Lack of alpha 1b-adrenergic receptor protects against epileptic seizures.

abstract：:The anticonvulsant effect of the dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, nimodipine (NMD) was evaluated against electroshock-induced seizures in mice. At 1 h postdosing, NMD elicited a dose-dependent reduction in the occurrence of tonic hindlimb extension (THE) after maximal electroshock (MES). The calculated ED50 fo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sills GJ,Carswell A,Brodie MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the electroclinical manifestation of epileptic seizures and the evolution of epilepsy in patients with peroxisomal diseases. METHODS:Retrospective review of the medical records and EEGs of 14 patients with peroxisomal diseases: seven with Zellweger syndrome (ZS), two with neonatal adrenoleukodystrop...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Takahashi Y,Suzuki Y,Kumazaki K,Tanabe Y,Akaboshi S,Miura K,Shimozawa N,Kondo N,Nishiguchi T,Terada K,Orii T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monotherapy is the policy for management of patients with epilepsy. With increasing knowledge of the biology of epilepsy and of the modes of action of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), this concept must be reevaluated. When monotherapy fails to control seizures, subsequent treatment should be based on "rational pharmacology...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Bittencourt PR,Mazer S,Marcourakis T,Bigarella MM,Ferreira ZS,Mumford JP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine which variables available early in the course of childhood epilepsy are associated with a poor short-term outcome and to develop models to predict such an outcome. METHODS:We prospectively followed up 466 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy for 2 years. Variables were collected at intake and afte...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Arts WF,Geerts AT,Brouwer OF,Boudewyn Peters AC,Stroink H,van Donselaar CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is a medical emergency, with significant morbidity and mortality. The use and effectiveness of clobazam, a unique 1,5-benzodiazepine, in the management of RSE has not been reported before. Over the last 24 months, we identified 17 patients with RSE who were treated with clobazam in ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sivakumar S,Ibrahim M,Parker D Jr,Norris G,Shah A,Mohamed W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate effects of vigabatrin (VGB) by using [123I]iomazenil single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) to estimate central gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA(A))/benzodiazepine receptors (BZRs), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to assess tissue GABA levels. METHODS:Six patients with partial se...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Verhoeff NP,Petroff OA,Hyder F,Zoghbi SS,Fujita M,Rajeevan N,Rothman DL,Seibyl JP,Mattson RH,Innis RB

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous, generalized 2.5 to 3.5-Hz spike-wave (SW) discharges were evident in an EEG performed 13 h after a first seizure associated with a viral illness, in an 8-year-old girl. On eye opening, the EEG abnormality was suppressed and replaced by delta activity and brief spike-wave paroxysms. No alteration in conscio...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gökyiğit A,Calişkan A

更新日期：1995-02-01 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：: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：:A double-blind, randomized, cross-over study of additional vigabatrin (gamma-vinyl-GABA, VGB, 1.0 g twice daily for 6 weeks, followed by 1.5 g twice daily for 6 weeks) and matched placebo was undertaken in 24 patients with refractory epilepsy. Nineteen completed the trial satisfactorily. Fewer seizure days were report...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McKee PJ,Blacklaw J,Friel E,Thompson GG,Gillham RA,Brodie MJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The interictal and ictal EEG activity in the basal ganglia in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were studied during invasive EEG monitoring. METHODS:Eight epilepsy surgery candidates, each with a proven mesiotemporal seizure-onset zone, participated in the study. We used two invasive EEG methods to determin...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rektor I,Kuba R,Brázdil M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if seizure frequency differs between anovulatory and ovulatory cycles. METHODS:The data came from the 3-month baseline phase of an investigation of progesterone therapy for intractable focal onset seizures. Of 462 women who enrolled, 281 completed the 3-month baseline phase and 92 had both anovula...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herzog AG,Fowler KM,Sperling MR,Liporace JD,Kalayjian LA,Heck CN,Krauss GL,Dworetzky BA,Pennell PB,Progesterone Trial Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with malformations of cortical development represent a significant proportion of pediatric epilepsy surgery candidates. From a cohort of 40 children operated on between 1980 and 1992 with malformation of cortical development, 38 were alive and had data 10 years after surgery. Age at surgery ranged from 6 mont...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hamiwka L,Jayakar P,Resnick T,Morrison G,Ragheb J,Dean P,Dunoyer C,Duchowny M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circling seizures (CS) have been described in association with focal lesions as well as with generalized EEG discharges. We report 1 patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) who developed CS. There were no focal findings on clinical examination, EEG, or imaging studies. We propose that CS in this patient may rep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lancman ME,Asconapé JJ,Golimstok A

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：:A 28-year-old man with regularly occurring clusters of complex partial seizures was studied over a total of 224 days. His seizure periods lasted 2-4 days and occurred at intervals of 5-6 weeks. Several parameters were studied. The most striking finding was an increase in the serum concentration of thyroxine prior to a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taubøll E,Stokke KT,Gjerstad L,Løyning Y,Johannessen SI

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of automated detection of cortical-onset epileptic seizures from subcortical structures such as the thalamus was investigated via simultaneous recording of electroencephalography (EEG) and anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei electrical signals (electrothalamography) in nine subjects with pharmaco...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Osorio I,Frei MG,Lozano AM,Wennberg R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of seizures on the hypocretin/orexin system have not yet been investigated in epileptic patients. The present study aimed to assay hypocretin-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients after generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizures. Study groups consisted of 21 patients after GTC seizures and 19 control...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rejdak K,Papuć E,Grieb P,Stelmasiak Z

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate possible predictive factors for seizure control in a group of children and adults with low IQs (IQ, < or =70) who underwent resective surgery for intractable focal epilepsy and to study outcome with respect to seizures and neuropsychological functioning. We also studied psychosocial outcome in th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bjørnaes H,Stabell KE,Heminghyt E,Røste GK,Bakke SJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg-LITT) is an alternative to open epilepsy surgery. We assess safety and effectiveness of MRg-LITT for extratemporal lobe epilepsy (ETLE) in patients who are considered less favorable for open resection. METHODS:We retrospectively ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gupta K,Cabaniss B,Kheder A,Gedela S,Koch P,Hewitt KC,Alwaki A,Rich C,Ramesha S,Hu R,Drane DL,Gross RE,Willie JT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM) is caused by mutations in the genes encoding for one of the five subunits that constitute the eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF2B), and is characterized by a highly suggestive MRI pattern indicating vanishing of the cerebral white matter. Seizures are well known...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jansen AC,Andermann E,Niel F,Creveaux I,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Andermann F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Developmental delay and cognitive impairment are common comorbidities in people with epilepsy associated with malformations of cortical development (MCDs). We studied cognition and behavior in an animal model of diffuse cortical dysplasia (CD), in utero irradiation, using a battery of behavioral tests for neuro...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zhou FW,Rani A,Martinez-Diaz H,Foster TC,Roper SN

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) as an anticonvulsant is controversial. Status epilepticus was induced in 0.5% halothane-anesthetized Wistar rats with a threshold (90 mg/kg) or suprathreshold (200 mg/kg) dose of intravenous (i.v.) pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) under stereotactic hippocampal depth electrode monitoring. F...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Link MJ,Anderson RE,Meyer FB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Voltage-gated potassium channels of the KCNQ (Kv7) family are targeted by a variety of activator compounds with therapeutic potential for treatment of epilepsy. Exploration of this drug class has revealed a variety of effective compounds with diverse mechanisms. In this study, we aimed to clarify functional c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kanyo R,Wang CK,Locskai LF,Li J,Allison WT,Kurata HT

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:The use of rescue benzodiazepines in the management of seizures is widely accepted in emergency pediatric practice. They can, however, cause severe side effects, such as respiratory depression. We describe five patients who presented with severe respiratory depression following benzodiazepine administration for seizur...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lacroix L,Fluss J,Gervaix A,Korff CM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of long-term pregabalin as add-on therapy for patients with poorly controlled partial seizures. METHODS:Analysis of data from six long-term clinical trials involving 2,061 patients receiving open-label pregabalin 75-600 mg/day adjunctive therapy for partial on...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Uthman BM,Bazil CW,Beydoun A,Schulze-Bonhage A,Benabou R,Whalen E,Emir B,Griesing T,Leon T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients with medically intractable epilepsy due to brain tumors may undergo resective surgery for treatment of both the tumor and the epilepsy. In this instance, the extent of surgical resection is sometimes guided by spikes recorded on intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG). Whether spikes recorded by ele...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tran TA,Spencer SS,Javidan M,Pacia S,Marks D,Spencer DD

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative efficacies of phenobarbital (PB), phenytoin (PHT), carbamazepine (CBZ), and valproic acid (VPA) in the suppression of focal and generalized seizures produced by electrical stimulation of two different cortical sites (areas 3 and 10) were evaluated in the rat. The two cortical sites were distinguished by s...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Moss KA,Kalichman MW,Iragui VJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures, epilepsy, and alcohol are complexly interrelated. Although it is commonly perceived that patients with epilepsy experience problems with seizure control if they use alcohol, this is not confirmed by the few experimental studies that have tested the hypothesis. The last 30 years have emphasized the role of wi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hauser WA,Ng SK,Brust JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00