Differential antiepileptic sensitivity between cortical sites in the rat.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To advance the development of (2S,3S)-sec-butylpropylacetamide (SPD) as a new treatment for acute repetitive seizures (ARS), by studying its pharmacokinetics (PK) in pigs and its PK-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) correlation in rats. METHODS:Two (2S,3S)-SPD intramuscular formulations (FA and FB ) were administered...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bibi D,Bialer M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier, a unique feature of the cerebral vasculature, is gaining attention as a feature in common neurologic disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. Although acute blood-brain barrier dysfunction can induce cerebral edema, seizures, or neuropsychiatric symptoms...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schoknecht K,Shalev H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the correlation between visual field loss and the duration, dosage, and total amount of vigabatrin (VGB) medication in a group of patients with epilepsy. Co-medication of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and compliance were also studied. METHODS:Ninety-two patients (53 male and 39 female) taking VGB medi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hardus P,Verduin WM,Engelsman M,Edelbroek PM,Segers JP,Berendschot TT,Stilma JS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of automated detection of cortical-onset epileptic seizures from subcortical structures such as the thalamus was investigated via simultaneous recording of electroencephalography (EEG) and anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei electrical signals (electrothalamography) in nine subjects with pharmaco...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Osorio I,Frei MG,Lozano AM,Wennberg R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common respiratory pathogen, has been implicated as an etiology of encephalitis, but there are few reports about it and postencephalitic epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate clinical factors, electroencephalography, and neuroradiologic features of M. pneumoniae-related encephalitis...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the presence, extent, and clinical correlates of quantitative MR volumetric abnormalities in ipsilateral and contralateral hippocampus, and temporal and extratemporal lobe regions in unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:In total, 34 subjects with unilateral left (n = 15) or right (n = 19)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Seidenberg M,Kelly KG,Parrish J,Geary E,Dow C,Rutecki P,Hermann B

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder characterized by developmental delay and a frequently refractory epileptic condition. Valproate, clonazepam and/or phenytoin are said to be the most effective antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) against the seizures in AS. Experience with the newer AEDs is very limited d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dion MH,Novotny EJ Jr,Carmant L,Cossette P,Nguyen DK

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten regularly menstruating women with epilepsy were studied in a 12-month prospective follow-up study to evaluate the short-term effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) on serum sex hormone balance and pituitary function. Thirteen female epilepsy patients receiving long-term CBZ monotherapy (mean medication duration 5.3 years)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Isojärvi JI

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous, generalized 2.5 to 3.5-Hz spike-wave (SW) discharges were evident in an EEG performed 13 h after a first seizure associated with a viral illness, in an 8-year-old girl. On eye opening, the EEG abnormality was suppressed and replaced by delta activity and brief spike-wave paroxysms. No alteration in conscio...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gökyiğit A,Calişkan A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomography (CT) scans of 132 patients with late onset epilepsy were compared with the CT scans of an age- and sex-matched control group. Patients with neurologic symptoms in addition to epilepsy, patients with a definite antecedent cause for epilepsy, and patients with tumours on CT scanning were excluded...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Roberts RC,Shorvon SD,Cox TC,Gilliatt RW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Herein we used electrophysiologic approaches in hippocampal area CA1 to estimate how morphine treatment alters the pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) effects. METHODS:Hippocampal slices taken from either control animals or animals made dependent via chronic morphine administration were examined. Changes in the population...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jafarzadeh Z,Fathollahi Y,Semnanian S,Omrani A,Salmanzadeh F,Salmani ME

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All inpatients aged greater than 55 years with dementia in the Dundee Psychiatric Service were surveyed for seizure occurrence by interviewing staff and reviewing records. Of 208 patients, 19 (9.1%) were recorded as having seizures. The seizures were major in 92% and occurred at a rate of approximately 2.3 seizures pe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McAreavey MJ,Ballinger BR,Fenton GW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the anticonvulsant action of a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor NNC-711 in two models of cortical epileptogenesis in immature rats. METHODS:Twelve-, 18-, and 25-day-old rat pups with implanted electrodes were used in this study. Epileptogenic foci were elicited by a local application of...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bernásková K,Slamberová R,Mares P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the brain networks that are involved in the different electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities in patients with ring chromosome 20 [r(20)] syndrome. We hypothesize the existence of both distinctive and common brain circuits for the paroxysmal high voltage sharp waves (hSWs), the seizures, and th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vaudano AE,Ruggieri A,Vignoli A,Avanzini P,Benuzzi F,Gessaroli G,Nichelli PF,Darra F,Cantalupo G,Mastrangelo M,Dalla Bernardina B,Canevini MP,Meletti S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audiogenic seizure-prone mice (DBA/2J) were exposed to a broad band noise source. A reproducible response consisting of wild run, clonus, and tonic stages resulted in all mice. Layers 1 and pyramidal from the parietal cortex and the molecular and Purkinje cell-rich layers from the cerebellar vermis were separately ana...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McCandless DW,Schwartzenburg FC Jr

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the timelines of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities and their relationships with the clinical outcomes of patients with new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE). METHODS:This retrospective observational study enrolled patients with NORSE who were admitted from March 2008 to Jul...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim HJ,Lee SA,Kim HW,Kim SJ,Jeon SB,Koo YS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We conducted clinical testing of an automated Bayesian machine learning algorithm (Epilepsy Seizure Assessment Tool [EpiSAT]) for outpatient seizure risk assessment using seizure counting data, and validated performance against specialized epilepsy clinician experts. METHODS:We conducted a prospective longit...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chiang S,Goldenholz DM,Moss R,Rao VR,Haneef Z,Theodore WH,Kleen JK,Gavvala J,Vannucci M,Stern JM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:First-time seizure and status epilepticus during pregnancy have been previously reported as the initial manifestation of intracranial cavernous hemangioma. We report a woman with no history of seizures who presented with refractory status epilepticus at 10 weeks gestation. Cranial MRI revealed a right frontal c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Aladdin Y,Gross DW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to measure the brain penetration of phenytoin (PHT) after intravenous (i.v.) administration of either standard PHT or fosphenytoin (FPHT), a PHT prodrug. The study was formulated to answer the question whether the time required for FPHT to be converted to PHT in the bloodstream would del...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Walton NY,Uthman BM,El Yafi K,Kim JM,Treiman DM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 10-year period, 203 traffic accidents were suspected of being caused by epilepsy; 155 of them definitely caused by seizures were selected for study. The seizures of 75% were psychomotor; in 12% the seizure was the first, and only 4% of the rest had reported that they had epilepsy when they applied for a licen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： van der Lugt PJ

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous studies have documented a synaptic translocation of calcineurin (CaN) and increased CaN activity following status epilepticus (SE); however, the cellular effect of these changes in CaN in the pathology of SE remains to be elucidated. This study examined a CaN-dependent modification of the dendritic cyt...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kurz JE,Moore BJ,Henderson SC,Campbell JN,Churn SB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, and in experimental models, perinatal hypoxic encephalopathy is commonly associated with seizures. We previously described a rat model in which hypoxia induces seizures and permanently increases in seizure susceptibility in immature rats [postnatal day (P) 10-12] but not in older rats. In the present study...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jensen FE,Blume H,Alvarado S,Firkusny I,Geary C

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the visual system excitability of photosensitive patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) with the paired-pulse flash-evoked potential (paired F-VEP) technique. METHODS:We studied 19 photosensitive patients with IGE (16 women) showing a photoparoxysmal electroencephalographic (EEG) respons...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Strigaro G,Prandi P,Varrasi C,Monaco F,Cantello R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen deficiency is unusually common among men with epilepsy. It may contribute to reproductive and sexual dysfunction and possibly exacerbate seizure frequency. The most important androgen is testosterone. it exists in the serum in a free form or bound to albumin or sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). Free testos...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herzog AG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To validate a brief screening instrument for identifying people with epilepsy in epidemiologic or genetic studies. METHODS:We designed a nine-question screening instrument for epilepsy and administered it by telephone to individuals with medical record-documented epilepsy (lifetime history of >or=2 unprovoked ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R,Barker-Cummings C,Leibson CL,Vasoli VM,Hauser WA,Buchhalter JR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 117 adult ambulatory patients, 110 of whom were epileptics treated only with oral diphenylhydantoin (DPH), plasma levels of this drug were determined by gas-liquid chromatography. The average follow-up time was 6 months (range, 3 to 13 months); satisfactory control of seizures was obtained wi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Galdames DG,Saavedra IN,Ortiz MA,Aguilera LI,Valenzuela AL,Concha GL,Droguett PA,Morales ER

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of seizure types was investigated in an epidemiological survey of 1,220 patients over 15 years of age. Classification of clinically dominant seizure type according to the International Classification of Epileptic Seizures (ICES) was possible in 1,005 cases (82.5%). Fifty-six percent of patients had pa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Keränen T,Sillanpää M,Riekkinen PJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical course and long-term seizure prognosis were studied in 155 patients with complex-partial seizures during a follow-up of 10.1 +/- 1 (SD) years. In 79% of the patients generalized tonic-clonic seizures were recorded, mostly within the first 3 years of epilepsy but occurring as late as 20 years after the onset o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schmidt D,Tsai JJ,Janz D

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cortical stimulation to abort seizures is under human investigation. Ideal electrode placement and stimulating parameters are unknown with poor understanding of tissue volume affected by stimulation or duration and nature of its effect on cortical activity. To help characterize this effect, we analyzed electroc...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gwinn RP,Spencer DD,Spencer SS,Duckrow RB,Vives K,Wu K,Tkeshelashvili D,Zaveri HP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for new treatments for seizures, epilepsies, and their comorbidities faces considerable challenges. This is due in part to gaps in our understanding of the etiology and pathophysiology of most forms of epilepsy. An additional challenge is the difficulty in predicting the efficacy, tolerability, and impact o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Galanopoulou AS,Kokaia M,Loeb JA,Nehlig A,Pitkänen A,Rogawski MA,Staley KJ,Whittemore VH,Dudek FE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00