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：OBJECTIVE:Whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is informative in febrile seizures (FS) is unknown. We undertook a study to determine the frequency of MRI-detected brain abnormalities and to evaluate their association with FS type and with specific features of complex FS. METHODS:A prospective cohort study, from 19...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hesdorffer DC,Chan S,Tian H,Allen Hauser W,Dayan P,Leary LD,Hinton VJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：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：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:To investigate in vitro, the cellular network activity of the hippocampus in Q54 mice that display spontaneous seizures because of a gain-of-function mutation of the Scn2a sodium channel gene. METHODS:Extacellular recordings were obtained from CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons in hippocampal slices prepared from Q...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kile KB,Tian N,Durand DM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine whether analysis of EEG envelope trend aids bedside detection of neonatal seizures. Five neonatal EEGs with multiple seizures were used to determine optimal trend parameters for seizure detection. Using these parameters, envelope trends were generated on eight additional EEGs, evaluated by experi...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Abend NS,Dlugos D,Herman S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Infantile spasms is one of the most severe epileptic syndromes of infancy and early childhood. Progress toward understanding the pathophysiology of this disorder and the development of effective therapies has been hindered by the lack of a relevant animal model. We report here the creation of such a model. MET...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Lee CL,Frost JD Jr,Swann JW,Hrachovy RA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) it remains an unresolved issue whether the interictal decrease in N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) detected by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) reflects the epilepsy-associated loss of hippocampal pyramidal neurons or metabolic dysfunction. METHODS...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vielhaber S,Niessen HG,Debska-Vielhaber G,Kudin AP,Wellmer J,Kaufmann J,Schönfeld MA,Fendrich R,Willker W,Leibfritz D,Schramm J,Elger CE,Heinze HJ,Kunz WS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early EEG (within 48 h) and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hr_MRI) are the methods of choice for an accurate diagnosis after a first seizure presentation. Together with a careful history and examination, they will allow definition of the epilepsy syndrome in two-thirds of patients and help assess the i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pohlmann-Eden B,Newton M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：PURPOSE:To prospectively investigate the incidence of interictal psychoses of epilepsy patients, and make a comparison between those with interictal psychoses and patients with schizophrenia in respect to their responses to antipsychotic drugs, as well as psychotic states. METHODS:We undertook a two-part prospective i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tadokoro Y,Oshima T,Kanemoto K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal lobe epilepsy patients (n = 48) and healthy controls (n = 69) underwent structured psychiatric interview at baseline and 4 years later to characterize the course of DSM-IV Axis I disorders. Adjusting for the influence of prior psychiatric history, epilepsy subjects exhibit significantly greater risk of interv...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Jones JE,Bell B,Fine J,Rutecki P,Seidenberg M,Hermann B

更新日期：2007-12-01 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:To determine the cerebral electroencephalography (EEG) substrates of scalp EEG seizure patterns, such as source area and synchrony, and in so doing assess the limitations of scalp seizure recording in the localization of seizure onset zones in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS:We recorded simultane...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Tao JX,Baldwin M,Ray A,Hawes-Ebersole S,Ebersole JS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if the clinical characteristics of nonepileptic seizures (NES) are different in children younger than 13 years age as compared to adolescents. METHODS:Retrospective review of medical records and video-EEGs (VEEG) of all patients with NES confirmed on VEEG monitoring was performed. RESULTS:Sixty-e...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Patel H,Scott E,Dunn D,Garg B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the history of a 14-year-old girl with atypical childhood occipital epilepsy "Gastaut type" whose first generalized tonic-clonic seizure was preceded by migraine without aura and followed by a status migrainosus. This status lasted for 3 days despite standard analgesic therapy. An EEG recording revealed an o...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Parisi P,Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité DG,Piccioli M,Pelliccia A,Luchetti A,Buttinelli C,Villa MP

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To trace the concept that the cerebral cortex is the site of epileptogenesis before Hughlings Jackson published the idea in 1870 in the paper "A study of convulsions" which marks the beginning of modern epileptology. METHOD:Perusal of 19th century English language medical literature. RESULT:The existence of corti...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Eadie MJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A pilot study of the safety, tolerability, dose range and potential efficacy of ganaxolone for the treatment of refractory epilepsy in pediatric and adolescent subjects. METHODS:We report the results of a nonrandomized, nonblinded, open-label, dose-escalation trial of ganaxolone in pediatric subjects (5-15 yea...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Pieribone VA,Tsai J,Soufflet C,Rey E,Shaw K,Giller E,Dulac O

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The possibility that a recent seizure or a recent change in antiepileptic medication might produce an occult change in neuropsychological performance is of interest, and especially so in the context of evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Such an evaluation is often done in a setting of video-EEG monitoring where a...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Dodrill CB,Ojemann GA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) is a generalized epilepsy of early childhood. Little is known about the use of newer antiepileptic treatments (AET) in MAE. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics, treatment, and outcome of a contemporary MAE cohort exposed to the new generation AET. METH...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kilaru S,Bergqvist AGC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of idiopathic epilepsy on mothers and fathers in terms of strain, burden of care, worries and perception of vulnerability. Data were collected and analyzed shortly after the diagnosis (T0) and 12 months later (T1). The results indicated that at T0 parents of children ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ramaglia G,Romeo A,Viri M,Lodi M,Sacchi S,Cioffi G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies from our laboratory identified a 6.6 Mb segment of distal chromosome 1 that contains a gene (or genes) having a strong influence on the difference in seizure susceptibility between C57BL/6 (B6) and DBA/2 (D2) mice. A gene transfer strategy involving a bacte...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Ferraro TN,Golden GT,Dahl JP,Smith GG,Schwebel CL,MacDonald R,Lohoff FW,Berrettini WH,Buono RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nocturnal frontal lobe seizures (NFLS) show one or all of the following semeiological patterns: (1) paroxysmal arousals (PA: brief and sudden recurrent motor paroxysmal behavior); (2) hyperkinetic seizures (HS: motor attacks with complex dyskinetic features); (3) asymmetric bilateral tonic seizures (ATS: mot...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Vignatelli L,Bisulli F,Provini F,Naldi I,Pittau F,Zaniboni A,Montagna P,Tinuper P

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) often have severe epilepsy that is intractable to available therapies. The development of novel treatments for epilepsy in TSC would benefit greatly from a suitable animal model, but most animal models of TSC to date have few reported neurological abnormalities, su...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Erbayat-Altay E,Zeng LH,Xu L,Gutmann DH,Wong M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of status epilepticus (SE) in Asian children, including Japanese, has not been reported. METHODS:In 2003, we performed an epidemiological study of SE on Japanese children (31 days or older to <15 years of age) in Okayama City by ascertaining all lifetime first episodes of SE. RESULTS:Thirty-s...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Nishiyama I,Ohtsuka Y,Tsuda T,Inoue H,Kunitomi T,Shiraga H,Kimura T,Fujimoto K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the long-term outcome of childhood-onset secondarily generalized epilepsies (SGEs). METHODS:Children were identified from the Nova Scotia population-based epilepsy study (n=692). Onset of epilepsy was between 1977 and 1985, and follow-up was mainly in 2003. SGE was defined as having a mixture of mo...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Camfield P,Camfield C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic cellular inflammation closely associated with epilepsy without an active infection is a hallmark of Rasmussen encephalitis (RE). RE has typical and defining features lacking in other rare epilepsy patients who also have neocortical lymphocytes without an identifiable cause. A patient with malformations ...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Rhodes RH,Lehman RM,Wu BY,Roychowdhury S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the sodium channel subunit gene SCN2A have been described in families with benign familial neonatal-infantile seizure (BFNIS). We describe two large families with BFNIS and novel SCN2A mutations. The families had 12 and 9 affected individuals, respectively, with phenotypes consistent with BFNIS. Two mutat...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Herlenius E,Heron SE,Grinton BE,Keay D,Scheffer IE,Mulley JC,Berkovic SF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an under-recognized cause of altered mental status. There are hardly any reported data on NCSE in developing countries. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Prospectively 210 consecutive patients with altered mental status admitted to neurological intensive care unit (NICU) of a tert...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Narayanan JT,Murthy JM

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:We sought to determine if there are differences in the incidence of seizure disorders between the children of the indigenous and immigrant (predominantly Pakistani) populations of Bradford, United Kingdom. Annual incidence rates per 100,000 for new onset seizures were calculated along with Townsend deprivation scores....

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Hamdy NA,Ginby D,Feltbower R,Ferrie CD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidrug transporters are postulated to contribute to antiepileptic drug (AED) resistance. The transporter best studied is P-glycoprotein, an ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily member. RLIP76 is suggested to be an energy-dependent non-ABC transporter, reducing AED blood-brain barrier penetra...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Soranzo N,Kelly L,Martinian L,Burley MW,Thom M,Sali A,Kroetz DL,Goldstein DB,Sisodiya SM

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to compare the utility of baseline neuropsychological measures and scores from the intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP) in the prediction of postoperative memory decline in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery patients. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses were used to determine the rel...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Baxendale S,Thompson P,Harkness W,Duncan J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Functional mapping of eloquent cortex with electrical neurostimulation is used both intra- and extraoperatively to tailor resections. In pediatric patients, however, functional mapping studies frequently fail to localize language. Wada testing has also been reported to be less sensitive in children. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Schevon CA,Carlson C,Zaroff CM,Weiner HJ,Doyle WK,Miles D,Lajoie J,Kuzniecky R,Pacia S,Vazquez B,Luciano D,Najjar S,Devinsky O

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypharmacy is a widely employed treatment strategy in epilepsy, particularly for individuals with poorly controlled seizures. Drug combinations should be carefully considered to minimize the potential for unfavorable interactions. Older-generation antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are well known for their pharmacokinetic i...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Sills G,Brodie M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of the present study were to explore the relation between ictal scalp EEG patterns and ictal hyperperfusion patterns in patients with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis-associated mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (HS-MTLE) by using semiquantitative single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) analysis...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Kim JH,Im KC,Kim JS,Lee SA,Lee JK,Khang SK,Kang JK

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study aimed to clarify the effect of electrical stimulation and lesioning of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus (ANT) on kainic acid (KA)-induced focal cortical seizures in a rat model. To address the mechanism underlying these anticonvulsant actions, cerebral glucose metabolism after ANT electric...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Takebayashi S,Hashizume K,Tanaka T,Hodozuka A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the influence of valproate (VPA) treatment on acylcarnitines in children with epilepsy. METHODS:Determination of acylcarnitines (including free carnitine and acylcarnitines from C2 to C18) in dried blood spot specimens using tandem-mass spectrometry. Longitudinal study of changes in acylcarnitines...

journal_title：Epilepsia

authors： Werner T,Treiss I,Kohlmueller D,Mehlem P,Teich M,Longin E,Gerstner T,Koenig SA,Schulze A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00