The ketogenic diet inhibits the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway.

abstract：:We investigated the electrophysiological effects of high-frequency anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation using intracerebral mesial and lateral temporal depth electrodes in a patient with intractable focal epilepsy. Monopolar and bipolar stimulation delivered to the thalamic anterior nucleus using the programmable ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zumsteg D,Lozano AM,Wennberg RA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inhibition of microRNA-134 by an oligonucleotide antagomir (ant-134) has been shown to produce powerful antiseizure effects in multiple models of epilepsy. However, to successfully translate the treatment to the clinic, it is important to assess what potential adverse effects it may have on naive brain tissue...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Morris G,Brennan GP,Reschke CR,Henshall DC,Schorge S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a new antiseizure drug, retigabine (D-23129; N-(2-amino-4-[fluorobenzylamino]-phenyl) carbamic acid ethyl ester) on low-Mg2+-induced epileptiform discharges in rat in vitro. METHODS:Three types of epileptiform discharges (recurrent short discharges in t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Armand V,Rundfeldt C,Heinemann U

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We wished to determine the effects of seizure type, age at onset, and family history of epilepsy on risk of spontaneous abortion in the pregnancies of adults with idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy. METHODS:We examined pregnancy outcomes in 812 adults with idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy who had ever had or fathe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schupf N,Ottman R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its introduction into clinical practice in 1999, levetiracetam, the S enantiomer of piracetam, has rapidly found a secure place, initially in the therapy of partial onset seizures and subsequently in the treatment of idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE). It has many of the properties of an "ideal" antiepilept...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Grünewald R

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:Major depression is a common psychiatric comorbidity in chronic epilepsy that is frequently unrecognized and untreated. A variety of self-report mood inventories are available, but their validity as well as ability to detect major depression in epilepsy remains uncertain. The purpose of this study was to determ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jones JE,Hermann BP,Woodard JL,Barry JJ,Gilliam F,Kanner AM,Meador KJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine prevalence of active epilepsy in school children in a defined area and assess the usefulness of International League Against Epilepsy classification of seizures and epileptic syndromes, with special emphasis on frequency, additional handicaps, and therapeutic problems of severe cases. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Waaler PE,Blom BH,Skeidsvoll H,Mykletun A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment and supervision of epileptic patients is part of specialist medicine. A possible change in the role of specialists and general practitioners in the care of these patients was explored by a questionnaire mailed to all Dutch neurologists and a random sample of general practitioners. Patients were also asked th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rutgers MJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Concerns over teratogenicity of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) during pregnancy must be balanced against the risks of seizures to the mother and developing fetus. Pharmacokinetic changes and vomiting may alter drug levels, but more important may be the patient's decision to stop medication before or during pregnanc...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Williams J,Myson V,Steward S,Jones G,Wilson JF,Kerr MP,Smith PE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of cinromide in patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. No difference between cinromide and placebo was shown in terms of seizure reduction or global evaluations. This study is important, however, because it represents an effort to overcome methodologic difficulties inherent in evaluati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors：

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two healthy male volunteers received 10 mg carbamazepine (CBZ) as a 2-h constant-rate intravenous (i.v.) infusion and 100 mg 15N-labeled CBZ as a 2% oral suspension, concomitantly. The two compounds have identical pharmacokinetics. Their respective concentrations in plasma were determined by gas chromatography-mass sp...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gérardin A,Dubois JP,Moppert J,Geller L

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the brain networks that are involved in the different electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities in patients with ring chromosome 20 [r(20)] syndrome. We hypothesize the existence of both distinctive and common brain circuits for the paroxysmal high voltage sharp waves (hSWs), the seizures, and th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vaudano AE,Ruggieri A,Vignoli A,Avanzini P,Benuzzi F,Gessaroli G,Nichelli PF,Darra F,Cantalupo G,Mastrangelo M,Dalla Bernardina B,Canevini MP,Meletti S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Seizures develop in 80% of patients with anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, and these represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Anti-NMDAR antibodies have been linked to memory loss in encephalitis; however, their role in seizures has not been established. We determined whether...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Taraschenko O,Fox HS,Pittock SJ,Zekeridou A,Gafurova M,Eldridge E,Liu J,Dravid SM,Dingledine R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The course and outcome of epilepsy following central nervous system (CNS) infections has been poorly characterized. Likewise, the impact of antimicrobial treatment as well as other preventative and therapeutic interventions on the development of epilepsy following neurological infectious disorders has been insufficien...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Singh G,Prabhakar S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Kindled seizures are widely used to model epileptogenesis, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the attainment of kindling status are largely unknown. Recently we showed that achievement of kindling status in the Sprague-Dawley rat is associated with a critical developmental interval of 25 +/- 1 days; the id...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Junker H,Späte K,Suofu Y,Walther R,Schwarz G,Kammer W,Nordheim A,Walker LC,Runge U,Kessler C,Popa-Wagner A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Effects of pre- and postsynaptic γ-aminobutyric acid B (GABA(B)) receptor activation were characterized in human tissue from epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Slices of human cortical tissue were investigated in a submerged-type chamber with intracellular recordings in layers II/III. Parallel experiments were performe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Teichgräber LA,Lehmann TN,Meencke HJ,Weiss T,Nitsch R,Deisz RA

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The Asia-Oceanian region is the most populous region in the world. Although there has been substantial economic development and improvement in health services in recent years, epilepsy remains generally an underrecognized and understudied condition. To help promote research in the region, the Commission on Asian and O...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kwan P,Cabral-Lim L,D'Souza W,Jain S,Lee BI,Liao W,Lim SH,Otsuki T,Tan CT,Wantanabe M,CAOA Research Task Force.

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Although the epilepsy and neurology communities have position papers on a number of topics pertaining to epilepsy diagnosis and management, no current paper exists for the rationale and appropriate indications for epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) evaluation. General neurologists, hospital administrators, and insurers al...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shih JJ,Fountain NB,Herman ST,Bagic A,Lado F,Arnold S,Zupanc ML,Riker E,Labiner DM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Development of novel therapies for temporal lobe epilepsy is hindered by a lack of models suitable for drug screening. While testing the hypothesis that "inhibiting inhibitory neurons" was sufficient to induce seizures, it was discovered that a mild electrical kindling protocol of VGAT-Cre mice led to spontan...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Straub J,Gawda A,Ravichandran P,McGrew B,Nylund E,Kang J,Burke C,Vitko I,Scott M,Williamson J,Joshi S,Kapur J,Perez-Reyes E

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of stress on seizure frequency in childhood epilepsy, and to assess possible differences between children in whom seizures are precipitated by stress and those in whom they are not. METHODS:Parents or caregivers of children with active epilepsy (aged 2-16 years) were sent questionnaires ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： van Campen JS,Jansen FE,Steinbusch LC,Joëls M,Braun KP

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one cases (12 males, 9 females) of Lafora's disease in 16 families were studied at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India, from 1982 to 1990. Mean age of onset was 13.5 years (range 9.5-18 years). First symptom was generalized tonic-clonic seizure (17), myoclonus ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Acharya JN,Satishchandra P,Asha T,Shankar SK

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pathogenic variants of KCNQ2, which encode a potassium channel subunit, cause either benign (familial) neonatal epilepsy-B(F)NE)-or KCNQ2 encephalopathy (KCNQ2 DEE). We examined the characteristics of KCNQ2 variants. METHODS:KCNQ2 pathogenic variants were collected from in-house data and two large disease da...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Goto A,Ishii A,Shibata M,Ihara Y,Cooper EC,Hirose S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Self-management challenges facing adults with epilepsy include limited understanding of the condition and treatment, associated psychosocial issues, and lack of community integration. Self-management interventions improve patients' medical, life role, and emotional management. Previous interventions, develope...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fraser RT,Johnson EK,Lashley S,Barber J,Chaytor N,Miller JW,Ciechanowski P,Temkin N,Caylor L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol can diagnose epileptogenic abnormalities in patients with intractable epilepsy. However, it is not sufficiently sensitive to detect small calcified lesions that may result from infections, tumors, or vascular malformations. This study aims to study the impact of t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Saini J,Kesavadas C,Thomas B,Kapilamoorthy TR,Gupta AK,Radhakrishnan A,Radhakrishnan K

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for new treatments for seizures, epilepsies, and their comorbidities faces considerable challenges. This is due in part to gaps in our understanding of the etiology and pathophysiology of most forms of epilepsy. An additional challenge is the difficulty in predicting the efficacy, tolerability, and impact o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Galanopoulou AS,Kokaia M,Loeb JA,Nehlig A,Pitkänen A,Rogawski MA,Staley KJ,Whittemore VH,Dudek FE

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although epilepsy affects most patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), little is known about the natural history of epilepsy in this genetic disease. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of all patients with TSC seen between January 2002 and October 2008. Charts were reviewed for a history of infant...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chu-Shore CJ,Major P,Camposano S,Muzykewicz D,Thiele EA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00