Activation of the locus coeruleus after amygdaloid kindling.

abstract：:The vagus is a mixed nerve carrying somatic and visceral afferents and efferents. The majority of vagal nerve fibers are visceral afferents and have a wide distribution throughout the central nervous system (CNS) either monosynaptically or via the nucleus of the solitary tract. Besides activation of well-defined refle...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rutecki P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The cardiac component of risk for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and alterations in cardiac risk by vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) are not well understood. We determined changes in T-wave alternans (TWA), a proven noninvasive marker of risk for sudden cardiac death in patients with cardiovascular ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schomer AC,Nearing BD,Schachter SC,Verrier RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nitric oxide (NO), a short-lived radical synthesized from L-arginine by activation of the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS), has been implicated in the pathophysiology of epilepsy by some investigators. However, the current data about NO and NOS in epilepsy are controversial and are derived only from animal mo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： González-Hernández T,García-Marín V,Pérez-Delgado MM,González-González ML,Rancel-Torres N,González-Feria L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) decrease membrane excitability by interacting with neurotransmitter receptors or ion channels. AEDs developed before 1980 appear to act on sodium channels, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors, or calcium channels. Benzodiazepines and barbiturates enhance GABAA recept...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Macdonald RL,Kelly KM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because several reports have described the relation between epilepsy and cardiac arrhythmias and suggest that changes in autonomic neural control of the heart could be involved in the pathogenesis of sudden unexplained death in patients with epilepsy, the aim of this study was to evaluate cardiac function in pa...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Massetani R,Strata G,Galli R,Gori S,Gneri C,Limbruno U,Di Santo D,Mariani M,Murri L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 1992, the International Lamotrigine Pregnancy Registry was initiated to enroll prospectively and to monitor pregnancies exposed to lamotrigine (LTG) for the occurrence of major birth defects. This study presents results as of September 2001 on 168 outcomes exposed to LTG monotherapy and 166 outcomes after pr...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tennis P,Eldridge RR,International Lamotrigine Pregnancy Registry Scientific Advisory Committee.

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible frontal cognitive dysfunction in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and to compare the results with those of patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), as well as with controls. METHODS:A total of 50 pati...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Piazzini A,Turner K,Vignoli A,Canger R,Canevini MP

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:The anticonvulsant effect of the dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, nimodipine (NMD) was evaluated against electroshock-induced seizures in mice. At 1 h postdosing, NMD elicited a dose-dependent reduction in the occurrence of tonic hindlimb extension (THE) after maximal electroshock (MES). The calculated ED50 fo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sills GJ,Carswell A,Brodie MJ

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the potential pharmacokinetic interactions between topiramate (TPM) and phenytoin (PHT) in patients with epilepsy by studying their pharmacokinetics (PK) after monotherapy and concomitant TPM/PHT treatment. METHODS:Twelve patients with epilepsy stabilized on PHT monotherapy were enrolled in this st...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sachdeo RC,Sachdeo SK,Levy RH,Streeter AJ,Bishop FE,Kunze KL,Mather GG,Roskos LK,Shen DD,Thummel KE,Trager WF,Curtin CR,Doose DR,Gisclon LG,Bialer M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied a 41-year-old woman who had nocturnal somatosensory seizures followed by orgasm. The interictal EEG showed discrete left central parietal region paroxysmal activity that markedly increased during sleep. Eight electroclinical seizures were recorded during sleep polygraphic recording. Orgasms occurred coincid...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Calleja J,Carpizo R,Berciano J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurodegenerative disorders Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) share in common the neuropathologic loss of locus coeruleus (LC) noradrenergic neurons. In addition, these two neurodegenerative disorders share two symptoms that define these disorders: cognitive impairment and depression. The hippo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Szot P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an early infantile patient characterized by intractable hyponatremia, progressive megalencephaly, and epileptic seizures with an EEG pattern that alternated between interictal low-voltage background and ictal burst activity. Repeatedly all the abnormal findings improved in a lidocaine-dependent manner. Given...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sawaishi Y,Yano T,Enoki M,Takada G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Controversy persists about when EEG became a fundamental tool in the preoperative investigation for epilepsy surgery. We revisit Penfield's first use of invasive EEG monitoring, emphasizing its historical importance for the evolution of epilepsy surgery. METHODS:Patients' hospital charts and articles published...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Almeida AN,Martinez V,Feindel W

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In CSWS (continuous spike waves during sleep) activation of spike waves during slow wave sleep has been causally linked to neuropsychological deficits, but the pathophysiologic mechanisms are still unknown. In healthy subjects, the overnight decrease of the slope of slow waves in NREM (non-rapid eye movement)...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Bölsterli Heinzle BK,Fattinger S,Kurth S,Lebourgeois MK,Ringli M,Bast T,Critelli H,Schmitt B,Huber R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs have been investigated extensively during the last two decades. It has become evident that the therapeutic management of epileptic patients would be significantly improved with the elimination of the drawbacks associated with existing antiepileptic drugs. Based on the inform...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Levy RH,Kerr BM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed positron emission tomography (PET) with [11C]deuterium-deprenyl in 9 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) undergoing evaluation for possible epilepsy surgery. Seven patients had unilateral and 2 had bilateral mesiotemporal epileptic foci based on the preoperative investigation including ictal EEG di...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kumlien E,Bergström M,Lilja A,Andersson J,Szekeres V,Westerberg CE,Westerberg G,Antoni G,Långström B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research literature is consistent in reporting somewhat less familial aggregation in partial than in generalized epilepsy. However, relatives of patients with partial seizures do appear to have higher seizure risks than relatives of controls, suggesting that genetic factors are important in at least some partial e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ottman R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies from several countries have reported that fewer people with epilepsy marry, but the reasons for this are not clear. In the present investigation, 178 adults with epilepsy were divided into married, separated/divorced, and never married groups. The never married group was subdivided into persons living in depen...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Batzel LW,Dodrill CB

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for seizures arising from the rolandic area can be performed effectively, and accurate mapping of eloquent regions may improve seizure and functional outcome. Noninvasive cortical mapping is, however, hardly feasible in young children. We studied two children with epileptogenic focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) t...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Barba C,Montanaro D,Frijia F,Giordano F,Blümcke I,Genitori L,De Masi F,Guerrini R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sotos syndrome (SS) is an overgrowth syndrome characterized by typical facial appearance, learning disability, and macrocephaly as cardinal diagnostic features. Febrile (FS) and afebrile seizures are reported in 9-50% of cases. There is no evidence that patients with SS and FS later develop epilepsy, and no studies ha...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nicita F,Ruggieri M,Polizzi A,Mauceri L,Salpietro V,Briuglia S,Papetti L,Ursitti F,Grosso S,Tarani L,Segni M,Savasta S,Parisi P,Verrotti A,Spalice A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical presentation, neuroradiologic characteristics, and detailed histopathologic findings in a unique case of drug-resistant focal epilepsy due to sublobar dysplasia (SLD), treated successfully by resection of the malformed cortex. Histopathology with leptomeningeal and subcortical heterotopia, distu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tuxhorn I,Woermann FG,Pannek HW,Hans VH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the incidence of seizures due to acute CNS insults for residents of Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A., from 1935 through 1984. The age-adjusted incidence rates for 1955-1984, the period of most complete case ascertainment, was 39.0/100,000 person-years (United States 1970 population as standard). The age-adju...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Annegers JF,Hauser WA,Lee JR,Rocca WA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte and microglial activation occurs following seizures and plays a role in epileptogenesis. However, the precise temporal and spatial response to seizures has not been fully examined. The pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy was selected to examine glial changes following seizures because morphological c...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shapiro LA,Wang L,Ribak CE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual behavior is frequently impaired at onset of West syndrome (WS). We studied the neuropsychological outcome of eight children who had cryptogenic WS and moderate to severe visual impairment at the onset of epilepsy. At the last examination, a regional cerebral blood flow study using SPECT (single photon emission ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jambaqué I,Chiron C,Dulac O,Raynaud C,Syrota P

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interictal spikes are a characteristic feature of invasive electroencephalography (EEG) recordings in children with refractory epilepsy. Spikes frequently co-occur across multiple brain regions with discernable latencies, suggesting that spikes can propagate through distributed neural networks. The purpose of...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tomlinson SB,Wong JN,Conrad EC,Kennedy BC,Marsh ED

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The role of the superior colliculus (SC) in seizure expression is controversial and appears to be dependent upon the epilepsy model. This study shows the effect of disconnection between SC deep layers and adjacent tissues in the expression of acute and kindling seizures. METHODS:Subcollicular transections, abl...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Doretto MC,Cortes-de-Oliveira JA,Rossetti F,Garcia-Cairasco N

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cortical stimulation to abort seizures is under human investigation. Ideal electrode placement and stimulating parameters are unknown with poor understanding of tissue volume affected by stimulation or duration and nature of its effect on cortical activity. To help characterize this effect, we analyzed electroc...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Gwinn RP,Spencer DD,Spencer SS,Duckrow RB,Vives K,Wu K,Tkeshelashvili D,Zaveri HP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Decline in verbal memory as a surgical complication remains an unresolved problem in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Some areas in the temporal lobe associated with the language function, often including the basal temporal language area, have been removed or transected by conventional surgical procedures. The au...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mikuni N,Miyamoto S,Ikeda A,Satow T,Taki J,Takahashi J,Ohigashi Y,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of automated detection of cortical-onset epileptic seizures from subcortical structures such as the thalamus was investigated via simultaneous recording of electroencephalography (EEG) and anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei electrical signals (electrothalamography) in nine subjects with pharmaco...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Osorio I,Frei MG,Lozano AM,Wennberg R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00