Seizure Associated Takotsubo Syndrome: A Rare Combination by Htay Htay Kyi, Nour Aljariri Alhesan, Sunil Upadhaya, Samer Al Hadidi

“…We are presenting a 61-year-old African American female with past medical history of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and hypertension who presented with multiple episodes of seizures due to noncompliance with antiepileptic medications. …”
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FREQUENCY OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONGADULT EPILEPTIC PATIENTS by Monica Vaswani

“… Epilepsy is a common neurological disease that greatly affects quality of life. …”
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Brivaracetam to Treat Partial Onset Seizures in Adults by Dustin Latimer, David Le, Evan Falgoust, Patrick Ingraffia, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Elyse M. Cornett, Rupin Singh, JooHee Choi, Giustino Varrassi, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye, Latha Ganti

“…# Purpose of Review Seizures are a hyperexcitable, and hypersynchronous imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory factors (E/I imbalance) in neurotransmission, and epilepsy is the recurrent manifestation of seizures within a reasonable time frame and without being attributable to a reversible cause. …”
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The Classical Pathways of Occipital Lobe Epileptic Propagation Revised in the Light of White Matter Dissection by Francesco Latini, Mats Hjortberg, Håkan Aldskogius, Mats Ryttlefors

“…The clinical evidences of variable epileptic propagation in occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) have been demonstrated by several studies. …”
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Characterizing Cerebral Imaging and Electroclinical Features of Five Pseudohypoparathyroidism Cases Presenting with Epileptic Seizures by Zijuan Qi, Zhensheng Li, Quwen Gao, Li Dong, Jian Lin, Kairun Peng, Wei Xiang, Bingmei Deng

“…ASMs are effective in epilepsy combined with PHP. Intracranial calcification is not a reliable etiological cause of epilepsy in PHP patients.…”
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Hsp70 and Its Molecular Role in Nervous System Diseases by Giuseppina Turturici, Gabriella Sconzo, Fabiana Geraci

“…Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are induced in response to many injuries including stroke, neurodegenerative disease, epilepsy, and trauma. The overexpression of one HSP in particular, Hsp70, serves a protective role in several different models of nervous system injury, but has also been linked to a deleterious role in some diseases. …”
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Dental Treatment of a Child with Pallister-Killian Syndrome by Serhan Didinen, Didem Atabek, Gülay Kip, Aslı Patır Münevveroğlu, Özlem Tulunoğlu

“…Still, there is a probability for epilepsy seizures. If epileptic seizures stop permanently, we can apply an oral appliance to block tongue thrust. …”
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Impact of the Ketogenic Diet on Neurological Diseases: A Review by Carmen Rubio, Alejandro López-Landa, Hector Romo-Parra, Moisés Rubio-Osornio

“…Background: The ketogenic diet (KD), high in fat and low in carbohydrates, was introduced in the 1920s as a non-pharmacological treatment for refractory epilepsy. Although its mechanism of action is not fully understood, beneficial effects have been observed in neurological diseases such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Melatonin in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Analysis Using Modern Mathematical Modeling Methods by Justyna Paprocka, Marek Kijonka, Łukasz Boguszewicz, Maria Sokół

“…The parameters of the melatonin secretion models were interpreted and compared with those obtained for the patients with epilepsy (n=76) and the children from the control, nonepileptic group (n=36). …”
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Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction and Risk of Seizure in the Child: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study by Stine Linding Andersen, Peter Laurberg, Chun Sen Wu, Jørn Olsen

“…In adjusted analyses, maternal hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism first time diagnosed after birth of the child were associated with a significant increased risk of epilepsy in the child. Moreover, hypothyroidism diagnosed after birth of the child was associated with a significant increased risk of neonatal and febrile seizures. …”
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Stroke after Initiating IV Penicillin for Neurosyphilis: A Possible Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction by Vineet Punia, Appaji Rayi, Adithya Sivaraju

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Neonatal Tactile Stimulation Downregulates Dendritic Spines in Layer V Pyramidal Neurons of the WAG/Rij Rat Somatosensory Cortex by Gul Ilbay, Aymen Balıkcı, Sibel Köktürk, Melda Yardımoglu Yılmaz, Nurbay Ates, Canan Baydemır, Sibel Balcı

“…The aim of our study is to examine the effects of neonatal tactile stimulations on the brain structures that previously defined as the focus of epilepsy in the Wistar-Albino-Glaxo from Rijswijk (WAG/Rij) rat brain with genetic absence epilepsy. …”
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Porcine Cysticercosis in Southeast Uganda: Seroprevalence in Kamuli and Kaliro Districts by C. Waiswa, E. M. Fèvre, Z. Nsadha, C. S. Sikasunge, A. L. Willingham

“…The recent recognition of neurocysticercosis as a major cause of epilepsy in Uganda and changes in pig demography have lead to a need to better understand the basic epidemiology of Taenia solium infections in pigs and humans. …”
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Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cell Administration Improves Quality of Life and Self-Sufficiency in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Results from a Retrospective Study by Dariusz Boruczkowski, Izabela Zdolińska-Malinowska

“…Adverse events were mild and temporary except one case of epilepsy deterioration leading to treatment discontinuation. …”
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Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus Is Associated with Changes in the Actin-Modulating Protein Synaptopodin and Alterations in Long-Term Potentiation in the Mouse Hippocampus by Maximilian Lenz, Marina Ben Shimon, Thomas Deller, Andreas Vlachos, Nicola Maggio

“…Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder which can severely affect neuronal function. …”
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Crochet increases attention through a requiring motor skill learning by Davide Rossi Sebastiano, Cristina Muscio, Dunja Duran, Deborah Bonfoco, Sara Dotta, Paola Anversa, Elisa Pellencin, Pietro Tiraboschi, Elisa Visani

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Modulation of brain glutamate dehydrogenase as a tool for controlling seizures by Rasgado Lourdes A. Vega, Reyes Guillermo Ceballos, Díaz Fernando Vega

“…Glutamate (Glu) is a major excitatory neurotransmitter involved in epilepsy. Glu is synthesized by glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, E.C. 1.4.1.3) and dysfunction of the enzymatic activity of GDH is associated with brain pathologies. …”
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Altered Functional Connectivity after Epileptic Seizure Revealed by Scalp EEG by Yi Liang, Chunli Chen, Fali Li, Dezhong Yao, Peng Xu, Liang Yu

“…The findings of this study may provide helpful insights into understanding the network mechanism underlying chronic recurrent epilepsy.…”
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Dog alerting and/or responding to epileptic seizures: A scoping review. by Amélie Catala, Hugo Cousillas, Martine Hausberger, Marine Grandgeorge

“…Recently, there has been a rising interest in service dogs for people with epilepsy. Dogs have been reported as being sensitive to epileptic episodes in their owners, alerting before and/or responding during or after a seizure, with or without specific training. …”
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First line antiepileptics and their hidden risks - a unique case report on diffuse calvarial thickening and twisted tongue linked to the use of phenytoin and sodium valproate by Sankavi Kaarthic, Selvakumar CJ

“…CASE 1: 15 year old boy a case of refractory epilepsy with global developmental delay who was on multiple antiepileptics including phenytoin was admitted with breakthrough seizures. …”
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