Abstract：
:A battery of psychometric tests was administered to 110 patients with epilepsy and to 24 non-epileptic controls. Eighty-four patients had been established on treatment with a single anticonvulsant drug (35 carbamazepine (CBZ), 30 sodium valproate (VPA), 19 phenytoin (PHT)) at unaltered dosage for the previous 3 months. The remaining 26 patients were untreated at the time of study. No individual test discriminated between the groups. Tests were converted to standard scores and summated to give overall psychomotor, memory and side-effect assessments. There were no important differences between the performances of untreated epileptic patients and non-epileptic controls. The CBZ-treated patients had poorer psychomotor scores than both control groups and the VPA-treated patients (all P less than 0.05). The PHT patients scored less well on the composite memory scale than did VPA patients and non-epileptic controls (both P less than 0.05). There were no significant differences in subjective side-effects among the groups. This study demonstrated that anticonvulsant monotherapy has little effect on overall cognitive function in patients tolerating treatment. Psychomotor performance appeared to be selectively influenced by CBZ and memory impaired by PHT. VPA may be the drug to chose when cognitive function is an important consideration. Different cognitive modalities can be affected by different first-line anticonvulsants and this should be taken into account when choosing the most appropriate drug for an individual patient.
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Epilepsy Resjournal_title
Epilepsy researchauthors
Gillham RA,Williams N,Wiedmann KD,Butler E,Larkin JG,Brodie MJdoi
10.1016/0920-1211(90)90018-qsubject
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1990-12-01 00:00:00pages
219-25issue
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0920-1211issn
1872-6844pii
0920-1211(90)90018-Qjournal_volume
7pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The objective of the study was to explore clinical, electroencephalography (EEG), neuropsychological features and prognosis of myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (MAE). Of 327 children aged between 1 and 9 years with a diagnosis of generalized epilepsy followed between 2000 and 2008, 18 (5.5%) had MAE. Male significantly pred...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.021
更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0920-1211(94)90074-4
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.10.018
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.09.014
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:We studied the effect of fosphenytoin (FOS) pre-medication on the incidence and thresholds of after-discharges (ADs), seizures, and functional responses during electrical stimulation mapping (ESM). METHODS:As individualized by the attending epileptologist, FOS was given intravenously at 2 mg-phenytoin-equivale...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2018.01.017
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To characterize gabapentin pharmacokinetics in infants and children using a population approach and to identify important demographic and/or physiologic determinants of gabapentin disposition. METHODS:Gabapentin was administered in single doses of 10 mg/kg (N=48 healthy subjects, age 1 month-12 years) or in mu...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0920-1211(01)00311-4
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Idiopathic epilepsy (IE) is a syndrome that comprises epilepsy only, with no underlying structural brain lesion or other neurological signs or symptoms. Numerous studies have shown that genetic factors play an important role in IE. IE is a common disease in the Chinese Han population. However, the genetic ep...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.09.013
更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.02.017
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the correlation between time of day and sleep-wake state prior to seizure onset for seizures recorded in an inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled a consecutive series of patients undergoing inpatient epilepsy monitoring. For each epileptic seizure recorded, continuou...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106524
更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.04.007
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Quantifying epileptiform discharges before and after the initiation of treatment can be useful for evaluating the efficacy of antiepileptic drugs in generalized epilepsy. The aim of this study was to determine if the selective α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptor antagonist perampanel ...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2020.106378
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0920-1211(88)90010-1
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Pharmacoresistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) represents the major indication for epilepsy surgery. Since epilepsy surgery is an elective treatment option, preserving cognition is a high priority. Given the essential role of temporomesial structures in declarative long-term memory formation, surgical treatmen...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.08.017
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To investigate biochemical cardiovascular risk factors and vascular endothelial function and structure in children with epilepsy on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), particularly sodium valproate (VPA) and carbamazepine (CBZ). BACKGROUND:Individuals with epilepsy have increased risk factors for vascular disease, particu...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.04.006
更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.02.004
更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.07.003
更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Mutations of genes coding for ion channels cause several genetically determined human epileptic syndromes. The identification of a gene variant linked to a particular disease gives important information, but it is usually necessary to perform functional studies in order to completely disclose the pathogenic mechanisms...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.08.003
更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The deletion of a sodium channel gene cluster located on chromosome 2q24.3 is associated with variable epilepsy phenotypes, including Dravet syndrome and migrating partial seizures of infancy. Although SCN1A is considered as the major contributor to the epilepsy phenotype, the role of other sodium channel genes that m...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.10.008
更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Focal epilepsy (FE) is one of the most common forms of adult epilepsy and is usually regarded as a multifactorial disorder. Febrile seizures (FS) often appear during childhood in a subtype of FE patients, i.e. with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and hippocampal sclerosis (HS). FS are the most common human convulsive eve...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.10.007
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:AWD 140-190 a potent new anticonvulsant was tested on several types of epileptiform activities in entorhinal cortex hippocampal slices. AWD 140-190 suppressed completely and in a dose-dependent manner spontaneous seizure-like events induced by lowering extracellular Ca2+. In the low magnesium model, AWD 140-190 applie...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0920-1211(97)00066-1
更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using the gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) model of absence seizures in Long-Evans rats, this study investigated if 2.5-6 Hz paroxysmal discharges (PDs) induced by GBL were synchronized among the thalamocortical system and the hippocampus, and whether inactivation of the hippocampus affected PDs. METHODS:Local fiel...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.12.007
更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a cytokine-inducible enzyme that participates in tryptophan (trp) and serotonin metabolism with an ability to modulate neuroinflammation. Several recent studies have shown associations between cytokines and epilepsy. In this study we investigated whether activation of IDO is...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.02.003
更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:It has been established that febrile seizures and its extended syndromes like generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures (FS) plus (GEFS+) and Dravet syndrome have been associated with mutations especially in SCN1A and GABRG2 genes. In patients, the onset of FS is likely due to the combined effect of temperature and i...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.04.020
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known, so far, about the cerebral structural abnormalities in drug-naïve patients with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). We aimed to investigate regional grey matter (GM) volume differences using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in patients and closely matched healthy control subjects. METHODS:Twenty...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.05.003
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ictal activity itself can cause pathological cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings. However, data regarding pathological CSF findings caused by SE itself to date remain scarce. We here evaluated the frequency and specificity of pathological CSF findings in non-infectious SE. METHODS:We performed a retrospective...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.12.008
更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Basal and high potassium-stimulated release of endogenous amino acids was measured using brain dialysis in the hippocampus of urethane-anesthetized seizure-resistant (SR) and seizure-susceptible (SS) rats. Moreover, the tissue level of amino acids was determined in the hippocampus, sensorimotor cortex, cerebellum and ...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0920-1211(89)90040-5
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The 5-hydroxytryptamine-1A (5-HT1A) receptors are known to be involved in the inhibition of seizures in epilepsy. Moreover, studies propose a role for the 5-HT1A receptor in memory function; it is believed that the higher density of this receptor in the hippocampus plays an important role in its regulation. Positron e...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.09.013
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prior research has shown that people with epilepsy are at risk for a poorer health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, patients differ greatly in how well they adjust to their epilepsy. To better understand these differences, the present study examined the role of personality. More specifically, we e...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2019.106251
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The limbic/mesial temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome has been defined as a focal epilepsy, with the implication that there is a well defined focus of onset, traditionally centered around the hippocampus. The pathology of the hippocampus in this syndrome has been well described and a number of physiological abnormalities ...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0920-1211(98)00051-5
更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：PURPOSE:To compare and validate the gradient magnetic-field topography (GMFT) method of current source localization for understanding epileptic zones against equivalent current dipole (ECD) and intracranial video-EEG (IVEEG) data in patients with intractable neocortical epilepsy. METHODS:We used retrospective data fro...
journal_title：Epilepsy research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.04.002
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
