Neocortical posttraumatic epileptogenesis.

abstract：:The effects of carbamazepine (CBZ) monotherapy on serum sex hormone levels and on pituitary responsiveness to various stimuli were evaluated in a prospective study with 21 male patients with epilepsy. The serum levels of testosterone (T), free testosterone (FT), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), estradiol (E2), lut...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Isojärvi JI,Pakarinen AJ,Myllylä VV

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether methsuximide (MSM) affects lamotrigine (LTG) blood levels and whether any change is of clinical significance. METHODS:LTG serum levels in 16 patients taking MSM were compared with those before starting or after stopping the MSM. The 16 patients, (11 boys, five girls) were young people (mea...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Besag FM,Berry DJ,Pool F

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glutamate-gated N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are instrumental to brain development and functioning. Defects in the GRIN2A gene, encoding the GluN2A subunit of NMDARs, cause slow-wave sleep (SWS)-related disorders of the epilepsy-aphasia spectrum (EAS). The as-yet poorly understood developmental seq...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Salmi M,Del Gallo F,Minlebaev M,Zakharov A,Pauly V,Perron P,Pons-Bennaceur A,Corby-Pellegrino S,Aniksztejn L,Lenck-Santini PP,Epsztein J,Khazipov R,Burnashev N,Bertini G,Szepetowski P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients with gliomas frequently present with seizures, but the factors associated with seizure development are still poorly understood. In this study, we assessed peritumoral synaptic network activity in a glioma animal model and tested the contribution of aberrant glutamate release from gliomas on glioma-asso...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Campbell SL,Buckingham SC,Sontheimer H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the prevalence of epilepsy and seizures in the Navajo. METHODS:We studied 226,496 Navajo residing in the Navajo Reservation who had at least one medical encounter between October 1, 1998 and September 30, 2002. We ascertained and confirmed cases in two phases. First, we identified patients with In...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Parko K,Thurman DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nuclear receptors and cytochrome P450 (CYP) regulate hepatic metabolism of several drugs. Nuclear receptors are expressed at the neurovascular unit of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. We studied whether glucocorticoid receptor (GR) silencing or inhibition in human epileptic brain endothelial cells (EPI-...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ghosh C,Hossain M,Mishra S,Khan S,Gonzalez-Martinez J,Marchi N,Janigro D,Bingaman W,Najm I

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant synapse formation has been implicated in development and propagation of epileptic potential. Litzinger et al. (1993a) showed that omega-GVIA conotoxin may be used as a marker for synapse formation in nonepileptic mice. We conducted omega-GVIA binding in synaptosomal preparations from epileptic DBA/2J mice at ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Esplin MS,Abbott JR,Smart ML,Burroughs AF,Frandsen TC,Litzinger MJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 605 patients seen since 1973, 336 patients have been treated with sodium valproate (VPA) alone or in combination with drugs other than carbamazepine (CBZ). Of these 336, 240 have been on monotherapy, of whom 200 are seizure-free. Follow up has been longer than 3 years in 78%. Complete control of seizures has be...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Covanis A,Gupta AK,Jeavons PM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a common respiratory pathogen, has been implicated as an etiology of encephalitis, but there are few reports about it and postencephalitic epilepsy. This study aimed to investigate clinical factors, electroencephalography, and neuroradiologic features of M. pneumoniae-related encephalitis...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lin JJ,Hsia SH,Wu CT,Wang HS,Lin KL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from febrile children subdivided according to the presence or absence of convulsions. Lumbar puncture was made either early (mean time 2 h) or late...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Giroud M,Dumas R,Dauvergne M,D'Athis P,Rochette L,Beley A,Bralet J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute effects of valproate (200 and 400 mg/kg), ethosuximide (200 and 400 mg/kg), phenytoin (25 and 50 mg/kg), and pentobarbital (30 and 60 mg/kg) on cerebral energy metabolism of rats were studied by measuring the cerebral content of energy metabolites and by evaluating the rate of metabolite utilization followin...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gueldry S,Rochette L,Bralet J

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate identification of cortical malformations in children with epilepsy can be crucial for successful clinical management. Although standard head-coil magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1.5 tesla (T) can be used to view the macrostructure of the brain, phased array technology at both 1.5 and 3T significantly impr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grant PE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study cortical excitability after status epilepticus induced in two age groups of immature rats. METHODS:Lithium-pilocarpine status epilepticus was elicited in 12- (SE12) or 25-day-old (SE25) rats. Control siblings received saline instead of pilocarpine. Interhemispheric responses were elicited by stimulati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mares P,Tsenov G,Aleksakhina K,Druga R,Kubová H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine antioxidative system in hippocampi of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy associated with hippocampal sclerosis (mTLE-HS). METHODS:Activity and levels of antioxidative enzymes-catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ristić AJ,Savić D,Sokić D,Bogdanović Pristov J,Nestorov J,Baščarević V,Raičević S,Savić S,Spasojević I

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is the most common pathologic finding in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). In many patients, HS is accompanied by an extrahippocampal lesion (EHL). We sought to assess the lobar distribution and side of EHLs in relation to HS in a large consecutive series of patients presentin...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hofman PA,Fitt G,Mitchell LA,Jackson GD

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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:Intracerebral vascular malformations including cavernous angiomas (CAs) and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are an important cause of chronic pharmacoresistant epilepsies. Little is known about the pathogenetic basis of epilepsy in patients with vascular malformations. Intracerebral deposits of iron-containi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Raabe A,Schmitz AK,Pernhorst K,Grote A,von der Brelie C,Urbach H,Friedman A,Becker AJ,Elger CE,Niehusmann P

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：: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：:Epilepsy was defined conceptually in 2005 as a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures. This definition is usually practically applied as having two unprovoked seizures >24 h apart. The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) accepted recommendations of a t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fisher RS,Acevedo C,Arzimanoglou A,Bogacz A,Cross JH,Elger CE,Engel J Jr,Forsgren L,French JA,Glynn M,Hesdorffer DC,Lee BI,Mathern GW,Moshé SL,Perucca E,Scheffer IE,Tomson T,Watanabe M,Wiebe S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a systematic review to determine which noninvasive technologies should be used in the workup for epilepsy surgery to identify structural or functional abnormalities to help locate the site of seizure onset. The review focused on patients where there was insufficient confidence, in either the decision to g...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Burch J,Marson A,Beyer F,Soares M,Hinde S,Wieshmann U,Woolacott N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Corpus callosotomy is an effective palliative treatment for drug-resistant Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Laser interstitial thermal therapy has been increasingly used in the treatment of epilepsy. Here, we assess the safety and effectiveness of minimally invasive stereotactic laser anterior corpus callosotom...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tao JX,Satzer D,Issa NP,Collins J,Wu S,Rose S,Henry J,Santos de Lima F,Nordli D,Warnke PC

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of prior use of carbamazepine (CBZ) and other antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with a putatively similar mechanism of action (inhibition of voltage-gated sodium channels; VGSCs) on seizure outcomes and tolerability when converting to eslicarbazepine acetate (ESL), using data pooled from 2 ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pazdera L,Sperling MR,Harvey JH,Sam MC,Strom LA,Blum D,Grinnell T,Cheng H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the lateralizing value of the clinical manifestations of seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), we made a retrospective videotape analysis of complex partial seizures (CPS) in 55 patients who underwent temporal lobectomy and were seizure-free postoperatively for >2 years. METHODS:...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Marks WJ Jr,Laxer KD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetics is a novel technology that combines optics and genetics by optical control of microbial opsins, targeted to living cell membranes. The versatility and the electrophysiologic characteristics of the light-sensitive ion-channels channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), halorhodopsin (NpHR), and the light-sensitive proton ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mantoan Ritter L,Golshani P,Takahashi K,Dufour S,Valiante T,Kokaia M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, control of seizures in patients with epilepsy is viewed as the most important clinical outcome. Yet, current antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) do not always achieve this. Around 30-40% of patients remain uncontrolled despite pharmacological intervention. Poor tolerability of AEDs is a large part of the problem...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bazil CW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compare annual direct and indirect costs between privately insured U.S. patients with epileptic partial onset seizures (POS) and matched controls. METHODS:One thousand eight hundred fifty-nine patients (including a subset of 758 employees) with >or=1 (POS) diagnosis (ICD-9-CM: 345.4.x-345.7.x), 1999-2004, ages...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ivanova JI,Birnbaum HG,Kidolezi Y,Qiu Y,Mallett D,Caleo S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) was injected into rats (30 or 35 mg/kg) and guinea pigs (40 or 45 mg/kg) daily or every second day. A progressive development of seizure activity after this treatment was observed. Doses ineffective after the first injection induced tonic seizures after 20 injections. Both kinds of treated anim...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Diehl RG,Smialowski A,Gotwo T

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 5 alpha-pregnan-3 alpha-ol-20-one (3 alpha-OH-DHP) and phenobarbital (PB) on synaptic excitation and inhibition in rat hippocampal slices in vitro were compared. Stimulations were made orthodromically and antidromically while we recorded extracellularly from the dendritic and the somatic layer of the CA...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taubøll E,Gjerstad L

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00