Ictal and interictal activity in partial epilepsy recorded with multichannel magnetoelectroencephalography: correlation of electroencephalography/electrocorticography, magnetic resonance imaging, single photon emission computed tomography, and positron em

abstract：:We studied 36 drop seizures in 5 patients with myoclonic astatic epilepsy of early childhood (MAEE) with simultaneous split-screen video recording and polygraph. Sixteen were falling attacks and 20 were either less severe attacks exhibiting only deep head nodding or seizures equivalent to drop attacks in terms of icta...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oguni H,Fukuyama Y,Imaizumi Y,Uehara T

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of seizures at specific times of the day has been consistently observed for centuries in individuals with epilepsy. Electrophysiological recordings provide evidence that seizures have a higher probability of occurring at a given time during the night and day cycle in individuals with epilepsy here refer...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bernard C

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are local malformations of the human neocortex and a leading cause of medically intractable epilepsy. FCDs are characterized by local architectural disturbances of the neocortex and often by a blurred gray-white matter boundary indicating abnormal white matter myelination. We...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Donkels C,Peters M,Fariña Núñez MT,Nakagawa JM,Kirsch M,Vlachos A,Scheiwe C,Schulze-Bonhage A,Prinz M,Beck J,Haas CA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many important discoveries in nervous system structure and function involved the electrical properties of nerve tissue. The application of these advances, as well as those in electronic amplification and recording, led to the discovery of the human electroencephalogram ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zifkin BG,Avanzini G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about what factors predict intractable epilepsy at the time of initial diagnosis. We performed a case-control study to identify early predictors of medically intractable epilepsy in children. Cases were children who had an average of one seizure or more a month over a 2-year period and who, during that...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Berg AT,Levy SR,Novotny EJ,Shinnar S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The "adenosine hypothesis of SUDEP" (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy) predicts that a seizure-induced adenosine surge combined with impaired metabolic clearance can foster lethal apnea or cardiac arrest. Changes in adenosine receptor density and adenosine kinase (ADK) occur in surgical epilepsy patients. ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Patodia S,Paradiso B,Garcia M,Ellis M,Diehl B,Thom M,Devinsky O

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus can lead to impaired renal function, which has been attributed to complications of myoglobinuria. We confirmed changes in renal function in the absence of myoglobinuria by measuring renal hemodynamics, fluid and electrolyte excretions, and plasma levels of renin and atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Perrone BL,Vari RC,Kreisman NR

更新日期：1995-07-01 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 describe seizure control, complications, adaptive function and language skills following hemispheric surgery for epilepsy. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of patients who underwent hemispheric surgery from July 1993 to June 2004 with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. RESULTS:The study population compris...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Basheer SN,Connolly MB,Lautzenhiser A,Sherman EM,Hendson G,Steinbok P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare annual direct and indirect costs between privately insured U.S. patients with epileptic partial onset seizures (POS) and matched controls. METHODS:One thousand eight hundred fifty-nine patients (including a subset of 758 employees) with >or=1 (POS) diagnosis (ICD-9-CM: 345.4.x-345.7.x), 1999-2004, ages...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ivanova JI,Birnbaum HG,Kidolezi Y,Qiu Y,Mallett D,Caleo S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of epilepsy and of all unprovoked seizures was determined for residents of Rochester, Minnesota U.S.A. from 1935 through 1984. Age-adjusted incidence of epilepsy was 44 per 100,000 person-years. Incidence in males was significantly higher than in females and was high in the first year of life but highest...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hauser WA,Annegers JF,Kurland LT

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neurosurgery is an effective therapy for selected individuals with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). De novo psychopathology may complicate the postsurgical outcome. Our aims were to identify predictors of de novo psychiatric and seizure outcome following TLE surgery. METHODS:Medical records o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cleary RA,Thompson PJ,Fox Z,Foong J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence, manifestations, lateralizing value, and surgical prognostic value of somatosensory auras (SSAs) in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Eighty-one consecutive patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for refractory complex-partial seizures were screened for ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Erickson JC,Clapp LE,Ford G,Jabbari B

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A transient functional depression of thalamic activity (TFDTA) was induced in acute experiments in cats by the microinjection of 25% KCl into the thalamus. Spontaneous and evoked thalamic electrical activity was markedly depressed at the site of KCl microinjection. Spread of this depression to other thalamic areas oft...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Avoli M,Gloor P

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To conduct the first randomized trial on classical and medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) versions of the ketogenic diet, examining efficacy and tolerability after 3, 6, and 12 months. METHODS:One hundred forty-five children with intractable epilepsy were randomized to receive a classical or an MCT diet. Seizure ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Neal EG,Chaffe H,Schwartz RH,Lawson MS,Edwards N,Fitzsimmons G,Whitney A,Cross JH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) is the most extreme form of epilepsy. It describes a prolonged seizure that may occur in patients with previous epilepsy or in acute disorders of the central nervous system. It is one of the most common neurologic emergencies, with an incidence of up to 41 per 100,000 per year and an estimated ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Trinka E,Höfler J,Zerbs A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Upper extremity automatisms are considered to be an ipsilateral seizure lateralizing sign in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Herein we describe different types of contralateral upper extremity automatisms (CUEAs). METHODS:One hundred ninety-three video-(electroencephalography) EEG recordings of 59 patients were ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kelemen A,Fogarasi A,Borbély C,Szucs A,Fabó D,Jakus R,Rásonyi G,Halász P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy can be a devastating disorder. In addition to debilitating seizures, epilepsy can cause cognitive and emotional problems with reduced quality of life. Therefore, the major aim is to prevent the disorder in the first place: identify, detect, and reverse the processes responsible for its onset, and monitor and ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Koepp MJ,Årstad E,Bankstahl JP,Dedeurwaerdere S,Friedman A,Potschka H,Ravizza T,Theodore WH,Baram TZ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Five to 20% of patients discontinue antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy because of adverse reactions. Careful reintroduction, however, may be considered if true drug allergy can be ruled out. Definitive assessment of such immunologically mediated reactions requires demonstration of either specific antibodies or se...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Troost RJ,Van Parys JA,Hooijkaas H,van Joost T,Benner R,Prens EP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Automatic detection of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) will facilitate patient monitoring and early intervention to prevent comorbidities, recurrent seizures, or death. Brain Sentinel (San Antonio, Texas, USA) developed a seizure-detection algorithm evaluating surface electromyography (sEMG) signals ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Szabó CÁ,Morgan LC,Karkar KM,Leary LD,Lie OV,Girouard M,Cavazos JE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the usefulness of an early postictal EEG in neurologically normal children with complex febrile seizures. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective chart review of all neurologically normal children who were hospitalized over a period of 2.5 years after complex febrile seizures, and had an EEG up to 1 wee...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Maytal J,Steele R,Eviatar L,Novak G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the clinical significance of bisynchronous spike-wave complexes which appear in EEGs of some patients with focal spikes in one or both temporal lobes. Few features distinguished patients with bisynchronous spike-waves from those with only focal temporal spikes: a higher incidence of patients with more than...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sadler RM,Blume WT

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has opened a window through which brain abnormalities can be observed over time in rodents noninvasively. We review MRI studies done during epileptogenesis triggered by status epilepticus in rat. Most of these studies have used quantitative T2, diffusion, and/or volumetric...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gröhn O,Pitkänen A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Posterior cortex epilepsies (PCEs) encompass a group of epilepsies originating from the occipital, parietal, or occipital border of the temporal lobe, or from any combination of these regions. When their seizures are refractory to pharmacologic treatment, these patients are usually referred for surgery. The aim...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dalmagro CL,Bianchin MM,Velasco TR,Alexandre V Jr,Walz R,Terra-Bustamante VC,Inuzuka LM,Wichert-Ana L,Araújo D Jr,Serafini LN,Carlotti CG Jr,Assirati JA Jr,Machado HR,Santos AC,Sakamoto AC

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Movement-based wearable sensors are used for detection of convulsive seizures. The identification of the absence of motion following a seizure, known as post-ictal immobility (PI), may represent a potential additional application of wearables. PI has been associated with potentially life-threatening complicat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bruno E,Böttcher S,Biondi A,Epitashvili N,Manyakov NV,Lees S,Schulze-Bonhage A,Richardson MP,RADAR-CNS Consortium.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report our evaluation of interictal two epileptic spike fields on magnetoencephalography (MEG) by using invasive intracranial monitoring in a patient without lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:A 15-year-old left-handed boy with a 9-year history of refractory simple partial seizures, seconda...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Otsubo H,Sharma R,Elliott I,Holowka S,Rutka JT,Snead OC 3rd

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively investigate the incidence of interictal psychoses of epilepsy patients, and make a comparison between those with interictal psychoses and patients with schizophrenia in respect to their responses to antipsychotic drugs, as well as psychotic states. METHODS:We undertook a two-part prospective i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tadokoro Y,Oshima T,Kanemoto K

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：PURPOSE:  Lamotrigine (LTG) is an effective clinical treatment for epilepsy associated with absence seizures. However, the impact of LTG administration in studies employing various animal models of epilepsy remains controversial. This study aimed to clarify the outcomes of LTG treatment on absence seizures and comorbid...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Huang HY,Lee HW,Chen SD,Shaw FZ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00