User:Liskak/Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Proposal
Jared Miller,Cory Lavellee, Kerri Liska

Proposal Plan

Frontal lobe epilepsy the second most common form of epilepsy, is a neurological disorder that is characterized by frequent and recurrent seizures occuring in the frontal lobes of the brain, often while the patient is asleep. We plan on starting out our page with a general overview including an introduction and a brief overview that defines the basics of the disease. We will then go into further detail about what differentiates frontal lobe epilepsy from temporal lobe epilepsy and how it fits into the general category of epilepsy. Once we’ve defined the condition, we plan on breaking the page up into several different categories including:

•      Pathophysiology- an explanation of how an epileptic seizures affects the brain, specifically the frontal lobe, including the most popular locations for the origin of a frontal lobe epileptic seizure

•	Symptoms- a comprehensive description of the symptoms and their effect on the patient, physically, psychologically, and sociologically. We will also look at the differences between frontal and temporal lobe epilepsy

•	Causes- Origins of the disease ranging from tumors to head trauma to genetics

•	Frequency/population- We will describe the percentage of the population as well as the percentage of gender and sex that are affected by frontal lobe epilepsy. We will also talk about the ratio of frontal to temporal lobe epilepsy

•	Treatment- we will list and describe treatments such as surgery, medications, diet and home remedies

•	Outlook/current studies- We will describe how the patient can cope with the disease and their ability to live with the disease, and we will look into trying to find current studies relating to frontal lobe epilepsy. We will also add a subsection discussing possible future treatments

We will also are planning on including a full section relating it to its autosomal dominant mutations if enough information can be gathered. Each of these topics will be at least a paragraph in length, with some categories, such as introduction and symptoms, needing more than one paragraph.

Along with writing our own information, we will also edit and add to the information that is currently posted on frontal lobe epilepsy. There is some information currently on the page that is decent, but could use revision and further detail.\ In order to split up the work evenly, Jared will cover treatment and outlook/current studies, Kerri will cover pathophysiology and symptoms, and Cory will cover causes and frequency/population. Although we each have different topics, we will still pool our information together as a whole and work on writing the page together in order to maintain a coherent voice/flow.

References:
Primary Sources:

1. Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal-Lobe Epilepsy: Genetic Heterogeneity and Evidence for a Second Locus at 15q24 - JSTOR Article

2. Epilepsy in the Frontal Lobes: Neuropsychological- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T8C-3W30SVD-D&_user=521319&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F1996&_alid=1031851418&_rdoc=3&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5083&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=167&_acct=C000026018&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521319&md5=74d1ab63b32bf8dc9798bb2563506b5f

3. Frontal Lobe Epilespy: Clinical Syndromes and Presurgical Evaluation- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T8C-4031V0T-C&_user=521319&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F1995&_alid=1031851418&_rdoc=5&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5083&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=167&_acct=C000026018&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=521319&md5=be515504c8a0e3f3c4c6e250616b6f5b

Secondary Sources:

1. http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/types/syndromes/frontallobe.cfm

2. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1184076-overview

3. http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/epilepsy_frontallobe