The BOLD effect of interictal spike activity in childhood occipital lobe epilepsy.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether seizure frequency and cycle days with seizure occurrence vary across the menstrual cycle. The subjects were the first 100 women with intractable focal onset seizures, 13-45 years old, who completed the baseline phase of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Progeste...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herzog AG,Fowler KM,Sperling MR,Massaro JM,Progesterone Trial Study Group.

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male and female sexuality and reproductive functions are complex systems with cortical, limbic system, hypothalamic, pituitary, and end organ interactions. Sexual steroids are produced in the sexual glands, the adrenals, and the brain. They undergo interconversion in the brain, bind to different brain areas, and have ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Penovich PE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of epilepsy (KAPE) among the public play a major role in determining the extent to which people with epilepsy can be integrated into their society. KAPE SURVEYS IN ASIA:Surveys conducted among Chinese in China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong demonstrated simila...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lim SH,Pan A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the semiologic features of aggressive behaviors observed in human epileptic seizures with particular reference to the act of biting a conspecific. METHODS:We analyzed the biting behavior (BB) and other aggressive gestures occurring in a group of 11 patients retrospectively selected from >1,000 pati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tassinari CA,Tassi L,Calandra-Buonaura G,Stanzani-Maserati M,Fini N,Pizza F,Sartori I,Michelucci R,Lo Russo G,Meletti S

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both early life inflammation and prolonged febrile seizures have been associated with increased excitation in the adult brain. We hypothesized this may be due in part to changes in the cation-chloride cotransporter system. Rat pups received saline or lipopolysaccharide/kainic acid (LPS/KA) resulting in inflammation, f...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Reid AY,Riazi K,Campbell Teskey G,Pittman QJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical features of seizures occurring in a neurofibromatosis clinic population were examined in a retrospective study. Twenty-two individuals in a population of 359 persons with neurofibromatos 1 (NF1) had had one or more seizures. Age at first seizure ranged from 4 days to > 20 years. Patients were classified into ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Korf BR,Carrazana E,Holmes GL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To estimate magnetoencephalography (MEG) correlates of different types of aura in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:MEG study was performed on 57 patients (26 male and 31 female) with TLE, whose ages ranged from 14-46 years (mean 27 years). Interictal magnetoencephalograms showing discharges were analyzed,...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fukao K,Inoue Y,Yagi K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined EEG findings from an ongoing study of 347 children with a first unprovoked seizure. EEGs were available in 321 (93%), and 135 (42%) had an abnormal EEG. EEG abnormalities included focal spikes (n = 77), generalized spike and wave discharges (n = 28), slowing (n = 43), and nonspecific abnormalities (n = 7)....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shinnar S,Kang H,Berg AT,Goldensohn ES,Hauser WA,Moshé SL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Eyelid myoclonic jerks have been described in fixation-off-sensitive (FOS) epilepsy, but their relationship to nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) or to catamenial exacerbations is little reported. METHODS:We describe a woman of normal intelligence with catamenial periods of prolonged NCSE who exhibited va...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ming X,Kaplan PW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight patients with temporal lobe type seizures were precisely matched for age, sex, and Wechsler I.Q. levels with patients suffering from other seizure types. Statistically significant differences were established between the groups in regard to treatment response, etiologies, and behavioral variables. Furthe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rodin EA,Katz M,Lennox K

更新日期：1976-09-01 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：:Ketogenic diets (KDs) are effective treatments for epilepsy. The mechanisms of action are poorly understood. In some experimental seizure models, calorie restriction and hypoglycemia may augment the antiseizure effects of KDs. In addition, inhibiting glycolysis or diverting glucose from the glycolytic pathway inhibits...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Yamada KA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual behavior is frequently impaired at onset of West syndrome (WS). We studied the neuropsychological outcome of eight children who had cryptogenic WS and moderate to severe visual impairment at the onset of epilepsy. At the last examination, a regional cerebral blood flow study using SPECT (single photon emission ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jambaqué I,Chiron C,Dulac O,Raynaud C,Syrota P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults. TLE has a high chance of becoming medically refractory, and as such, is frequently considered for further evaluation and surgical intervention. Up to 30% of TLE cases, however, can have normal ("nonlesional" or negative) magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Muhlhofer W,Tan YL,Mueller SG,Knowlton R

更新日期：2017-05-01 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:The adenosinergic system is known to exert an inhibitory affect in the brain, and as such adenosine has been considered an endogenous anticonvulsant. Entorhinal cortex (EC) layer II neurons, which serve as the primary input to the hippocampus, are spared in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and become hyperexcitable...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hargus NJ,Jennings C,Perez-Reyes E,Bertram EH,Patel MK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in elderly individuals with epilepsy. METHODS:We searched four electronic databases as well as bibliographies and conference abstracts. Published and unpublished, randomized, or quasirandomized trials reporting the use of AEDs in people ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lezaic N,Gore G,Josephson CB,Wiebe S,Jetté N,Keezer MR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac changes may occasionally occur during vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) used in epileptic patients. As they can be potentially life-threatening, it is important to detect them, and this is why an intraoperative test is performed during the implantation. Few cases of asystole during this test have been described. O...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Iriarte J,Urrestarazu E,Alegre M,Macías A,Gómez A,Amaro P,Artieda J,Viteri C

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:West syndrome consists of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and developmental arrest. Most patients remain mentally retarded and many develop Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Using homozygosity mapping followed by exome sequencing we identified an ST3GAL3 mutation in three infants with West syndrome. ST3GAL3 encodes a sialylt...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Edvardson S,Baumann AM,Mühlenhoff M,Stephan O,Kuss AW,Shaag A,He L,Zenvirt S,Tanzi R,Gerardy-Schahn R,Elpeleg O

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Drug-resistant epilepsy poses a challenge in neonatal patients, especially those in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), who have various secondary comorbidities. We present results of four children with a history of drug-resistant epilepsy for whom a ketogenic diet was initiated and used in the NICU. A nonfasting...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Thompson L,Fecske E,Salim M,Hall A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate brain electrical activity in Q54 mice that display spontaneous seizures because of a gain-of-function mutation of the Scn2a sodium channel gene, and to evaluate the efficacy of low frequency deep brain stimulation (DBS) for seizure frequency reduction. METHODS:Electroencephalography (EEG), elect...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kile KB,Tian N,Durand DM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ablation surgery has become the first line of treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs). For effective treatment, optimum targeting of ablation is mandatory. The present study aimed to evaluate the correspondence between the electrophysiological features of HHs and morphological targeting by semimicrorecord...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shirozu H,Masuda H,Kameyama S

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Prolonged seizures of status epilepticus (SE) result from failure of mechanisms of seizure termination or activation of mechanisms that sustain seizures. Reduced γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor-mediated synaptic transmission contributes to impairment of seizure termination. However, mechanisms that sustain prolong...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Joshi S,Kapur J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with epilepsy often grow into adults with significant social problems including decreased employment, marriage, social relationships, and independent living arrangements. These problems are noted in population-based longitudinal and cross-sectional studies from many countries. Learning disorder and mental han...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Camfield CS,Camfield PR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) needs immediate management. Despite guidelines, adherence to management protocols is often poor, this contributing to poor outcome. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a management protocol in GCSE. METHODS:This is a prospective population-based study of cons...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Aranda A,Foucart G,Ducassé JL,Grolleau S,McGonigal A,Valton L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We analyzed sequential changes in the localization of EEG foci along with age to identify a specific EEG pattern, and the relation between the clinical manifestations and the EEG pattern in patients with Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS). METHODS:The subjects were 76 children, who had been followed up >2 years wit...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ohtsu M,Oguni H,Hayashi K,Funatsuka M,Imai K,Osawa M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the neuropsychological status of an epileptic patient presenting with epileptic activity triggered by eye closure in a 14-year follow-up period. METHODS:The patient was studied at 12 and 26 years of age; during this period he underwent periodical clinical evaluations and EEG investigations; brain magn...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Termine C,Rubboli G,Veggiotti P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Seizures develop in 80% of patients with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, and these represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Anti-NMDAR antibodies have been linked to memory loss in encephalitis; however, their role in seizures has not been established. We determined whether...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taraschenko O,Fox HS,Pittock SJ,Zekeridou A,Gafurova M,Eldridge E,Liu J,Dravid SM,Dingledine R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00