A modified Atkins diet is effective for the treatment of intractable pediatric epilepsy.

abstract：:To try to identify the critical structures during epileptogenesis, we used the lithium-pilocarpine model that reproduces most clinical and neuropathological features of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We used imaging techniques as well as a disease modifying approach and pharmacological strategy. With [14C]-2-deoxygluco...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： André V,Dubé C,François J,Leroy C,Rigoulot MA,Roch C,Namer IJ,Nehlig A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effects of high-frequency electrical stimulation (HFS) in both ventral hippocampi, alone and combined with a subeffective dose of antiepileptic drugs, during the status epilepticus (SE) induced by lithium-pilocarpine (LP). METHODS:Male Wistar rats, stereotactically implanted in both ventral hip...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cuellar-Herrera M,Peña F,Alcantara-Gonzalez D,Neri-Bazan L,Rocha L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Most people in the world with epilepsy are untreated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). In some developing countries, this is because treatment facilities are unavailable or difficult to access. It has even been suggested that indigenous health systems threaten the prospect of the global control of epilepsy with ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pal DK,Das T,Sengupta S,Chaudhury G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine whether analysis of EEG envelope trend aids bedside detection of neonatal seizures. Five neonatal EEGs with multiple seizures were used to determine optimal trend parameters for seizure detection. Using these parameters, envelope trends were generated on eight additional EEGs, evaluated by experi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Abend NS,Dlugos D,Herman S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mean gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) level in lumbar CSF of 31 children with epilepsy was not significantly different from that of 41 age-matched controls. However, when the epileptic children were subdivided into untreated patients and patients treated with antiepileptic drugs, the medication-free subgroup had a s...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Löscher W,Siemes H

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of the superior colliculus (SC) in seizure expression is controversial and appears to be dependent upon the epilepsy model. This study shows the effect of disconnection between SC deep layers and adjacent tissues in the expression of acute and kindling seizures. METHODS:Subcollicular transections, abl...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Doretto MC,Cortes-de-Oliveira JA,Rossetti F,Garcia-Cairasco N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The course and outcome of epilepsy following central nervous system (CNS) infections has been poorly characterized. Likewise, the impact of antimicrobial treatment as well as other preventative and therapeutic interventions on the development of epilepsy following neurological infectious disorders has been insufficien...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Singh G,Prabhakar S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the role of 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in detecting biochemical abnormalities in neuronal migration disorders (NMDs). METHODS:We performed 1H-MRS studies on 17 brain NMD areas [five polymicrogyria, eight subcortical heterotopia, and four cortical dysplasia on magnetic resonance imaging ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Simone IL,Federico F,Tortorella C,De Blasi R,Bellomo R,Lucivero V,Carrara D,Bellacosa A,Livrea P,Carella A

更新日期：1999-07-01 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:Previous studies have established the importance of the insular cortex and temporal lobe in cardiovascular autonomic modulation. Some investigators, based on the results of cortical stimulation response, functional imaging, EEG recordings of seizures, and lesional studies, have suggested that cardiac sympatheti...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Britton JW,Ghearing GR,Benarroch EE,Cascino GD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of surgical strategies are available to deal with intractable epilepsy. These are resective operations, consisting of the removal of a focus or a discrete lesion, gross removal of malfunctioning brain, and functional operations consisting of division of the pathways of propagation or of an epileptic neuronal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Polkey CE,Binnie CD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pathogenic variants of KCNQ2, which encode a potassium channel subunit, cause either benign (familial) neonatal epilepsy-B(F)NE)-or KCNQ2 encephalopathy (KCNQ2 DEE). We examined the characteristics of KCNQ2 variants. METHODS:KCNQ2 pathogenic variants were collected from in-house data and two large disease da...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Goto A,Ishii A,Shibata M,Ihara Y,Cooper EC,Hirose S

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:The objectives of this study were to investigate the lifetime prevalence of epileptic seizures in a population with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and to characterize the seizures and the seizure-triggering factors. A letter was sent to all patients with known AIP in Sweden registered at the National Porphyria Cen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bylesjö I,Forsgren L,Lithner F,Boman K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid system has gained attention as an important modulator of activity in the central nervous system. Initial studies focused on cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1), which is widely expressed in the brain, but recent work also implicates cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) in modulating neuronal activity. Both recept...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rowley S,Sun X,Lima IV,Tavenier A,de Oliveira ACP,Dey SK,Danzer SC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyze the relationship between ictal electroencephalography (EEG) and ictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness of ictal SPECT as an independent presurgical evaluation technique. METHODS:Sixty-eight patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lee SK,Lee SH,Kim SK,Lee DS,Kim H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal epilepsy can be produced by a blood-brain barrier (BBB)-excluded systemic convulsant (penicillin, folic acid, etc.) in the presence of a focal BBB lesion. Bicuculline methiodide, a gamma-aminobutyric acid blocking epileptogen, crosses the normal BBB of rats poorly and produces no consistent abnormality behaviora...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Remler MP,Marcussen WH

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the seizure records of 13 patients (nine men and four women, ages 27-50 years) with intractable partial epilepsy, maintained with steady anti-epileptic drug dosages. Patients recorded daily seizure frequency on calendars. Periods of outpatient observation ranged from 99 to 1,710 days and the number of obse...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Balish M,Albert PS,Theodore WH

更新日期：1991-09-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Uncontrolled epilepsy remains a significant health concern and requires new approaches to therapy. N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blockade has been considered, but the adverse cognitive and behavioral effects of conventional NMDA-receptor antagonists have prevented the development of clinically useful com...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zhang DX,Williamson JM,Wu HQ,Schwarcz R,Bertram EH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus (SE) is a major neurological and medical emergency associated with a high morbidity and mortality. Retrospective and prospective studies from the Medical College of Virginia Epilepsy Research Center have been utilized to investigate several clinical and epidemiological factors associated with SE. Un...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： DeLorenzo RJ,Towne AR,Pellock JM,Ko D

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among children with epilepsy, to develop and evaluate a model to predict emergency department (ED) use, an indicator of poor disease control and/or poor access to care. METHODS:We used electronic health record data from 2013 to predict ED use in 2014 at 2 centers, benchmarking predictive performance against ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grinspan ZM,Patel AD,Hafeez B,Abramson EL,Kern LM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the sodium channel subunit gene SCN2A have been described in families with benign familial neonatal-infantile seizure (BFNIS). We describe two large families with BFNIS and novel SCN2A mutations. The families had 12 and 9 affected individuals, respectively, with phenotypes consistent with BFNIS. Two mutat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herlenius E,Heron SE,Grinton BE,Keay D,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sotos syndrome (SS) is an overgrowth syndrome characterized by typical facial appearance, learning disability, and macrocephaly as cardinal diagnostic features. Febrile (FS) and afebrile seizures are reported in 9-50% of cases. There is no evidence that patients with SS and FS later develop epilepsy, and no studies ha...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nicita F,Ruggieri M,Polizzi A,Mauceri L,Salpietro V,Briuglia S,Papetti L,Ursitti F,Grosso S,Tarani L,Segni M,Savasta S,Parisi P,Verrotti A,Spalice A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 305 children was done to evaluate the relationship between toxocariasis and seizures and risk factors associated with toxocariasis transmission and seizure onset. A significant association existed between seropositivity for anti-Toxocara canis and seizures (p less than 0.05); the correlation wa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Arpino C,Gattinara GC,Piergili D,Curatolo P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Traumatic brain injury has long been known to be a cause of epilepsy. Most information on risk factors for developing posttraumatic seizures is from before computed tomography (CT) scanning became universal. This article looks at factors about the injury or individual that put people at especially high risk of ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Temkin NR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present new information on the semiology and short-term evolution of seizures associated with primary brain tumors (PBTs) in a prospective study. METHODS:This study is a section of the PERNO study--Project of Emilia Romagna Region on Neuro-Oncology, the main aim of which is to collect prospectively all case...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Michelucci R,Pasini E,Meletti S,Fallica E,Rizzi R,Florindo I,Chiari A,Monetti C,Cremonini AM,Forlivesi S,Albani F,Baruzzi A,PERNO Study Group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) after focal status epilepticus has demonstrated focal alterations of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the epileptogenic zone. We hypothesized that localized dynamic alterations of brain diffusion during the immediate postictal state will be detectab...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hufnagel A,Weber J,Marks S,Ludwig T,De Greiff A,Leonhardt G,Widmann G,Stolke D,Forsting M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of spontaneous spindling in electrocorticograms from awake rodents are described. Comparisons are made between this spontaneous activity and epileptic activity generated in the sensorimotor cortex. ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hammond EJ,Villarreal HJ,Wilder BJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since it was originally described nearly 70 years ago, insular epilepsy has been increasingly recognized and may explain failures after apparently well-planned operations. We review the history of awareness of the phenomenon, techniques for its assessment, and its surgical management. Insular epilepsy can mimic featur...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Laoprasert P,Ojemann JG,Handler MH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00