Subfield atrophy pattern in temporal lobe epilepsy with and without mesial sclerosis detected by high-resolution MRI at 4 Tesla: preliminary results.

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of acute and chronic vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). This is a validated model for absence epilepsy, characterized by frequent spontaneous absences concomitant with spike and wave discharges (SWD) on the E...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dedeurwaerdere S,Vonck K,Van Hese P,Wadman W,Boon P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients developed clinical and laboratory evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during treatment with valproate (VPA) preparations. The first patient, a 47-year-old man, had fever, malaise, and thrombocytopenia 1 month after VPA was added to phenytoin (PHT) and primidone (PRM). He developed high titers o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bleck TP,Smith MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Children with rolandic spikes may or may not have seizures, ranging from benign rolandic epilepsy to severe atypical rolandic epilepsy. We investigated whether ripples (80-250 Hz), superimposed on rolandic spikes in surface electroencephalography (EEG), can differentiate between different entities. METHODS:I...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： van Klink NE,van 't Klooster MA,Leijten FS,Jacobs J,Braun KP,Zijlmans M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To prospectively investigate the incidence of interictal psychoses of epilepsy patients, and make a comparison between those with interictal psychoses and patients with schizophrenia in respect to their responses to antipsychotic drugs, as well as psychotic states. METHODS:We undertook a two-part prospective i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tadokoro Y,Oshima T,Kanemoto K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Parry-Romberg syndrome is an unusual disorder frequently associated with epilepsy. The origin of this disease, and the cause of epilepsy, are unknown. This study is the first reported case of the Parry-Romberg syndrome, with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy, in which detailed microanatomic analyses have b...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： DeFelipe J,Segura T,Arellano JI,Merchán A,DeFelipe-Oroquieta J,Martín P,Maestú F,Ramón y Cajal S,Sánchez A,Sola RG

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Despite over 80 years of use, the ketogenic diet (KD) has never been tested in a blinded manner. Twenty children with intractable Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) were fasted 36 h and then randomized to receive the classic KD in conjunction with a solution containing either 60 g/day of glucose or saccharin. Parents and p...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Freeman JM,Vining EP,Kossoff EH,Pyzik PL,Ye X,Goodman SN

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier, a unique feature of the cerebral vasculature, is gaining attention as a feature in common neurologic disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. Although acute blood-brain barrier dysfunction can induce cerebral edema, seizures, or neuropsychiatric symptoms...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schoknecht K,Shalev H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epilepsy is characterized by transient alterations in brain synchronization resulting in seizures with a wide spectrum of manifestations. Seizure severity and risks for patients depend on the evolution and spread of the hypersynchronous discharges. With standard visual inspection and pattern classification, t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Donos C,Maliia MD,Dümpelmann M,Schulze-Bonhage A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism(s) for sudden death in epilepsy (SUDEP) remain(s) unknown, but seizure spread to brainstem areas serving autonomic and respiratory function is critical. In a rat model, we established a mechanism for SUDEP that involves seizure-induced laryngospasm and obstructive apnea lasting until respiratory arrest. ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Irizarry R,Sukato D,Kollmar R,Schild S,Silverman J,Sundaram K,Stephenson S,Stewart M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify risk and risk factors for developing a subsequent febrile seizure (FS) in children with a first febrile status epilepticus (FSE) compared to a first simple febrile seizure (SFS). To identify home use of rescue medications for subsequent FS. METHODS:Cases included a first FS that was FSE drawn fr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hesdorffer DC,Shinnar S,Lax DN,Pellock JM,Nordli DR Jr,Seinfeld S,Gallentine W,Frank LM,Lewis DV,Shinnar RC,Bello JA,Chan S,Epstein LG,Moshé SL,Liu B,Sun S,FEBSTAT study team.

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：PURPOSE:To describe the semiological features of auditory aura and to assess their possible lateralizing value in partial epilepsy. METHODS:Out of a series of 8,000 patients with epilepsy, we investigated 121 cases with partial seizures in whom auditory features were the first ictal symptom. According to the dominant ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Florindo I,Bisulli F,Pittau F,Naldi I,Striano P,Striano S,Michelucci R,Testoni S,Baruzzi A,Tinuper P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The standard practice of switching patients to carbamazepine (CBZ) involves initiating a low dose and raising it by small increments until the desired dose is reached, to avoid intolerable adverse effects (AE). In a pilot study, a protocol using single-dose kinetic studies was developed to switch patients to CB...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kanner AM,Bourgeois BF,Hasegawa H,Hutson P

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the significance of lateralization of ictal upper limb automatisms in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS:Ictal upper limb automatisms of 28 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were quantified. Duration of automatisms in relation to total seizure duration, movement speed, extent, l...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mirzadjanova Z,Peters AS,Rémi J,Bilgin C,Silva Cunha JP,Noachtar S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five outpatients with chronic epilepsy with complex partial seizures (CPS) alone or associated with secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures (SGTCS) were treated with carbamazepine (CBZ) monotherapy. All patients had only a unilateral scalp electroencephalographic (EEG) focus. Left- (n = 29) and right- (n =...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Defazio G,Lepore V,Specchio LM,Pisani F,Livrea P

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Magnetoencephalography (MEG)/magnetic source imaging (MSI) is a noninvasive functional neuroimaging procedure used to localize language-specific regions in the brain. The Wada test, or intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP), is the gold standard in determining speech/language lateralization for presurgical pl...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Doss RC,Zhang W,Risse GL,Dickens DL

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a review of phenotype-genotype correlation and the genetics of photosensitivity. The photoparoxysmal response in EEG (PPR) is still one of the best paradigms for exogenously triggered brain responses based on a genetic predisposition. The definition of the PPR phenotype requires multiple, precise methodolog...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stephani U,Tauer U,Koeleman B,Pinto D,Neubauer BA,Lindhout D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and the voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex are associated with distinct subtypes of limbic encephalitis regarding clinical presentation, response to therapy, and outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate white matter changes in these...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wagner J,Schoene-Bake JC,Witt JA,Helmstaedter C,Malter MP,Stoecker W,Probst C,Weber B,Elger CE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term seizure outcome and potential factors associated with seizure outcome in patients with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis. METHODS:In the setting of a prospective, single-center, longitudinal cohort study, 109 patients were evaluated with ongoing follow-up....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Liu X,Yan B,Wang R,Li C,Chen C,Zhou D,Hong Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a population pharmacokinetic model to evaluate the demographic and physiologic determinants of levetiracetam (LEV) pharmacokinetics (PK) and to suggest recommended doses of LEV in children. METHODS:LEV PK were investigated in a prospective open trial of LEV as adjunctive therapy using a population a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chhun S,Jullien V,Rey E,Dulac O,Chiron C,Pons G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In CSWS (continuous spike waves during sleep) activation of spike waves during slow wave sleep has been causally linked to neuropsychological deficits, but the pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unknown. In healthy subjects, the overnight decrease of the slope of slow waves in NREM (non-rapid eye movement)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bölsterli Heinzle BK,Fattinger S,Kurth S,Lebourgeois MK,Ringli M,Bast T,Critelli H,Schmitt B,Huber R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Animal models with spontaneous epileptic seizures may be useful in the discovery of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of carisbamate on spontaneous motor seizures in rats with kainate-induced epilepsy. METHODS:Repeated, low-dose (5 mg/kg), intraperito...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grabenstatter HL,Dudek FE

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden unexplained death syndrome (SUDS) accounts for about 10% of deaths in patients with epilepsy. It is associated with subtherapeutic postmortem serum antiepileptic drug (AED) levels but no anatomic cause of death on autopsy. The mechanisms of death are not known. We investigated 44 cases of SUDS for details of se...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Earnest MP,Thomas GE,Eden RA,Hossack KF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies from several countries have reported that fewer people with epilepsy marry, but the reasons for this are not clear. In the present investigation, 178 adults with epilepsy were divided into married, separated/divorced, and never married groups. The never married group was subdivided into persons living in depen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Batzel LW,Dodrill CB

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Previous studies examining seizures in patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) have focused primarily on children and adolescents. In this study we investigated the prevalence and characteristics of seizures and epilepsy in an adult 22q11.2DS population. METHODS:The medical records of 202 adult p...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wither RG,Borlot F,MacDonald A,Butcher NJ,Chow EWC,Bassett AS,Andrade DM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Five to 20% of patients discontinue antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy because of adverse reactions. Careful reintroduction, however, may be considered if true drug allergy can be ruled out. Definitive assessment of such immunologically mediated reactions requires demonstration of either specific antibodies or se...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Troost RJ,Van Parys JA,Hooijkaas H,van Joost T,Benner R,Prens EP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the cerebral electroencephalography (EEG) substrates of scalp EEG seizure patterns, such as source area and synchrony, and in so doing assess the limitations of scalp seizure recording in the localization of seizure onset zones in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:We recorded simultane...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tao JX,Baldwin M,Ray A,Hawes-Ebersole S,Ebersole JS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00