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Perioral myoclonia with absences in children: a case report and literature review -
A retrospective analysis was conducted to evaluate the clinical characteristics, diagnostic challenges, and management strategies in a child with perioral myoclonia with absences (PMA). The case involved a 10-year-old boy with a six-month history of intermittent seizure episodes, which had worsened over the previous month. Clinical manifestations included transient blank stares, cessation of mo...
Adenylate kinase 5 autoimmune encephalitis following craniopharyngioma radiotherapy - CONCLUSION: This case highlights the distinct clinical features of AK5 encephalitis and raises the potential association between brain radiotherapy and the development of autoimmune inflammation within the central nervous system.
Efficient epileptic seizure prediction using single channel EEG signal and knowledge distillation on deep neural networks - Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, and in some patients, abnormal changes in brain activity typically begin before the onset of a seizure. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a practical method for recording electrical activity of brain and plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of epilepsy. Previous studies relied on multi-channel EEG signals and large deep neural networks, which require po...
Beyond seizure control after epilepsy surgery in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome - No abstract
A Staged Zebrafish-Mouse Screening Strategy for Antiseizure Compound Prioritization - Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people worldwide, and the identification of new antiseizure medications (ASMs) with adequate blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration remains a major challenge. The pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced zebrafish model is widely used for early ASM screening, but most studies use larvae at 7 days post-fertilization (dpf) or earlier, before later stages of BBB maturat...
IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor presenting with refractory seizures: a diagnostic pitfall - Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory condition that can mimic malignancy, infection, or other autoimmune disorders, causing significant diagnostic challenges. Neurological involvement is uncommon, most frequently presenting as hypertrophic pachymeningitis or hypophysitis, but it may also manifest as inflammatory ophthalmic or cerebral pseudotumors. We here...
Adenylate kinase 5 autoimmune encephalitis following craniopharyngioma radiotherapy - CONCLUSION: This case highlights the distinct clinical features of AK5 encephalitis and raises the potential association between brain radiotherapy and the development of autoimmune inflammation within the central nervous system.
Efficient epileptic seizure prediction using single channel EEG signal and knowledge distillation on deep neural networks - Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, and in some patients, abnormal changes in brain activity typically begin before the onset of a seizure. Electroencephalography (EEG) is a practical method for recording electrical activity of brain and plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of epilepsy. Previous studies relied on multi-channel EEG signals and large deep neural networks, which require po...
Beyond seizure control after epilepsy surgery in children with Sturge-Weber syndrome - No abstract
A Staged Zebrafish-Mouse Screening Strategy for Antiseizure Compound Prioritization - Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people worldwide, and the identification of new antiseizure medications (ASMs) with adequate blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration remains a major challenge. The pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced zebrafish model is widely used for early ASM screening, but most studies use larvae at 7 days post-fertilization (dpf) or earlier, before later stages of BBB maturat...
IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor presenting with refractory seizures: a diagnostic pitfall - Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory condition that can mimic malignancy, infection, or other autoimmune disorders, causing significant diagnostic challenges. Neurological involvement is uncommon, most frequently presenting as hypertrophic pachymeningitis or hypophysitis, but it may also manifest as inflammatory ophthalmic or cerebral pseudotumors. We here...
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Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process -
Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.
Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.
Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.
Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.
Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.