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abstract：PURPOSE:The occurrence of psychiatric symptoms after temporal lobectomy is well documented. The aim of the present study was to identify preoperative factors that predict postoperative psychiatric outcome. METHODS:We studied the case notes of 121 patients (from an initial sample of 167) who underwent temporal lobectom...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Anhoury S,Brown RJ,Krishnamoorthy ES,Trimble MR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Originally derived from a Wistar rat strain, a proportion of which displayed spontaneous absence-type seizures, Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) represent the most widely utilized animal model of genetic generalized epilepsy. Here we compare the seizure, behavioral, and brain morphometric...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Powell KL,Tang H,Ng C,Guillemain I,Dieuset G,Dezsi G,Çarçak N,Onat F,Martin B,O'Brien TJ,Depaulis A,Jones NC

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our aim was to develop a screening test to predict Dravet syndrome before the first birthday based on the clinical characteristics of infants and the SCN1A mutation analysis. METHODS:Ninety-six patients who experienced febrile seizures before the age of one were enrolled. The patients were divided into two gro...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hattori J,Ouchida M,Ono J,Miyake S,Maniwa S,Mimaki N,Ohtsuka Y,Ohmori I

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate immediate recall and learning in epileptic patients, four tests were chosen: Wechsler's memory span for digits, graphic reproduction of geometric figures from the Wechsler Memory Scale, learning of a list of words from the Rey Memory Scale, and recognition of these words. These tests were performe...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Loiseau P,Strube E,Broustet D,Battellochi S,Gomeni C,Morselli PL

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Developmental delay and cognitive impairment are common comorbidities in people with epilepsy associated with malformations of cortical development (MCDs). We studied cognition and behavior in an animal model of diffuse cortical dysplasia (CD), in utero irradiation, using a battery of behavioral tests for neuro...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zhou FW,Rani A,Martinez-Diaz H,Foster TC,Roper SN

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the launching worldwide of a range of new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the prescriber has a much wider choice than ever before. Comparative studies between new and established AEDs are few, and those between new AEDs are rarely performed. This report considers the strengths and weaknesses of nine new and establish...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Brodie MJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with malformations of cortical development represent a significant proportion of pediatric epilepsy surgery candidates. From a cohort of 40 children operated on between 1980 and 1992 with malformation of cortical development, 38 were alive and had data 10 years after surgery. Age at surgery ranged from 6 mont...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hamiwka L,Jayakar P,Resnick T,Morrison G,Ragheb J,Dean P,Dunoyer C,Duchowny M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Structural variations disrupting the gene encoding the neuron-specific splicing regulator RBFOX1 have been reported in three patients exhibiting epilepsy in comorbidity with other neuropsychiatric disorders. Consistently, the Rbfox1 knockout mouse model showed an increased susceptibility of seizures. The presen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lal D,Trucks H,Møller RS,Hjalgrim H,Koeleman BP,de Kovel CG,Visscher F,Weber YG,Lerche H,Becker F,Schankin CJ,Neubauer BA,Surges R,Kunz WS,Zimprich F,Franke A,Illig T,Ried JS,Leu C,Nürnberg P,Sander T,EMINet Con

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged seizures of status epilepticus (SE) result from failure of mechanisms of seizure termination or activation of mechanisms that sustain seizures. Reduced γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor-mediated synaptic transmission contributes to impairment of seizure termination. However, mechanisms that sustain prolong...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Joshi S,Kapur J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to characterize the incidence and etiology of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in a community-based cohort of children with new-onset disease. METHODS:A community-based cohort of 30 children with TLE was studied. The patients had new-onset disease before age 14 years between 1995 and 1999...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sztriha L,Gururaj AK,Bener A,Nork M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since it was originally described nearly 70 years ago, insular epilepsy has been increasingly recognized and may explain failures after apparently well-planned operations. We review the history of awareness of the phenomenon, techniques for its assessment, and its surgical management. Insular epilepsy can mimic featur...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Laoprasert P,Ojemann JG,Handler MH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults. TLE has a high chance of becoming medically refractory, and as such, is frequently considered for further evaluation and surgical intervention. Up to 30% of TLE cases, however, can have normal ("nonlesional" or negative) magnetic resonance imagi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Muhlhofer W,Tan YL,Mueller SG,Knowlton R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 4-year-old girl with profound global developmental delay and refractory epilepsy characterized by multiple seizure types (partial complex with secondary generalization, tonic, myoclonic, and atypical absence). Her seizure semiology did not fit within a specific epileptic syndrome. Despite a broad metaboli...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Venkateswaran S,Myers KA,Smith AC,Beaulieu CL,Schwartzentruber JA,FORGE Canada Consortium.,Majewski J,Bulman D,Boycott KM,Dyment DA

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review information from large studies of defined populations, examining the role of known factors and especially of prenatal and perinatal factors in contributing to nonfebrile seizure disorders of early childhood. We depend especially, but not exclusively, on the recently completed analyses from the Collaborative ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nelson KB,Ellenberg JH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are among the most common clinical manifestations of conversion disorder and consist of paroxysmal behavior that resembles epileptic seizures. Preliminary data from functional neuroimaging studies gave plausible evidence that limbic circuits and sensorimotor cortex might...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Labate A,Cerasa A,Mula M,Mumoli L,Gioia MC,Aguglia U,Quattrone A,Gambardella A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to systematically review studies that have focused on behavioral and emotional functioning before (baseline) and after (follow-up) pediatric epilepsy surgery. METHODS:The systematic review was carried out according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyse...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Reilly C,Baldeweg T,Stewart N,Wadhwani S,Jones C,Helen Cross J,Heyman I

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tendency for four strains of parathyroidectomized (PTx) rats to convulse after pinealectomy (Px) was observed in this experiment; telencephalic serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine were examined to note any correlation between amines and convulsions. The strains of rats tested were Sprague-Dawley, Wistar, Long-...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Philo R,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of phenylethylmalonamide (PEMA), a major metabolite of primidone, were investigated following administration of single oral doses (400 mg) to six normal subjects and six patients receiving chronic treatment with antiepileptic drugs. Peak serum PEMA levels were usually attained with 2-4 h after int...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cottrell PR,Streete JM,Berry DJ,Schäfer H,Pisani F,Perucca E,Richens A

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the seizure records of 13 patients (nine men and four women, ages 27-50 years) with intractable partial epilepsy, maintained with steady anti-epileptic drug dosages. Patients recorded daily seizure frequency on calendars. Periods of outpatient observation ranged from 99 to 1,710 days and the number of obse...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Balish M,Albert PS,Theodore WH

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and epidemiological research studies are essential to advancing our understanding of human health conditions such as epilepsy. To be of value, studies must not only address important questions, they must do so in such a way as to contribute usefully to existing knowledge. Comprehensive understanding of the su...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Berg AT

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the regional relative interictal and postictal perfusion changes in temporal and parietal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:We investigated interictal and postictal magnet resonance perfusion changes in five patients with temporal lobe epilepsy either with hippocampal sclerosis (n = 3)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Leonhardt G,de Greiff A,Weber J,Ludwig T,Wiedemayer H,Forsting M,Hufnagel A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New continuous infusion antiepileptic drugs (cIV-AEDs) offer alternatives to pentobarbital for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus (RSE). However, no prospective randomized studies have evaluated the treatment of RSE. This systematic review compares the efficacy of midazolam (MDL), propofol (PRO),...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Claassen J,Hirsch LJ,Emerson RG,Mayer SA

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of peripartum depression and anxiety in a prospective study of women with epilepsy. METHOD:Pregnancies in women with epilepsy (n=706) were compared to pregnancies in all women without epilepsy (n=106,511) including women with specified nonepileptic...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bjørk MH,Veiby G,Reiter SC,Berle JØ,Daltveit AK,Spigset O,Engelsen BA,Gilhus NE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the potential interactions of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles involved. It describes the absorptive and distributive properties of AEDs and the effects on protein binding, hepatic metabolism, and elimination resulting from co-administration of AEDs...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： French JA,Gidal BE

更新日期：2000-01-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder characterized by developmental delay and a frequently refractory epileptic condition. Valproate, clonazepam and/or phenytoin are said to be the most effective antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) against the seizures in AS. Experience with the newer AEDs is very limited d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dion MH,Novotny EJ Jr,Carmant L,Cossette P,Nguyen DK

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some investigators argue that treating epilepsy with several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) simultaneously (polytherapy) may give rise to more adverse effects than monotherapy, but this argument lacks supporting quantitative data. To reexamine this issue, we recruited a cohort of patients from the outpatients of the Speci...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lammers MW,Hekster YA,Keyser A,Meinardi H,Renier WO,van Lier H

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine predictors of focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS) during video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring (VEM). METHODS:All adult patients undergoing presurgical VEM from 2014 to 2015 in the department of epileptology were eligible (N = 229). Those with refractory focal epilepsy and e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pensel MC,Schnuerch M,Elger CE,Surges R

更新日期：2020-03-01 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