Spared CA1 pyramidal neuron function and hippocampal performance following antisense knockdown of microRNA-134.

abstract：:A population study was performed to estimate the prevalence of epilepsy in the juvenile population of Valladolid, Spain. Using a mixed questionnaire (postal-domiciliary), we studied a sample of 5,100 primary school pupils (aged between 6 and 14 years) and 48 pupils receiving state-run special education. We also identi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ochoa Sangrador C,Palencia Luaces R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to quantify the relation between expressions of NMDA receptor (NMDAR) subunits (1 and 2A/B) and the epileptogenicity in human focal cortical dysplasia. METHODS:Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation were used to quantify these receptor subunits in tissue resected from EEG-verified epile...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mikuni N,Babb TL,Ying Z,Najm I,Nishiyama K,Wylie C,Yacubova K,Okamoto T,Bingaman W

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of patients at risk of developing epilepsy before the first spontaneous seizure may promote the development of preventive treatment providing opportunity to stop or slow down the disease. METHODS:As development of novel radiotracers and on-site setup of existing radiotracers is highly time-con...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bascuñana P,Gendron T,Sander K,Jahreis I,Polyak A,Ross TL,Bankstahl M,Arstad E,Bankstahl JP

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To address concerns about possible increases in rates of sudden unexplained death (SUD) after use of new anticonvulsants, more information on the rate of SUD among subjects with refractory epilepsy is needed to provide a comparison. METHODS:We conducted a study to estimate the incidence of SUD among subjects y...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Derby LE,Tennis P,Jick H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a potentially preventable cause of epilepsy. Increasing incidence among army personnel and the high incidence among children and young people raise concern. This article presents a review of selected studies dealing with the risks of TBI and the risk of posttraumatic epilepsy in humans....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Christensen J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The study was conducted to determine the familiarity with, knowledge of, misunderstandings, and attitudes toward epilepsy among the Kuwaiti population. METHODS:A pretested questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 784 Kuwaiti individuals, selected from five governorates in Kuwait using a multista...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Awad A,Sarkhoo F

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and correction of adverse physiological changes that lead to seizures in children can improve the effectiveness of current therapeutic practices in epilepsy. It is proposed that various circadian rhythms (respiration, hormones, water balance, electrolytes, intracranial pressure, blood pressure), met...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： LeWinn EB

更新日期：1980-08-01 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：:Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (SE) accounts for approximately one-quarter of all cases of SE. The actual proportion may be higher because patients with nonconvulsive SE may go unidentified. This disorder may be divided into generalized (absence) or partial (complex partial) forms. Nonconvulsive SE may occur de novo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Cascino GD

更新日期：1993-01-01 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:The Atkins diet may induce ketosis as does the ketogenic diet, without restrictions on calories, fluids, protein, or need for an inpatient fast and admission. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a modified Atkins diet for intractable childhood epilepsy. METHODS:Twenty children were t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kossoff EH,McGrogan JR,Bluml RM,Pillas DJ,Rubenstein JE,Vining EP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute administration of taurine produced a transient loss of susceptibility to photically induced seizures in photosensitive baboons, but failed to affect kindled amygdaloid convulsions in baboons, rats, and cats. In addition, it was totally ineffective in changing the course of spontaneous status epilepticus in kindl...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wada JA,Osawa T,Wake A,Corcoran ME

更新日期：1975-06-01 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

abstract：:The antiepileptic drug sodium valproate (VPA) can provoke a thrombocytopenia or platelet dysfunction, with or without hemorrhages. These unwanted side effects are probably infrequent or, at least, have little clinical importance except in patients undergoing surgery. Thromboelastography appears to be a reliable screen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Loiseau P

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To present new information on the semiology and short-term evolution of seizures associated with primary brain tumors (PBTs) in a prospective study. METHODS:This study is a section of the PERNO study--Project of Emilia Romagna Region on Neuro-Oncology, the main aim of which is to collect prospectively all case...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Michelucci R,Pasini E,Meletti S,Fallica E,Rizzi R,Florindo I,Chiari A,Monetti C,Cremonini AM,Forlivesi S,Albani F,Baruzzi A,PERNO Study Group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：:The chronicity and severity of epilepsy, as well as the presence of temporal lobe toci, appear to correlate with psychopathology. A high prevalence of psychopathology has been reported among patients who are candidates for anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL). A review of the literature indicates that episodic psychosis ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Matsuura M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Numerous studies have demonstrated changes in cognitive, memory, and language functioning in adults and adolescents after temporal lobectomy, yet little information is available regarding neuropsychological outcome in preadolescent children. METHODS:We studied pre- and postoperative neuropsychological test res...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Szabó CA,Wyllie E,Stanford LD,Geckler C,Kotagal P,Comair YG,Thornton AE

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Compelling evidence supports the presence of P450 enzymes (CYPs) in the central nervous system (CNS). However, little information is available on the localization and function of CYPs in the drug-resistant epileptic brain. We have evaluated the pattern of expression of the specific enzyme CYP3A4 and studied its...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ghosh C,Marchi N,Desai NK,Puvenna V,Hossain M,Gonzalez-Martinez J,Alexopoulos AV,Janigro D

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a randomized parallel group study design, we compared the cognit ive effects of carbamazepine (CBZ), phenobarbital (PB), and valproate (VPA) in children with epilepsy. Seventy-three children with newly diagnosed epilepsy were tested with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), Bender-Gesta...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Chen YJ,Kang WM,So WC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The processes underlying sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) remain elusive, but centrally mediated cardiovascular or respiratory collapse is suspected. Volume changes in brain areas mediating recovery from extreme cardiorespiratory challenges may indicate failure mechanisms and allow prospective iden...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Allen LA,Vos SB,Kumar R,Ogren JA,Harper RK,Winston GP,Balestrini S,Wandschneider B,Scott CA,Ourselin S,Duncan JS,Lhatoo SD,Harper RM,Diehl B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroencephalography (EEG)-the direct recording of the electrical activity of populations of neurons-is a tremendously important tool for diagnosing, treating, and researching epilepsy. Although standard procedures for recording and analyzing human EEG exist and are broadly accepted, there are no such standards for ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Moyer JT,Gnatkovsky V,Ono T,Otáhal J,Wagenaar J,Stacey WC,Noebels J,Ikeda A,Staley K,de Curtis M,Litt B,Galanopoulou AS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess anger/hostility during treatment with lamotrigine adjunctive therapy versus levetiracetam adjunctive therapy in patients with partial seizures. METHODS:This randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study in adults with partial seizures included an 8-week escalation phase, during which adjunctive lamo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Labiner DM,Ettinger AB,Fakhoury TA,Chung SS,Shneker B,Tatum Iv WO,Mitchell Miller J,Vuong A,Hammer AE,Messenheimer JA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neuropsychological studies suggest frontal lobe dysfunctions in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). In this study we investigated whether an underlying mechanism could be a regional neuronal damage not visible with structural magnetic resonance (MR), but detectable with magnetic resonance spectrosc...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Savic I,Lekvall A,Greitz D,Helms G

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatments for convulsive status epilepticus (SE) have a wide range of effectiveness. The estimated effectiveness of non-intravenous benzodiazepines (non-IV BZDs) ranges from approximately 70% to 90% and the estimated effectiveness of non-benzodiazepine antiseizure medications (non-BZD ASMs) ranges from appro...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sánchez Fernández I,Gaínza-Lein M,Barcia Aguilar C,Amengual-Gual M,Loddenkemper T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgical resection of seizure-producing brain tissue is a gold standard treatment for drug-resistant focal epilepsy. However, several patient-specific factors can preclude resective surgery, including a spatially extensive ("regional") seizure-onset zone (SOZ). For such patients, responsive neurostimulation (...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ma BB,Fields MC,Knowlton RC,Chang EF,Szaflarski JP,Marcuse LV,Rao VR

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular field potential recordings were made in CA3 subfield of hippocampal slices from rats aged 11-22 days. In these experiments, we analyzed the effects induced by modifying [Mg2+] in the medium (1 or 2 mM) on (a) 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, 50 microM)-induced synchronous events (including ictal- and interictal-li...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fueta Y,Siniscalchi A,Tancredi V,Avoli M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Study of families containing multiple affected individuals is essential for genetic research on the epilepsies, yet practically nothing has been published about methods for identification and recruitment of families or expected participation rates. Here we describe the strategy used for data collection in a gen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R,Berenson K,Barker-Cummings C

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old Chinese girl had a first episode of symptomatic partial epilepsy at age 2 years. Despite regular treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), the seizures remitted and exacerbated. Epileptiform EEG discharges were evident, arising from the left centroparietal region. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and co...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wang PJ,Liu HM,Young C,Lin MY,Shen YZ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproate (VPA) is an effective, widely used antiepileptic drug. Unfortunately its use in pregnant women is associated with neural tube defects in the offspring. Although the etiology of neural tube defects is multifactorial, there is evidence that underlying genetic susceptibility plays a part. We describe two women ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Duncan S,Mercho S,Lopes-Cendes I,Seni MH,Benjamin A,Dubeau F,Andermann F,Andermann E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00