Callosal bisection and transcallosal secondary antiepileptogenesis.

abstract：:Genomic findings are emerging rapidly in 2 large, closely related epilepsy research consortia: the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project and Epi4K. Disclosure of individual results to participants in genomic research is increasingly viewed as an ethical obligation, but strategies for return of results were not included in t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R,Freyer C,Mefford HC,Poduri A,Lowenstein DH,Epilepsy Return of Results Workshop Participants.

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Men are different from women, and patients with epilepsy are different in many aspects from healthy control subjects. Quantitative or semiquantitative analysis of neuroimaging data depends on the comparison between either a single patient against a group of healthy or unaffected controls, or comparisons between groups...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Koepp MJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha-[11C]methyl-L-tryptophan (alpha-MTrp) positron emission tomography (PET) is a promising tool in the localization of the epileptogenic area in selected group of focal epilepsy patients. Electrophysiological evidence suggests the involvement of the neocortex in periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH)....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Natsume J,Bernasconi N,Aghakhani Y,Kumakura Y,Nishikawa M,Fedi M,Soualmi L,Dubeau F,Andermann F,Bernasconi A,Diksic M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether differences in clinical manifestations of psychogenic nonepileptic events are associated with differences in outcome and whether the length of illness before diagnosis correlates with outcome. METHODS:We reviewed ictal videotapes and EEGs in 85 patients diagnosed with exclusively nonepilep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Selwa LM,Geyer J,Nikakhtar N,Brown MB,Schuh LA,Drury I

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Few reports detailing late-onset epileptic spasms have been published. To determine whether this condition merely represents a late variant of classic West syndrome or exhibits specific features distinct from the latter and related to a later stage of brain maturation, we analyzed the whole population with this...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Eisermann MM,Ville D,Soufflet C,Plouin P,Chiron C,Dulac O,Kaminska A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 45 patients suffering from secondary generalized epilepsy, we have recorded 239 drop seizures both by radio-telemetered EEG/split-screen video taping and polygraphically. Twenty of these patients had pure tonic drop seizures. Nine patients each had myoclonic-atonic or pure atonic seizures, whereas seven had slow fa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Egli M,Mothersill I,O'Kane M,O'Kane F

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest pain, dyspnea, electrocardiographic changes resembling an acute coronary syndrome, and transient wall-motion abnormalities without identifiable coronary culprit lesion explaining the wall-motion abnormality. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurs frequently after emotional o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stöllberger C,Wegner C,Finsterer J

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:We used a model of self-staining status epilepticus (SSSE), induced by brief intermittent stimulation of the perforant path in unanesthetized rats, to study the mechanism of initiation and of maintenance of SSSE and the role of neuropeptides in those processes. METHODS:The perforant path was stimulated intermi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wasterlain CG,Mazarati AM,Naylor D,Niquet J,Liu H,Suchomelova L,Baldwin R,Katsumori H,Shirasaka Y,Shin D,Sankar R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacosamide (Vimpat) is a newly licensed novel antiepileptic drug. We report a case of refractory convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) that was successfully controlled with lacosamide. The 38-year-old male patient was admitted for a series of complex partial seizures with secondary generalization leading to refractory C...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tilz C,Resch R,Hofer T,Eggers C

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:We conducted a systematic review to determine which noninvasive technologies should be used in the workup for epilepsy surgery to identify structural or functional abnormalities to help locate the site of seizure onset. The review focused on patients where there was insufficient confidence, in either the decision to g...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Burch J,Marson A,Beyer F,Soares M,Hinde S,Wieshmann U,Woolacott N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the lateralizing value of the clinical manifestations of seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), we made a retrospective videotape analysis of complex partial seizures (CPS) in 55 patients who underwent temporal lobectomy and were seizure-free postoperatively for >2 years. METHODS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marks WJ Jr,Laxer KD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliably detecting focal seizures without secondary generalization during daily life activities, chronically, using convenient portable or wearable devices, would offer patients with active epilepsy a number of potential benefits, such as providing more reliable seizure count to optimize treatment and seizure forecast...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ryvlin P,Cammoun L,Hubbard I,Ravey F,Beniczky S,Atienza D

更新日期：2020-11-01 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:Status epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency associated with a high mortality. Clinical series have suggested that mortality after SE has decreased. No studies have systematically examined trends in incidence, mortality, and case fatality after SE in a well-defined population. METHODS:All first episodes of S...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Logroscino G,Hesdorffer DC,Cascino G,Annegers JF,Hauser WA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Status epilepticus (SE) is more common in children than adults and has a high mortality and morbidity rate. SE in adult rats results in long-term disturbances in learning and memory, as well as an enhanced seizure susceptibility to further seizures. In contrast, a number of studies suggest that the immature bra...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cilio MR,Sogawa Y,Cha BH,Liu X,Huang LT,Holmes GL

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:Generalized epilepsies are treatable with a number of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) that are effective in different seizure types and epilepsy syndromes. The mechanisms of action of these AEDs are incompletely understood but include inhibition of low-threshold calcium currents and of voltage-gated sodium channels and fac...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Berkovic SF

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The novel antiepileptic drug (AED) levetiracetam (LEV; Keppra) has a wide therapeutic index and pharmacokinetic characteristics predicting limited drug-interaction potential. It is indicated as an add-on treatment in patients with epilepsy, and thus coadministration with valproic acid (VPA) is likely. These stu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Coupez R,Nicolas JM,Browne TR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy Bereaved? is a charity that aims to inform, support, and empower partners, relatives, and friends of people affected by sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). It also works toward preventing mortality due to SUDEP through raising awareness and promoting research. The aim of Epilepsy Bereaved? is to enab...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hanna J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent systematic synthesis of qualitative research demonstrated that patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) often experience unsatisfactory encounters with health care practitioners (HCPs). It is important to understand such interactions from the perspective of those responsible for delivering care....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rawlings GH,Reuber M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Originally derived from a Wistar rat strain, a proportion of which displayed spontaneous absence-type seizures, Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) represent the most widely utilized animal model of genetic generalized epilepsy. Here we compare the seizure, behavioral, and brain morphometric...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Powell KL,Tang H,Ng C,Guillemain I,Dieuset G,Dezsi G,Çarçak N,Onat F,Martin B,O'Brien TJ,Depaulis A,Jones NC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the electrophysiological effects of high-frequency anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation using intracerebral mesial and lateral temporal depth electrodes in a patient with intractable focal epilepsy. Monopolar and bipolar stimulation delivered to the thalamic anterior nucleus using the programmable ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zumsteg D,Lozano AM,Wennberg RA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old man with long-standing localization-related epilepsy and mental retardation had seizures that were partially controlled with valproate (VPA) 500 mg four times daily. Routine examination showed severe thrombocytopenia with mild leukopenia and chronic low-grade hemolytic anemia. Pertinent laboratory result...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Asconapé JJ,Manning KR,Lancman ME

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on internal carotid artery (ICA) blood flow velocity, as an index of total cerebral blood flow (CBF). The subjects were 45 newly diagnosed children with febrile convulsion or epilepsy who were seizure-free for a period long enough not to affect the results. They had ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Futagi Y,Otani K,Imai K

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Major depression is a common psychiatric comorbidity in chronic epilepsy that is frequently unrecognized and untreated. A variety of self-report mood inventories are available, but their validity as well as ability to detect major depression in epilepsy remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to determ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jones JE,Hermann BP,Woodard JL,Barry JJ,Gilliam F,Kanner AM,Meador KJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current neurologic literature tends to equate the term "epilepsy" with "epileptic seizures" and regards the condition mainly as a symptom of several different neurologic disorders. This has led to the creation of a great variety of "epilepsies" and a proposal to establish an International Classification of Epileps...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rodin E

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00