TY - CHAP
T1 - Nonpharmacological approaches
T2 - Diet and neurostimulation
AU - Kossoff, Eric H.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - There are many children with intractable epilepsy who do not respond to anticonvulsant medications yet are not candidates for resective epilepsy surgery. For these children and more, nonpharmacologic therapies can be very helpful. The primary therapies include diet and neurostimulation. Dietary therapies available currently include the ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, medium chain triglyceride diet, and low glycemic index treatment. Neurostimulation, using electricity to abort seizures, includes vagus nerve stimulation only at this time. However, other treatments such as deep brain stimulation and cortical responsive stimulation (NeuroPace) are under active development.
AB - There are many children with intractable epilepsy who do not respond to anticonvulsant medications yet are not candidates for resective epilepsy surgery. For these children and more, nonpharmacologic therapies can be very helpful. The primary therapies include diet and neurostimulation. Dietary therapies available currently include the ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, medium chain triglyceride diet, and low glycemic index treatment. Neurostimulation, using electricity to abort seizures, includes vagus nerve stimulation only at this time. However, other treatments such as deep brain stimulation and cortical responsive stimulation (NeuroPace) are under active development.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876805647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84876805647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00083-X
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00083-X
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 23622228
AN - SCOPUS:84876805647
T3 - Handbook of Clinical Neurology
SP - 803
EP - 808
BT - Handbook of Clinical Neurology
PB - Elsevier B.V.
ER -