Preface. List of contributors. Aberrant genetic expression and opportunities for epilepsy research. 1 chapter by, (F. Bloom, J. Engel, Jr.). Cellular defects in early and late brain development. 17 chapters by, (A. Palmini, et al.; H.-J. Meencke, et al.; C.R. Houser, et al.; L.E.A. M. Mello, et al.; A. Mouritzen-Dam, et al.; E.F Sperber, et al.; J.-L. Daval, et al.; G. Avanzini, et al.; U. Heinemann, et al.; J.W. Swann, et al.; P. Mares, et al.; C. Marescaux, et al.; M.K. Ticku, et al.; J.G. Ortix, et al.; J.L. Meyerhoff, et al.; M.B. Migeon, et al.; S.K. McConnell;). Injury-related neuronal growth and death. 7 chapters by, (T.L Babb, et al.; N.C. de Lanerolle, et al.; M.J. Gutnick, et al.; C.G. Wasterlain, et al.; E.A. Cavalheiro, et al.; N.G. Bowery, et al.; C.W. Cotman;). Activity-induced genetic expression and synaptic plasticity. 13 chapters by, (R.L Macdonald, et al.; G. Buzsaki, et al.; A. Vezzani, et al.; K. Morimoto, et al.; B.S. Meldrum, et al.; R. Azouz, et al.; S.F Stasheff, et al.; I. Mody, et al.; J. Engel, et al.; R.S. Fisher, et al.; K. Gale, et al.; M. Pierson, et al.; A. Tobin;). Summary. 1 chapter by, (J.L. Noebels). Subject index. AE capital AE dipthong A capital A with breve C capital C with caron Đ capital D with stroke E capital E with macron I capital I with tilde L capital L with middle dot O capital O with slash # capital THORN, Icelandic U capital U with ring c small c with caron ij small ij ligature k small k with cedilla u small u with double acute accent CYRILLIC F capital EF, cyrillic Sh capital SHA, cyrillic (III), hard small hard sign, cyrillic GREEK Delta capital delta Sigma capital sigma lambda small lambda, Greek phi small phi MATHEMATICAL # pound sterling yen yen ? inverted questionmark # double dagger ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICAL therefore therefore # subset, equals # is proportional to '' tripple prime Relations: e equals, dot above Arrow relations: # l and r arrow Fractions: f one quarter ⅝ five eights