The ketogenic diet in a pill: is this possible?

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the number of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is increasing, none displays neuroprotective or antiepileptogenic properties that could prevent status epilepticus (SE)-induced drug-resistant epilepsy. Ketogenic diet (KD) and calorie restriction (CR) are proposed as alternative treatments in epilepsy. Our goal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Linard B,Ferrandon A,Koning E,Nehlig A,Raffo E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining a prognosis for functional recovery after prolonged status epilepticus can be difficult. Prior case studies have shown that despite seizure control, functional outcomes are typically poor unless a reversible cause is identified. Herein we present a case of idiopathic status epilepticus with a surprisingly ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Standley K,Abdulmassih R,Benbadis S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of phenobarbital (PB) and phenytoin (PHT) was recommended for many years for treatment of epilepsy in humans. We tested the effectiveness of the combination in a model of hippocampal seizures termed maximal dentate activation (MDA). Two parameters of MDA were measured: duration and time to onset. Neith...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stringer JL,Higgins MG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep is a modulator of seizure activity, and many antiepileptic drugs are modulators of sleep. Can influences on sleep organization be involved in antiepileptic drug action, and can these partly account for differences in drug response of various epileptic syndromes? Much more exact data must be collected before thes...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wolf P,Röder-Wanner UU,Brede M

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep and epilepsy are interrelated. Understanding the relationship between epilepsy and sleep is important for optimizing management of the epilepsy patient in several ways. First, sleep modulates the expression of epileptic seizures and interictal epileptiform discharges. Second, epilepsy and its treatment influence...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Malow BA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify the short-term outcome of patients who had seizures while watching an animated cartoon TV program, "Pocket Monster," on December 16, 1997. METHODS:One and three years after the incident, questionnaires were sent to physicians of each patient about seizure recurrence, EEGs, and medication. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ishiguro Y,Takada H,Watanabe K,Okumura A,Aso K,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dravet syndrome (DS) or severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy is an intractable epileptic encephalopathy of early childhood that is caused by a mutation in the SCN1A gene in most patients. The aim of this study was to identify a syndrome-specific epileptic network underlying interictal epileptiform discharges (I...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Moehring J,von Spiczak S,Moeller F,Helbig I,Wolff S,Jansen O,Muhle H,Boor R,Stephani U,Siniatchkin M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infantile spasms begin in a very active phase of brain development. The new neuropathological techniques have shed light on changes in the fine structure of brain in children with infantile spasms. An understanding of the action of adrenocorticotropic hormone on the biochemistry and development of the brain provides, ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Riikonen R

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variants in the SCN2A gene, encoding the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV 1.2, cause a variety of neuropsychiatric syndromes with different severity ranging from self-limiting epilepsies with early onset to developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with early or late onset and intellectual disability (ID), as well as...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hedrich UBS,Lauxmann S,Lerche H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Controversy persists about when EEG became a fundamental tool in the preoperative investigation for epilepsy surgery. We revisit Penfield's first use of invasive EEG monitoring, emphasizing its historical importance for the evolution of epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Patients' hospital charts and articles published...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Almeida AN,Martinez V,Feindel W

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent reports define temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement (TLE-AE) as a distinct electroclinical syndrome comparable to TLE with hippocampal sclerosis. In this retrospective observational study, we present the largest consecutive series of patients with new-onset TLE-AE to date and describe clini...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Malter MP,Widman G,Galldiks N,Stoecker W,Helmstaedter C,Elger CE,Wagner J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 28,000 neuroscientists and 3,000 epileptologists gathered at their respective 2001 meetings of the Society for Neuroscience and the American Epilepsy Society. Yet only six articles, one directly and five indirectly, discussed the corpus callosum (CC). Is not this in itself a remarkable finding? Are there no ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wada JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Seizures are common in individuals with duplications of chromosome 15q11.2-q13 (Dup15q). The goal of this study was to examine the phenotypes and treatments of seizures in Dup15q in a large population. METHODS:A detailed electronic survey was conducted through the Dup15q Alliance containing comprehensive que...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Conant KD,Finucane B,Cleary N,Martin A,Muss C,Delany M,Murphy EK,Rabe O,Luchsinger K,Spence SJ,Schanen C,Devinsky O,Cook EH,LaSalle J,Reiter LT,Thibert RL

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：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：PURPOSE:To systematically review the methodology and use of neuropsychological tests in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in patients with epilepsy. METHODS:Trial reports were found by searching Medline 1966-1996 and searching through journals by hand. Inclusion and exclusion criteria w...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cochrane HC,Marson AG,Baker GA,Chadwick DW

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：PURPOSE:Although levetiracetam undergoes minimum metabolism, B-esterases have been identified in whole blood that are capable of metabolising levetiracetam. The present study was designed to ascertain any variability in levetiracetam blood concentrations that could be attributed to in situ metabolism and which could im...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Patsalos PN,Ghattaura S,Ratnaraj N,Sander JW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether atypical language dominance in epilepsy patients is related to localization and type of lesions. METHODS:Four hundred and forty-five epilepsy patients received bilateral Wada testing. Language was classified as left (L), right (R), bilateral-dependent (BD, speech arrest after left and ri...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Möddel G,Lineweaver T,Schuele SU,Reinholz J,Loddenkemper T

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：PURPOSE:To address genetic predisposition to febrile convulsions (FCs) and epilepsy as an etiologic background of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI). METHODS:Familial antecedents of epilepsy and FCs were analyzed in four groups of patients with SMEI (65 cases), FCs (57 cases), childhood absences (67 cases), a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Benlounis A,Nabbout R,Feingold J,Parmeggiani A,Guerrini R,Kaminska A,Dulac O

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homocysteine thiolactone (HTL) elicits seizures in mice at a dose of 850 mg/kg (95-100% of animals) with an average latency time of 19.5 min. These seizures are reversed by both 5' N-ethylcarboximide adenosine (NECA) and flunitrazepam, with respective ED50 doses of 0.025 and 0.20 mg/kg. NECA was approximately four-fol...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marangos PJ,Loftus T,Wiesner J,Lowe T,Rossi E,Browne CE,Gruber HE

更新日期：1990-05-01 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: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：:As new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) become available, physicians will define their appropriate use in particular patient populations. For women, the issues include gender-specific efficacy and tolerability, including the impact of the AED on reproductive health. Women with epilepsy who are treated with established AEDs ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Morrell MJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：PURPOSE:We aimed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying video-game epilepsy by comparing the flicker- and spatial-frequency ranges over which photic and pattern stimulation elicited photoparoxysmal responses in two different populations: (a) 25 patients with a history of seizures experienced while playing video games; ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fylan F,Harding GF,Edson AS,Webb RM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lesion-negative refractory partial epilepsy is a major challenge in the assessment of patients for potential surgery. Finding a potential epileptogenic lesion simplifies assessment and is associated with good outcome. Here we describe imaging features of subtle parahippocampal dysplasia in five cases that were ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pillay N,Fabinyi GC,Myles TS,Fitt GJ,Berkovic SF,Jackson GD

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of lamotrigine (LTG), a new antiepileptic drug (AED), were studied in healthy volunteers. In an open dose-escalating study, LTG 240 mg produced peak plasma concentrations of around 3 micrograms/mg with no significant adverse events. Subsequent pharmacokinetic studies revealed ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Peck AW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00