This thesis is based on the following articles, which are referred to in the text by Roman numerals:
I Isojärvi JIT, Ansakorpi H, Suominen K, Tolonen U, Repo M, Myllylä VV (1998). Interictal cardiovascular autonomic responses in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 39(4): 420-426.
II Ansakorpi H, Korpelainen JT, Suominen K, Tolonen U, Myllylä VV, Isojärvi JIT (2000). Interictal cardiovascular autonomic responses in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia 41(1): 42-47.
III Ansakorpi H, Korpelainen JT, Huikuri HV, Tolonen U, Myllylä VV, Isojärvi JIT (2002). Heart rate dynamics in refractory and well controlled temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76: 26-30.