Catastrophic focal epilepsy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is informative in febrile seizures (FS) is unknown. We undertook a study to determine the frequency of MRI-detected brain abnormalities and to evaluate their association with FS type and with specific features of complex FS. METHODS:A prospective cohort study, from 19...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hesdorffer DC,Chan S,Tian H,Allen Hauser W,Dayan P,Leary LD,Hinton VJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a surgically treated case of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) with suppression-bursts associated with focal cortical dysplasia. Tonic-clonic seizures followed by a series of spasms occurred about a hundred times a day at a few days of age. Interictal electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed a suppr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Komaki H,Sugai K,Sasaki M,Hashimoto T,Arai N,Takada E,Maehara T,Shimizu H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corpus callosotomy is an effective palliative treatment for drug-resistant Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Laser interstitial thermal therapy has been increasingly used in the treatment of epilepsy. Here, we assess the safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive stereotactic laser anterior corpus callosotom...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tao JX,Satzer D,Issa NP,Collins J,Wu S,Rose S,Henry J,Santos de Lima F,Nordli D,Warnke PC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of rat corticotropin-releasing factor (rCRF) at doses of 5-20 micrograms in rats induces epileptogenic activity characterized by pacemaker-like spikes localized in the hippocampal leads. Such an effect was still present in rats neonatally treated with saline but was absent in...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marrosu F,Argiolas A,Carcangiu P,Giagheddu M,Fratta W

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneously epileptic rats (SER) are a double mutant (zi/zi, tm/tm) spontaneously exhibiting both tonic and absence-like seizures. We examined the long-term effects of continual intake of phenobarbital (PB) on SER as a method of assessing long-term evaluation of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Food pellets containing 0....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Serikawa T,Kogishi K,Yamada J,Ohno Y,Ujihara H,Fujita Y,Sasa M,Takaori S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1929 and 1980, 284 patients with refractory nontumoral frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) underwent operation at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI). We studied 39 patients (14%) who required reoperation. Mean age at the time of first operation was 18 years and at reoperation was 22 years. Clinical manifestatio...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Salanova V,Quesney LF,Rasmussen T,Andermann F,Olivier A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mutations of the SCARB2 gene cause action myoclonus renal failure syndrome (AMRF), a rare condition that combines progressive myoclonus epilepsy (PME) with severe renal dysfunction. We describe the clinical and neurophysiologic features of PME associated with SCARB2 mutations without renal impairment. METHODS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rubboli G,Franceschetti S,Berkovic SF,Canafoglia L,Gambardella A,Dibbens LM,Riguzzi P,Campieri C,Magaudda A,Tassinari CA,Michelucci R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study is to determine the sensibility of each imaging tool in identifying focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) in children and adolescents with epilepsy and to define the prognostic factors of pediatric and adolescent epilepsy surgery. METHODS:We identified 48 children with FCD who underwent rese...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim YH,Kang HC,Kim DS,Kim SH,Shim KW,Kim HD,Lee JS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe four patients with stimulus-sensitive seizures and myoclonus following severe hypoxic-ischemic injury. METHODS:In 22 months, four adult patients with myoclonus, generalized tonic-clonic, and clonic seizures following tactile stimulation were identified. EEG and hospital records were reviewed. RESU...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Van Cott AC,Blatt I,Brenner RP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated language functions in 154 patients with left hemisphere speech dominance undergoing anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL). Measures of phonemic and semantic fluency, confrontation naming, repetition, comprehension, and reading were administered before and 3 weeks postoperatively. Patients were grouped by focu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Saykin AJ,Stafiniak P,Robinson LJ,Flannery KA,Gur RC,O'Connor MJ,Sperling MR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Both clinical genomics and e-Health technology are changing the way medicine is being practiced. Although the basic clinical methodology of good medical care will remain unchanged, the combined power of genomics and electronic health records has the capability of enhancing, and in some cases transforming, th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Delanty N,White M,Benson K,McCormack M,Heavin S,Comerford E,Gangadharan N,Power K,Dunleavey B,El-Naggar H,Doherty C,Greally M,Cavalleri G,Fitzsimons M

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We studied the effect of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on seizure reduction in patients with intractable epilepsy with bilateral independent temporal lobe foci. METHODS:Ten patients who met the criterion of the presence of two distinctive clinical and ictal EEG seizure patterns were identified and followed up ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Alsaadi TM,Laxer KD,Barbaro NM,Marks WJ Jr,Garcia PA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of stress on seizure frequency in childhood epilepsy, and to assess possible differences between children in whom seizures are precipitated by stress and those in whom they are not. METHODS:Parents or caregivers of children with active epilepsy (aged 2-16 years) were sent questionnaires ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： van Campen JS,Jansen FE,Steinbusch LC,Joëls M,Braun KP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five outpatients with chronic epilepsy with complex partial seizures (CPS) alone or associated with secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures (SGTCS) were treated with carbamazepine (CBZ) monotherapy. All patients had only a unilateral scalp electroencephalographic (EEG) focus. Left- (n = 29) and right- (n =...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Defazio G,Lepore V,Specchio LM,Pisani F,Livrea P

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In a previous investigation (Lah et al., 2004), we found deficits in retrograde memory in patients who had undergone temporal lobectomy (TL). In this study, we set out to determine whether such deficits are present before surgery in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Memory for public and auto...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lah S,Lee T,Grayson S,Miller L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetics is a novel technology that combines optics and genetics by optical control of microbial opsins, targeted to living cell membranes. The versatility and the electrophysiologic characteristics of the light-sensitive ion-channels channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), halorhodopsin (NpHR), and the light-sensitive proton ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mantoan Ritter L,Golshani P,Takahashi K,Dufour S,Valiante T,Kokaia M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Children with epilepsy have high rates of behavior problems. The purpose was to describe prospectively the association of seizures and behavior problems in children with new-onset seizures. METHODS:Subjects were 224 children with new-onset seizures (aged 4-14 years) and 159 siblings (4-18 years). Caregiver's r...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Austin JK,Dunn DW,Caffrey HM,Perkins SM,Harezlak J,Rose DF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of valproate (200 and 400 mg/kg), ethosuximide (200 and 400 mg/kg), phenytoin (25 and 50 mg/kg), and pentobarbital (30 and 60 mg/kg) on cerebral energy metabolism of rats were studied by measuring the cerebral content of energy metabolites and by evaluating the rate of metabolite utilization followin...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gueldry S,Rochette L,Bralet J

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A drug holiday seems to produce seizure interval prolongation (SIP) after reinstitution of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). This effect was demonstrated mainly with carbamazepine. We evaluated SIP with newer AEDs and tested the relationship of SIP to history of AED tolerance. METHODS:We prospectively studied patien...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Azar NJ,Lagrange AH,Wang L,Song Y,Abou-Khalil BW

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：: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:To determine the prevalence of epilepsy and seizures in the Navajo. METHODS:We studied 226,496 Navajo residing in the Navajo Reservation who had at least one medical encounter between October 1, 1998 and September 30, 2002. We ascertained and confirmed cases in two phases. First, we identified patients with In...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Parko K,Thurman DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Although the epilepsy and neurology communities have position papers on a number of topics pertaining to epilepsy diagnosis and management, no current paper exists for the rationale and appropriate indications for epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) evaluation. General neurologists, hospital administrators, and insurers al...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shih JJ,Fountain NB,Herman ST,Bagic A,Lado F,Arnold S,Zupanc ML,Riker E,Labiner DM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We wished to determine the effects of seizure type, age at onset, and family history of epilepsy on risk of spontaneous abortion in the pregnancies of adults with idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy. METHODS:We examined pregnancy outcomes in 812 adults with idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy who had ever had or fathe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schupf N,Ottman R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hippocampus is one of the principal target areas for neurosteroidal action, and the major neuroendocrine conversion of progesterone appears to be 5alpha-reduction and 3alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreduction, leading to the potent neurosteroid 3alpha,5alpha-tetrahydroxyprogesterone. To investigate whether the h...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stoffel-Wagner B,Beyenburg S,Watzka M,Blümcke I,Bauer J,Schramm J,Bidlingmaier F,Elger CE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The substrate of seizure initiation in partial epilepsy is not well understood. Although many studies imply a focus that is will localized to a single structure, some information suggests that seizures arise regionally with simultaneous or near-simultaneous onset at several separate sites. To determine the phys...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bertram EH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the long-term evolution of Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), especially concerning myoclonus, seizures, and EEG characteristics. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 20 patients (six women, 14 men; mean age, 37.9 years; range, 26-53 years) with ULD who had been closely followed up since the onset of...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Magaudda A,Ferlazzo E,Nguyen VH,Genton P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of nitric oxide (NO) on seizure activity observed in brain areas that are remote from a primary epileptic focus. METHODS:Following an injection of kainate (concentration 1 mg/ml, volume 1 microl) in the rat hippocampus, we measured NO synthesis in the contralateral hippocampus and ep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Yasuda H,Fujii M,Fujisawa H,Ito H,Suzuki M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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