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Assessing the role of Subacute Encephalopathy with Seizures in Alcoholics (SESA) syndrome in the development of status epilepticus: a case report and systematic review with individual patients' ana... -
CONCLUSION: SE in the context of SESA requires tailored therapeutic strategies due to hepatic comorbidities and diagnostic ambiguity with NCSE. Our report supports the cautious use of propofol and ketamine in SRSE, as well as the efficacy of VNS in long-term seizure control.
Stabilizing fractional dynamical networks suppresses epileptic seizures - No abstract
Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Cerebral Cortical Encephalitis: Two Cases Highlighting Diagnostic Pitfalls - Cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE) represents a distinct phenotype of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated disease. The most frequent presentation of CCE is acute encephalitis. We describe two cases with diverse clinical courses that posed diagnostic challenges. The cases included a 24-year-old man with a seizure-predominant smoldering course over several months, init...
Developmental Profile of Physiological High-Frequency Oscillations in the Human Brain - High-frequency oscillations (HFOs), transient burst of ≥ 80 Hz activity, are increasingly recognized as promising EEG biomarkers of the epileptogenic zone for guiding epilepsy surgery. However, the presence of physiological HFOs in healthy cortex complicates their interpretation. The developmental profile of physiological HFOs in children remains poorly characterized, despite profound maturatio...
Gene-specific long-term course, neurodevelopmental outcome and quality of life in patients with LIS1/PAFAH1B1-, DCX-, DYNC1H1-, TUBA1A- and TUBG1-related lissencephaly - CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the severely impaired developmental potential and frequent neurological and medical complications in lissencephaly patients from an early age. The psychomotor prognosis in LIS1/PAFAH1B1-related lissencephaly is significantly worse compared to DCX-related lissencephaly. Supportive therapies are used intensively and are considered to be very effective. The disease ...
Epilepsy in refugee camps in Algeria: clinical characteristics, treatment gaps, and environmental challenges in a low-resource setting - OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric epilepsy in Sahrawi refugee camps and to explore treatment gaps and perceived environmental influences in a low-resource desert setting.
Stabilizing fractional dynamical networks suppresses epileptic seizures - No abstract
Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Cerebral Cortical Encephalitis: Two Cases Highlighting Diagnostic Pitfalls - Cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE) represents a distinct phenotype of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated disease. The most frequent presentation of CCE is acute encephalitis. We describe two cases with diverse clinical courses that posed diagnostic challenges. The cases included a 24-year-old man with a seizure-predominant smoldering course over several months, init...
Developmental Profile of Physiological High-Frequency Oscillations in the Human Brain - High-frequency oscillations (HFOs), transient burst of ≥ 80 Hz activity, are increasingly recognized as promising EEG biomarkers of the epileptogenic zone for guiding epilepsy surgery. However, the presence of physiological HFOs in healthy cortex complicates their interpretation. The developmental profile of physiological HFOs in children remains poorly characterized, despite profound maturatio...
Gene-specific long-term course, neurodevelopmental outcome and quality of life in patients with LIS1/PAFAH1B1-, DCX-, DYNC1H1-, TUBA1A- and TUBG1-related lissencephaly - CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the severely impaired developmental potential and frequent neurological and medical complications in lissencephaly patients from an early age. The psychomotor prognosis in LIS1/PAFAH1B1-related lissencephaly is significantly worse compared to DCX-related lissencephaly. Supportive therapies are used intensively and are considered to be very effective. The disease ...
Epilepsy in refugee camps in Algeria: clinical characteristics, treatment gaps, and environmental challenges in a low-resource setting - OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric epilepsy in Sahrawi refugee camps and to explore treatment gaps and perceived environmental influences in a low-resource desert setting.
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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.