Excretion of valproic acid into semen of rabbits and man.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It has been suggested that multilobar epilepsies caused by lesions restricted to the posterior cerebral quadrant (ie, the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes) can be treated successfully by a procedure termed posterior disconnection. The objective of the present paper was to identify determinants of the e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kalbhenn T,Cloppenborg T,Wörmann FG,Blümcke I,Coras R,May TW,Polster T,Simon M,Bien CG

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state plasma antiepileptic drug (AED) concentrations were measured at intervals throughout pregnancy and during the postnatal period in 105 women who underwent 134 pregnancies. Phenytoin (PHT) dosage had to be increased in 85% of pregnancies in which the drug was received, carbamazepine (CBZ) dosage in 70%, and...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lander CM,Eadie MJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL) is a novel once-daily antiepileptic drug (AED) approved in Europe since 2009 that was found to be efficacious and well tolerated in a phase III clinical program in adult patients with partial onset seizures previously not controlled with treatment with one to three AEDs, including carbama...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bialer M,Soares-da-Silva P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticonvulsant effect of the dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, nimodipine (NMD) was evaluated against electroshock-induced seizures in mice. At 1 h postdosing, NMD elicited a dose-dependent reduction in the occurrence of tonic hindlimb extension (THE) after maximal electroshock (MES). The calculated ED50 fo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sills GJ,Carswell A,Brodie MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of epilepsy is an essential clinical issue in many patients with brain tumors. Tumoral epilepsy is often drug resistant and is associated with poor quality of life. Surgery represents a key therapeutic option in the management of patients with refractory tumoral epilepsy, with high rates of postoperativ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rheims S,Ducray F,Ryvlin P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-six consecutive epileptic patients with partial seizures (30 temporal, 26 extratemporal) and facial asymmetry were studied. Facial asymmetry was compared with EEG, radiologic, and other clinical findings. Thirty patients had a lesional epilepsy whereas 26 were considered cryptogenic. In lesional epilepsies, 60% ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tinuper P,Plazzi G,Provini F,Cerullo A,Leonardi M,Agati R,Righini A,Montagna P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed clinical and laboratory evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during treatment with valproate (VPA) preparations. The first patient, a 47-year-old man, had fever, malaise, and thrombocytopenia 1 month after VPA was added to phenytoin (PHT) and primidone (PRM). He developed high titers o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bleck TP,Smith MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis was tested that epileptiform alterations of brain excitability may be elicited by a conditioning stimulus (CS) in a classical conditioning paradigm. Fifteen male albino rats were chronically implanted with electrodes in the amygdala and over the visual cortex. A train of six stroboscopic flashes served ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Myslobodsky MS,Mintz M,Lerner T,Mostofsky DI

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Prior studies have given conflicting data concerning the association of benign rolandic epilepsy of childhood (BREC) and migraine but were limited by lack of sensitive, diagnostic criteria for childhood migraine. By using revised International Headache Society (IHS-R) criteria, we compared the prevalence of mig...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wirrell EC,Hamiwka LD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess medical intractability in patients considered for restrictive epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Seventy-four patients received single drug treatment with carbamazepine (CBZ), phenytoin (PHT), and either phenobarbital (PB) or primidone (PRM). Medical intractability was established if seizure control was not o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hermanns G,Noachtar S,Tuxhorn I,Holthausen H,Ebner A,Wolf P

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variants in the SCN2A gene, encoding the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV 1.2, cause a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes with different severity ranging from self-limiting epilepsies with early onset to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with early or late onset and intellectual disability (ID), as well as...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hedrich UBS,Lauxmann S,Lerche H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identical twins concordant for partial epilepsy, with onset at 8 and 11 years of age, are presented. Their course has been benign on anticonvulsant therapy. It is suggested that these cases of presumed genetic epilepsy support current concepts of cortical origin and genetic determinants in several subtypes of focal ep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hurst R,Lenn NJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Guidelines recommend that encephalopathic critically ill children undergo continuous electroencephalographic (CEEG) monitoring for electrographic seizure (ES) identification and management. However, limited data exist on antiseizure medication (ASM) safety for ES treatment in critically ill children. METHODS...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fung FW,Jacobwitz M,Vala L,Parikh D,Donnelly M,Xiao R,Topjian AA,Abend NS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four groups of pregnant rats were used to study the effects of dietary supplements of folic acid (FA) alone or a mixture of FA, vitamins (Vit), and amino acids (AA) on the teratogenic effects of phenytoin (PHT). Groups A, B, and C received intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of high-dose (75 mg/kg/day) phenytoin (PHT) b...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zhu MX,Zhou SS

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epilepsy is common in individuals with mutations in POLG, the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma. Early recognition and aggressive seizure management are crucial for patient survival. Disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is implicated in various neurological d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hikmat O,Naess K,Engvall M,Klingenberg C,Rasmussen M,Tallaksen CME,Brodtkorb E,Fiskerstrand T,Isohanni P,Uusimaa J,Darin N,Rahman S,Bindoff LA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Male and female sexuality and reproductive functions are complex systems with cortical, limbic system, hypothalamic, pituitary, and end organ interactions. Sexual steroids are produced in the sexual glands, the adrenals, and the brain. They undergo interconversion in the brain, bind to different brain areas, and have ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Penovich PE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exposure to toxic levels of organophosphorus (OP) nerve agents can lead to seizures, respiratory failure, and, if untreated, death. The cholinesterase inhibitor soman belongs to the class of OP nerve agents and can cause status epilepticus (SE) and brain damage due to neuroexcitotoxicity. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Araujo Furtado M,Lumley LA,Robison C,Tong LC,Lichtenstein S,Yourick DL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the potential pharmacokinetic interactions between topiramate (TPM) and phenytoin (PHT) in patients with epilepsy by studying their pharmacokinetics (PK) after monotherapy and concomitant TPM/PHT treatment. METHODS:Twelve patients with epilepsy stabilized on PHT monotherapy were enrolled in this st...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sachdeo RC,Sachdeo SK,Levy RH,Streeter AJ,Bishop FE,Kunze KL,Mather GG,Roskos LK,Shen DD,Thummel KE,Trager WF,Curtin CR,Doose DR,Gisclon LG,Bialer M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the developmental trajectories of quality of life (QoL) in a large cohort of children with epilepsy, and to assess the relative contribution of clinical, psychosocial, and sociodemographic variables on QoL trajectories. METHODS:Five assessments during a 28-month prospective cohort study were used...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferro MA,Avery L,Fayed N,Streiner DL,Cunningham CE,Boyle MH,Lach L,Glidden G,Rosenbaum PL,Ronen GM,QUALITÉ group.

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Evidence for a poor psychiatric, social, and vocational adult outcome in childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) suggests long-term unmet mental health, social, and vocational needs. This cross-sectional study examined behavioral/emotional, cognitive, and linguistic comorbidities as well as their correlates in childre...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Caplan R,Siddarth P,Stahl L,Lanphier E,Vona P,Gurbani S,Koh S,Sankar R,Shields WD

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 3-year-old boy with status gelasticus symptomatic to a giant hypothalamic hamartoma despite two previous hypothalamic hamartoma surgeries using pterional approaches from each side. Following his third resection employing an endoscopic, transventricular approach, he has been seizure free for 6 m...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ng YT,Rekate HL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are associated with a wide variety of acute and chronic adverse events and with many interactions with each other and with non-AEDs that complicate patient management. The safety and interaction profiles of the newer AEDs have also been intensively studied. Safety data are available...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shorvon S,Stefan H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults. TLE has a high chance of becoming medically refractory, and as such, is frequently considered for further evaluation and surgical intervention. Up to 30% of TLE cases, however, can have normal ("nonlesional" or negative) magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Muhlhofer W,Tan YL,Mueller SG,Knowlton R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of status epilepticus has changed over the past five decades since the first colloquium on status epilepticus, held in Marseille in 1962. New intravenous drugs, such as valproate, levetiracetam, lacosomide or ketamine and new routes of administration, such as intranasal or bucal, as well as high-class ra...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Janz D

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the role of interictal rhythmical midline theta (RMT) in the identification of frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and its differentiation from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and nonepileptic controls. METHODS:We included 162 individuals in the study: 54 FLE patients, 54 TLE patients, and 54 nonepileptic co...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Beleza P,Bilgin O,Noachtar S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) decrease membrane excitability by interacting with neurotransmitter receptors or ion channels. AEDs developed before 1980 appear to act on sodium channels, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors, or calcium channels. Benzodiazepines and barbiturates enhance GABAA recept...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Macdonald RL,Kelly KM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brivaracetam (BRV), a selective and high-affinity synaptic vesicle protein 2A ligand, is in development as adjunctive treatment for partial-onset (focal) seizures (POS). This phase 3 study (N01358; NCT01261325) aimed to confirm the efficacy and safety/tolerability of BRV in adults (≥ 16-80 years) with POS. M...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Klein P,Schiemann J,Sperling MR,Whitesides J,Liang W,Stalvey T,Brandt C,Kwan P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The selection of a minimal active sequence of erythropoietin allowed the design of peptide mimetics that exert beneficial effects in the central nervous system but lack an erythropoietic effect. Erythropoietin has been suggested as a promising therapeutic and prophylactic for epilepsies based on its neuroprotec...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Seeger N,Zellinger C,Rode A,Roloff F,Bicker G,Russmann V,Fischborn S,Wendt H,Potschka H

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00