Infantile spasms: some new theoretical aspects.

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：:Aberrant synapse formation has been implicated in development and propagation of epileptic potential. Litzinger et al. (1993a) showed that omega-GVIA conotoxin may be used as a marker for synapse formation in nonepileptic mice. We conducted omega-GVIA binding in synaptosomal preparations from epileptic DBA/2J mice at ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Esplin MS,Abbott JR,Smart ML,Burroughs AF,Frandsen TC,Litzinger MJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize seizure types and electroencephalographic features of glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (Glut-1 DS). METHODS:Twenty children with clinical and laboratory features of Glut-1 DS were evaluated. Age at seizure diagnosis, seizure classification, and response to treatment were determine...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Leary LD,Wang D,Nordli DR Jr,Engelstad K,De Vivo DC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the launching worldwide of a range of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the prescriber has a much wider choice than ever before. Comparative studies between new and established AEDs are few, and those between new AEDs are rarely performed. This report considers the strengths and weaknesses of nine new and establish...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Brodie MJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is the persistence of seizure activity despite appropriate therapy; it is treated with high-dose suppressive anesthetic agents. We report here the outcome of RSE in a large series of children. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed cases of RSE treated at Children's Hospital, B...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sahin M,Menache CC,Holmes GL,Riviello JJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research literature is consistent in reporting somewhat less familial aggregation in partial than in generalized epilepsy. However, relatives of patients with partial seizures do appear to have higher seizure risks than relatives of controls, suggesting that genetic factors are important in at least some partial e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We analyzed a large group of patients investigated for suspected seizures to test whether gender or side are important factors in the origins of hippocampal sclerosis (HS). METHODS:We studied 996 consecutive patients (48% men, 52% women) by using standard hippocampal T2-relaxometry methods. RESULTS:HS was ass...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Briellmann RS,Jackson GD,Mitchell LA,Fitt GJ,Kim SE,Berkovic SF

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the sensitivity of extracranial magnetoencephalography (MEG) for epileptic spikes in different cerebral sites. METHODS:We simultaneously recorded MEG and electrocorticography (ECoG) by using subdural electrodes with 1-cm interelectrode distances for one patient with lateral frontal epilepsy and one pat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oishi M,Otsubo H,Kameyama S,Morota N,Masuda H,Kitayama M,Tanaka R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We determined the prevalence of oral disorders and the dental treatment needs of outpatients with epilepsy. METHODS:A questionnaire was administered to 56 consecutive patients (35 males, 21 females) presenting to an outpatient clinic. All patients underwent dental examinations. The clinical and diagnostic feat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ogunbodede EO,Adamolekun B,Akintomide AO

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a randomized parallel group study design, we compared the cognit ive effects of carbamazepine (CBZ), phenobarbital (PB), and valproate (VPA) in children with epilepsy. Seventy-three children with newly diagnosed epilepsy were tested with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), Bender-Gesta...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chen YJ,Kang WM,So WC

更新日期：1996-01-01 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:Nitric oxide (NO), a short-lived radical synthesized from L-arginine by activation of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS), has been implicated in the pathophysiology of epilepsy by some investigators. However, the current data about NO and NOS in epilepsy are controversial and are derived only from animal mo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： González-Hernández T,García-Marín V,Pérez-Delgado MM,González-González ML,Rancel-Torres N,González-Feria L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic epilepsies comprise a wide variety of partial and generalized syndromes that have in common a known or presumed genetic etiology and the lack of overt abnormalities other than the epilepsy itself. Most of these epilepsies have a benign natural history and/or show a favorable response to antiepileptic drug (...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Perucca E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies from our laboratory identified a 6.6 Mb segment of distal chromosome 1 that contains a gene (or genes) having a strong influence on the difference in seizure susceptibility between C57BL/6 (B6) and DBA/2 (D2) mice. A gene transfer strategy involving a bacte...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferraro TN,Golden GT,Dahl JP,Smith GG,Schwebel CL,MacDonald R,Lohoff FW,Berrettini WH,Buono RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) is not generally difficult if one follows the clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) definitions of each subsyndrome that constitutes IGEs. In contrast, symptomatic epilepsies develop based on organic brain lesions and are easily diagnosed by the presence of d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oguni H

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:Univerricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), with its major symptom of action myoclonus, is supposed to be very rare in the Netherlands and western Europe. We hypothesized that the syndrome may be underdiagnosed in patients with myoclonus epilepsy. METHODS:Mutation analysis of the cystatin B gene was performed in 21 ca...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Haan GJ,Halley DJ,Doelman JC,Geesink HH,Augustijn PB,Jager-Jongkind AD,Majoie M,Bader AJ,Leliefeld-Ten Doeschate LA,Deelen WH,Bertram E,Lehesjoki AE,Lindhout D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to identify whether the whole-brain structural network alterations in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS) differ from alterations in patients without FBTCS. METHODS:We dichotomized a cohort of 83 drug-resistant patients with TLE in...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sinha N,Peternell N,Schroeder GM,de Tisi J,Vos SB,Winston GP,Duncan JS,Wang Y,Taylor PN

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay explores the usefulness of the concept of consciousness in epileptology and concludes that it does not further the understanding of seizure mechanisms and brain function. The reasons for this are both theoretical and empirical. Consciousness cannot be adequately defined. This may explain why attempts at acc...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gloor P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is widely used to evaluate functional abnormalities during the epileptic event. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) are well defined in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) undergoing surgical resection. Nonetheless, the interpretation of ictal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rabinowicz AL,Salas E,Beserra F,Leiguarda RC,Vazquez SE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten infantile spasms (IS) patients had single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with [99mTc]HMPAO, EEG, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. SPECT showed localized cerebral hypoperfusion in 7 infants (4 unifocal; 3 multifocal) always involving the temporal regions either unilaterally or bilaterally....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Miyazaki M,Hashimoto T,Fujii E,Tayama M,Kuroda Y

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an essential diagnostic tool for the management of epilepsy at modern epilepsy clinics. This study was conducted to incorporate MRI features into the international classification of epilepsies and epilepsy syndromes (ICEES) proposed by the International League Against Epileps...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lee BI,Heo K,Kim JS,Kim OJ,Park SA,Lim SR,Kim DI,Yoon PH,Kim DK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous neuroimaging studies provide growing evidence that patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) have both structural and functional abnormalities of the thalamus and frontal lobe gray matter. However, limited data are available regarding the issue of white matter (WM) involvement, making the microst...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim JH,Suh SI,Park SY,Seo WK,Koh I,Koh SB,Seol HY

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency treatment of seizures is an important practical issue, especially the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE). Benzodiazepines or older standard antiepileptic drugs (phenobarbital, phenytoin) have typically been used as initial intravenous treatment of GCSE. As new parenteral antiep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wheless JW,Treiman DM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs have been investigated extensively during the last two decades. It has become evident that the therapeutic management of epileptic patients would be significantly improved with the elimination of the drawbacks associated with existing antiepileptic drugs. Based on the inform...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Levy RH,Kerr BM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for identifying novel antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are changing and need to change more. Widespread reliance on two primary screens has led to the identification of novel compounds that resemble either phenytoin (suppressing high-frequency repetitive firing in cultured neurons and prolonging inactivation of v...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Meldrum BS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep increases interictal epileptiform discharges and frequency of seizures, whereas REM sleep suppresses them. The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN), one of the REM sleep-modulating structures, is postulated to have a potent antiepileptogenic role. We asked if patients with sleep-predomina...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cho KH,Cho YJ,Lee BI,Heo K

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:A need for prevalence information emphasizing racial differences prompted a door-to-door survey of all residents of Copiah County, Mississippi. The fieldwork involved a complete census and an extensive screening questionnaire inquiring about diagnoses, signs, and symptoms of neurologic disease. Residents who lived in ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Haerer AF,Anderson DW,Schoenberg BS

更新日期：1986-01-01 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