
Chapter 30: Postictal Generalized EEG Suppression and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Chapter 31: Mechanisms of SUDEP : Lessons from Cases Occurring in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Chapter 32: Compliance with Antiepileptic Drug Treatment and the Risk of SUDEP
Chapter 33: Providing Information about SUDEP : The Benefits and Challenges
Chapter 34: Mechanistic SUDEP Risk Factor Studies for Animals and Humans