Vysokaya rasprostranennost", mnogoobrazie klinicheskikh proyavleniy i bol"shaya chastota rezistentnykh form epilepsii opredelyaet aktual"nost" issledovaniya neyrobiologicheskikh osnov epileptogeneza. V knige predstavlen sovremennyy vzglyad na problemu vzaimosvyazi mezhpolusharnoy funktsional"noy asimmetrii mozga s zakonomernostyami techeniya epilepsii. Proanalizirovany novye literaturnye dannye o lateral"nykh priznakakh epilepticheskikh fokusov, sformulirovany sovremennye predstavleniya o vzaimootnosheniyakh mezhdu levo-pravorukost"yu, mezhpolusharnoy asimmetriey i epileptogenezom, rassmotrena vzaimosvyaz" mezhdu komorbidnymi rasstroystvami pri epilepsii i mezhpolusharnoy funktsional"noy asimmetriey mozga. Predstavleny dannye sobstvennykh issledovaniy psikhicheskikh rasstroystv, kognitivnykh disfunktsiy i affektivnykh narusheniy pri epilepsii, a takzhe osobennostey ikh modulyatsii mezhpolusharnoy funktsional"noy asimmetriey mozga.