Magnetoencephalographic correlates of different types of aura in temporal lobe epilepsy.

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible frontal cognitive dysfunction in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and to compare the results with those of patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), as well as with controls. METHODS:A total of 50 pati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Piazzini A,Turner K,Vignoli A,Canger R,Canevini MP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that bicuculline-induced seizures of 1-2 h in duration lead to structural, metabolic, and circulatory alterations in the rat brain. Such alterations were observed even though cerebral oxygenation seemed adequate. In the present study, we explored whether pentylenetetrazole, a convuls...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ingvar M,Söderfeldt B,Folbergrová J,Kalimo H,Olsson Y,Siesjö BK

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the diagnostic accuracy of electroencephalography (EEG) criteria for nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), external validation of the recently proposed Salzburg criteria is paramount. We performed an external, retrospective, diagnostic accuracy study of the Salzburg criteria, using EEG recordings from pa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Goselink RJM,van Dillen JJ,Aerts M,Arends J,van Asch C,van der Linden I,Pasman J,Saris CGJ,Zwarts M,van Alfen N

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the clinical significance of bisynchronous spike-wave complexes which appear in EEGs of some patients with focal spikes in one or both temporal lobes. Few features distinguished patients with bisynchronous spike-waves from those with only focal temporal spikes: a higher incidence of patients with more than...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sadler RM,Blume WT

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All inpatients aged greater than 55 years with dementia in the Dundee Psychiatric Service were surveyed for seizure occurrence by interviewing staff and reviewing records. Of 208 patients, 19 (9.1%) were recorded as having seizures. The seizures were major in 92% and occurred at a rate of approximately 2.3 seizures pe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： McAreavey MJ,Ballinger BR,Fenton GW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the last decade several studies have been published on incidence, etiology, and prognosis of status epilepticus (SE) with population-based data from the United States and Europe. The aim of this review is to summarize the available information on the epidemiology of SE and to outline the sources of the var...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Logroscino G,Hesdorffer DC,Cascino G,Hauser WA,Coeytaux A,Galobardes B,Morabia A,Jallon P

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To define the association between late-onset epilepsy (LOE) and 25-year change in cognitive performance. METHODS:The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study is a multicenter longitudinal cohort study with participants from four U.S. communities. From linked Medicare claims, we identified cases of LO...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Johnson EL,Krauss GL,Walker KA,Brandt J,Kucharska-Newton A,Mosley TH Jr,Yasar S,Gottesman RF

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of generic products of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) has been increasing in recent years. In view of the importance of the issue, the Italian League against Epilepsy (LICE) set up an ad hoc working group whose task was to assess available evidence on the efficacy and safety of generic AEDs in the treatme...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Perucca E,Albani F,Capovilla G,Bernardina BD,Michelucci R,Zaccara G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parenteral magnesium sulfate has been used to control acute convulsions of diverse etiologies and is currently a mainstay in controlling eclamptic convulsions. However, the site of this anticonvulsant action has remained controversial and not well studied in experimental epileptic models. Therefore we determined the e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Borges LF,Gücer G

更新日期：1978-02-01 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：:Astrocyte and microglial activation occurs following seizures and plays a role in epileptogenesis. However, the precise temporal and spatial response to seizures has not been fully examined. The pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy was selected to examine glial changes following seizures because morphological c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shapiro LA,Wang L,Ribak CE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether psychiatric comorbidity is a predictor of long-term seizure outcome following temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. METHODS:A sample of 434 adult patients who received temporal lobe resection to treat epilepsy between 1991 and 2009 and were psychiatrically assessed before surgery were followed f...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Koch-Stoecker SC,Bien CG,Schulz R,May TW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which animals develop tolerance to the antiepileptic effects of the carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor, acetazolamide, was explored using a quantitative immunocytochemical method. Cerebral cortex sections of DBA/2J mice susceptible to audiogenic seizures and of C57BL/6J nonsusceptible mice were stained...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Banks DA,Anderson RE,Woodbury DM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) is not generally difficult if one follows the clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) definitions of each subsyndrome that constitutes IGEs. In contrast, symptomatic epilepsies develop based on organic brain lesions and are easily diagnosed by the presence of d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Oguni H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Guidelines recommend that encephalopathic critically ill children undergo continuous electroencephalographic (CEEG) monitoring for electrographic seizure (ES) identification and management. However, limited data exist on antiseizure medication (ASM) safety for ES treatment in critically ill children. METHODS...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fung FW,Jacobwitz M,Vala L,Parikh D,Donnelly M,Xiao R,Topjian AA,Abend NS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Management of seizures in learning disabled people is challenging. This prospective study explored the efficacy and tolerability of adjunctive topiramate (TPM) in patients with learning disability and refractory epilepsy attending a single centre. METHODS:Sixty-four patients (36 men, 28 women, aged 16-65 years...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kelly K,Stephen LJ,Sills GJ,Brodie MJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of surgery for seizure focus resection depends on postoperative reduction or disappearance in number of seizures, improvement in psychosocial functioning, and low morbidity and mortality. Permanent neurologic sequelae are most often not discussed in this context. Deficits more than a superior quadrantanops...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Helgason CM,Bergen D,Bleck TP,Morrell F,Whisler W

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Univerricht-Lundborg disease (ULD), with its major symptom of action myoclonus, is supposed to be very rare in the Netherlands and western Europe. We hypothesized that the syndrome may be underdiagnosed in patients with myoclonus epilepsy. METHODS:Mutation analysis of the cystatin B gene was performed in 21 ca...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： de Haan GJ,Halley DJ,Doelman JC,Geesink HH,Augustijn PB,Jager-Jongkind AD,Majoie M,Bader AJ,Leliefeld-Ten Doeschate LA,Deelen WH,Bertram E,Lehesjoki AE,Lindhout D

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the inhibitory effect of anticonvulsants (AEDs) on carnitine transport by the human placental carnitine transporter. METHODS:Uptake of radiolabeled carnitine by human placental brush-border membrane vesicles was measured in the absence and presence of tiagabine (TGB), vigabatrin (VGB), gabapentin (G...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wu SP,Shyu MK,Liou HH,Gau CS,Lin CJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Schizophrenia and epilepsy may share a mutual susceptibility. This study examined the bidirectional relation between the two disorders. METHODS:We used claims data obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database to conduct retrospective cohort analyses. Analysis 1 compared 5,195 patients with incid...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chang YT,Chen PC,Tsai IJ,Sung FC,Chin ZN,Kuo HT,Tsai CH,Chou IC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tiagabine (TGB) is a recently approved antiepileptic drug (AED) that inhibits y-aminobutyric acid (GABA) reuptake into neurons and glia, a mechanism of action that is specific and unique among the AEDs. TGB is potent and has linear and predictable pharmacokinetics. It has no clinically relevant effects on hepatic meta...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schachter SC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model was used to study the effects of phenytoin on immune function. Inbred NFS mice, injected with phenytoin, 10-40 mg/kg, and immunized with bovine serum albumin (BSA), demonstrated a dose-dependent decrease in production of IgG antibodies to BSA. Phenytoin at the dosages used in this study did not appear ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Margaretten NC,Warren RP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DBA/2J (DBA) mice are susceptible to audiogenic seizures (AGSs) in an age-dependent manner, susceptibility being maximal at 21 days and absent at 110 days of age. Previous studies have demonstrated that there is a decrease in anion transport and an increase in carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity in brain from DBA mice as...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Engstrom FL,Kemp JW,Chow SY,Woodbury DM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Initial identification of new investigational drugs for the treatment of epilepsy is commonly conducted in well-established mouse acute and chronic seizure models: for example, maximal electroshock (MES), 6 Hz, and corneal kindling. Comparison of the median effective dose (ED50) of approved antiseizure drugs ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Koneval Z,Knox KM,Memon A,Zierath DK,White HS,Barker-Haliski M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of phenytoin (PHT) on the spontaneous activity of cerebellar Purkinje cells and the drug serum levels have been examined following both intravenous and intraperitoneal administration in rats. Purkinje cell activity was assessed by on-line computer analysis of interspike interval distributions. PHT levels w...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Latham A,Paul DH

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We set out to review the extent to which molecular karyotyping has overtaken conventional cytogenetics in applications related to epilepsy. Multiplex ligase-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) targeted to predetermined regions such as SCN1A and KCNQ2 has been effectively applied over the last half a decade, and oligo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mulley JC,Mefford HC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 45 patients suffering from secondary generalized epilepsy, we have recorded 239 drop seizures both by radio-telemetered EEG/split-screen video taping and polygraphically. Twenty of these patients had pure tonic drop seizures. Nine patients each had myoclonic-atonic or pure atonic seizures, whereas seven had slow fa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Egli M,Mothersill I,O'Kane M,O'Kane F

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological evaluation differs from other methods used to localize cerebral lesions in that it analyzes cognitive function. Tests sample widely among cognitive abilities, contrasting language proficiency with visuospatial skills. A thorough assessment of memory is crucial in the investigation because of the pro...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jones-Gotman M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interictal EEG provides information that aids in diagnosis and management of epilepsy. One must remember that the EEG is merely a tool, and its usefulness depends largely upon the skill of the individual who wields it. Like all diagnostic tests, it has significant limitations and cannot substitute for a careful hi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pillai J,Sperling MR

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00