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Psychological treatments for epilepsy.

Reviewed psychological treatments: relaxation therapy was unsuccessful; EEG
biofeedback improved cognitive and motor functions; educational interventions
improved understanding of epilepsy, coping & med compliance.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=14583944
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Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury: Mechanisms, Mgmt and Risks of Practice
by DK Stevenson, WE Benitz, P Sunshine (Eds)

Survey of neonatal brain injury; from epidemiology and pathogenesis, to clinical
manifestations and care, and long-term outcomes.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521806917/top100
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Effects of antiepileptic drugs on sleep architecture
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592360

Sleep disorders and depressive feelings
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592308

Life events, difficulties and dilemmas in the onset of CFS
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14580073

Psychological treatments for epilepsy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14583944

Sleep deprivation causes behavioral, synaptic, and membrane excitability
alterations in hippocampal neurons.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14573548

Narcolepsy and psychopathology
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592199

Common pathogenic mechanisms between depression and epilepsy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592636

Depression in children with epilepsy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592639

A preliminary examination of treatment for PTSD in chronic pain patients
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14584629

The lesion(s) in traumatic brain injury
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14590180

Hemispheric asymmetry and temporal profiles of cerebral pressure autoregulation
in head injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592614

Neuropsychological sequelae of partial complex status epilepticus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14591420

Neuropsychological outcome and quantitative neuroimaging in mild head injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14589737

Approaches to staging sleep in polysomnographic studies with epileptic activity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592282

Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592325

Mechanisms of depression in epilepsy from a clinical perspective.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592637

Pattern filtering for detection of neural activity, with examples from HVc
activity during sleep in zebra finches.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14511523

Polysomnographic study of sleeplessness and oneiricisms in the alcohol
withdrawal syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14592220

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Neurofeedback Training Courses for Professionals
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Neurofeedback Yellow Pages
http://www.skiltopo.com/nfyp/

Mind/Brain Books
http://solo17.abac.com/whatsnew/books/psych/

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