Antiepileptic drugs, learning, and behavior in childhood epilepsy.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe a previously unreported type of self-induced pattern-sensitive seizures in a child. METHODS:Evaluation of clinical and EEG features. RESULTS:An 18-month-old boy was initially seen with series of short focal tonic seizures self-induced by gazing intermittently at round objects. Self-induction of th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Brockmann K,Huppke P,Karenfort M,Gärtner J,Höger C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries, the incidence of epilepsy is 50-100 cases per 100,000 population per year and the prevalence is approximately 5 to 8 cases per 1,000 population. Epilepsy is by far the most prevalent serious neurologic condition. Mortality rates in epilepsy are two to four times those found in matched nonepilep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Shorvon SD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PMEs) are a group of rare genetic disorders previously shrouded in nosological confusion. Recent advances have clarified the features of these disorders and provided a rational approach to diagnosis. The major causes of PME are now known to be Unverricht-Lundborg disease, myoclonu...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Berkovic SF,Cochius J,Andermann E,Andermann F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Autoantibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and the voltage-gated potassium channel (VGKC) complex are associated with distinct subtypes of limbic encephalitis regarding clinical presentation, response to therapy, and outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate white matter changes in these...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wagner J,Schoene-Bake JC,Witt JA,Helmstaedter C,Malter MP,Stoecker W,Probst C,Weber B,Elger CE

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lacosamide (Vimpat) is a newly licensed novel antiepileptic drug. We report a case of refractory convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) that was successfully controlled with lacosamide. The 38-year-old male patient was admitted for a series of complex partial seizures with secondary generalization leading to refractory C...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tilz C,Resch R,Hofer T,Eggers C

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Idiopathic epilepsies comprise a wide variety of partial and generalized syndromes that have in common a known or presumed genetic etiology and the lack of overt abnormalities other than the epilepsy itself. Most of these epilepsies have a benign natural history and/or show a favorable response to antiepileptic drug (...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Perucca E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergency treatment of seizures is an important practical issue, especially the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE). Benzodiazepines or older standard antiepileptic drugs (phenobarbital, phenytoin) have typically been used as initial intravenous treatment of GCSE. As new parenteral antiep...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Wheless JW,Treiman DM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate relationships between regional brain metabolites, social communication deficits, and seizure frequency in children and adolescents with cryptogenic epilepsy with complex partial seizures (CPS). METHODS:In 12 children and adolescents with CPS and 23 age- and gender-matched healthy controls, we ac...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： O'Neill J,Seese R,Hudkins M,Siddarth P,Levitt J,Tseng PB,Wu KN,Gurbani S,Shields WD,Caplan R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To demonstrate the anatomic localization of the cortical sources of the interictal EEG activity in human idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). METHODS:Multiple cortical and hippocampal sources of the interictal spontaneous EEG activity were investigated by low-resolution electromagnetic tomography in 15 untre...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Clemens B,Bessenyei M,Piros P,Tóth M,Seress L,Kondákor I

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which animals develop tolerance to the antiepileptic effects of the carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitor, acetazolamide, was explored using a quantitative immunocytochemical method. Cerebral cortex sections of DBA/2J mice susceptible to audiogenic seizures and of C57BL/6J nonsusceptible mice were stained...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Banks DA,Anderson RE,Woodbury DM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this article is to review the literature on the effects of psychostimulants in epileptic subjects in order to reach a consensus statement regarding the use or abuse of these substances. METHODS:Psychostimulant substances have been considered the drugs that share the ability to produce excitation of ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Zagnoni PG,Albano C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amygdala kindling is used to investigate cerebellar dentate nucleus participation in the neuronal plasticity of the cerebrum. We studied the behavioral change, the occurrence of epileptiform events, and the duration of afterdischarge during amygdaloid kindling under control conditions and after a dentate lesion of the...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tsuru N,Kawasaki H,Genda S,Hara K,Hashiguchi H,Ueda Y

更新日期：1992-03-01 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:We wished to determine the incidence of first provoked and nonprovoked epileptic seizures in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland. METHODS:Between June 1, 1990 and May 31, 1991, we collected all cases of suspected epileptic seizures referred to the two hospitals of the county of Geneva, Switzerland and to the pri...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jallon P,Goumaz M,Haenggeli C,Morabia A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the first part of this essay, the "common wisdom" about Putnam and Merritt's contributions to the treatment of epilepsy was summarized (Rowland, 1982). Based on the history that has been presented here, how true are these "wisdoms"? Putnam and Merritt did devise "a simple and reliable method to test drugs of antico...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Friedlander WJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epilepsy community increasingly recognizes the need for a modern classification system that can also be easily integrated with effective informatics tools. The 2010 reports by the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) identified informatics as a critical resource to improv...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sahoo SS,Zhang GQ,Lhatoo SD

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Perimenstrual catamenial epilepsy may in part be due to withdrawal of the endogenous progesterone-derived neurosteroid allopregnanolone that potentiates gamma-aminobutyric acidA (GABA(A)) receptor-mediated inhibition. Here we sought to determine whether the anticonvulsant potencies of neuroactive steroids, benz...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Reddy DS,Rogawski MA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter (VWM) is caused by mutations in the genes encoding for one of the five subunits that constitute the eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF2B), and is characterized by a highly suggestive MRI pattern indicating vanishing of the cerebral white matter. Seizures are well known...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jansen AC,Andermann E,Niel F,Creveaux I,Boespflug-Tanguy O,Andermann F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with epilepsy, improvement in seizure control with treatment of coexisting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported, but there is lack of data on the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) compliance on seizure control in these patients. We examined the variability in seizure frequency...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vendrame M,Auerbach S,Loddenkemper T,Kothare S,Montouris G

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study investigated public attitudes toward epilepsy, and knowledge and understanding of epilepsy in Hungary. We compared changes of public attitudes in the last six years, hypothesizing a trend of positive changes because of recent national initiatives for acceptance and integration of people with epilepsy (e.g., ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mirnics Z,Czikora G,Závecz T,Halász P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mutations involving the cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) gene cause an early onset epileptic encephalopathy (EE) with severe neurologic impairment and a skewed 12:1 female-to-male ratio. To date, 18 mutations have been described in boys. We analyzed our cohort of boys with early onset EE to assess the d...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Mei D,Darra F,Barba C,Marini C,Fontana E,Chiti L,Parrini E,Dalla Bernardina B,Guerrini R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the natural history of electroencephalography (EEG) changes in patients with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) over 1 year. METHODS:Centrotemporal spikes were visually evaluated based on 24-h ambulatory EEG studies to determine the total, left, right, and bilateral centrotemporal...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tenney JR,Glauser T,Altaye M,Szaflarski JP,Spencer C,Morita D,Vannest J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the timelines of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities and their relationships with the clinical outcomes of patients with new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE). METHODS:This retrospective observational study enrolled patients with NORSE who were admitted from March 2008 to Jul...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim HJ,Lee SA,Kim HW,Kim SJ,Jeon SB,Koo YS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Felbamate (2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate), phenytoin, phenobarbital, ethosuximide, and valproate were evaluated in mice and rats with a battery of well-standardized anticonvulsant test procedures. The results obtained indicate that felbamate exhibits a wider range of experimental anticonvulsant activity than ei...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Swinyard EA,Sofia RD,Kupferberg HJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the changes in serum sex hormones of gonadal or adrenal origin, the gonadotropic hormones, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in men and women with chronic temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), who are undergoing monotherapy with carbamazepine or receiving carbamazepine in combination with other antico...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Stoffel-Wagner B,Bauer J,Flügel D,Brennemann W,Klingmüller D,Elger CE

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the clinical, neurophysiologic, and radiological data of patients with ganglioglioma who had undergone evaluation and surgery in our Epilepsy Program. METHODS:The medical and neurophysiologic records of 38 patients with intractable epilepsy and ganglioglioma were reviewed. Data underwent statistical ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Morris HH,Matkovic Z,Estes ML,Prayson RA,Comair YG,Turnbull J,Najm I,Kotagal P,Wyllie E

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) should affect the management of virtually every patient with proven or suspected epilepsy by (a) underlining the need to make all reasonable efforts to render each patient seizure-free; (b) emphasizing the importance of minimizing avoidable seizures; (c) b...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Fish DR

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:We showed that hypoxia is acutely epileptogenic in immature but not in adult rats. In the present study, we evaluated whether hypoxia results in an increase in long-term seizure susceptibility to flurothyl and whether this is associated with impaired performance on behavioral tests. We also determined whether these lo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jensen FE,Holmes GL,Lombroso CT,Blume HK,Firkusny IR

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00