Considerations on non-ketotic hyperglycinemia in 21st century by V. M. Studenikin

“…Some peculiarities of antiepileptic drugs’ use in non-ketotic hyperglycinemia, and main alternative therapy methods for epilepsy (ketogenic diet, vagus nerve stimulation) in this group of patients are covered. …”
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Evidence accumulation in the pre-supplementary motor area and insula drives confidence and changes of mind by Dorian Goueytes, François Stockart, Alexis Robin, Lucien Gyger, Martin Rouy, Dominique Hoffmann, Lorella Minotti, Philippe Kahane, Michael Pereira, Nathan Faivre

“…We report intracranial high-gamma activity in patients with epilepsy recorded while they perform a visual discrimination task and estimate their confidence level. …”
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Single pulse electrical stimulation of the medial thalamic surface induces narrower high gamma band activities in the sensorimotor cortex by Yawara Nakamura, Kiyohide Usami, Haruo Yamanaka, Daisuke Yamada, Yohei Mineharu, Takayuki Kikuchi, Masao Matsuhashi, Yoshiki Arakawa, Takeharu Kunieda

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The Role of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases as Support to Clinical Practice: An Overview of the Literature by Elvira Gjonaj, Caterina Formica, Emanuele Cartella, Nunzio Muscarà, Silvia Marino, Angelo Quartarone, Simona De Salvo

“…The use of NIRS should be applied even in the field of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases; in dementia, NIRS can aid in differential diagnosis and predict possible evolutions from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) stage; in stroke, it plays an important role especially in the post-acute phase, giving information about the patient’s chances of recovery; in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the results showed the important role of cognitive aspects; in epilepsy, NIRS can localize the epileptic focus or potentially predict seizure onset.…”
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The wide phenotypic spectrum of thiamine metabolism dysfunction syndrome 5 and its treatment by Alice Dallan, Giuseppe Reynolds, Carlotta Canavese, Diana Carli, Maria Luca, Andrea Gazzin, Marco Spada, Francesco Porta, Alessandro Mussa

“…The second one is characterized by early onset and severe symptoms, including dystonia, epilepsy, and developmental regression, progressing rapidly to severe disability with high mortality. …”
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Automated karyogram analysis for early detection of genetic and neurodegenerative disorders: a hybrid machine learning approach by Sumaira Tabassum, M. Jawad Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Asim Waris, M. Adeel Ijaz

“…Anomalous chromosomes are the cause of genetic diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, and autism. Karyotype analysis is the standard procedure for diagnosing genetic disorders. …”
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Investing the anti epileptic effect of Aqueous extract of Artemisia absinthium on seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole in male rats by Masoumeh Gholami, Mehdi Sadegh

“…Introduction:Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders that affect social, economic, and biological aspects of human life. …”
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Neurotransmission Sex Dichotomy in the Rat Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus in Healthy and Infantile Spasm Model by Dumitru Andrei Iacobas, Jana Veliskova, Tamar Chachua, Chian-Ru Chern, Kayla Vieira, Sanda Iacobas, Libor Velíšek

“…The transcriptomic differences assist in providing a molecular explanation of the behavioral differences and development of infantile epilepsy spasm syndrome in the two sexes.…”
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Long-lasting undetected neurocysticercosis by Aleksandar Kostić, Nataša Vidović, Nataša Miladinović-Tasić, Jovana Kostić, Vesna Nikolov, Nebojša Stojanović, Miljana Pavlović

“…Herein, we present a case of a 51-year-old male, with a missed diagnosis of neurocysticercosis for more than two decades. A history of epilepsy had started twenty-one years earlier and was of unclear etiology. …”
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Histamine and Immune Biomarkers in CNS Disorders by Ramón Cacabelos, Clara Torrellas, Lucía Fernández-Novoa, Francisco López-Muñoz

“…Cross-links between central and peripheral immune mechanisms appear to be disrupted as reflected by a series of immune markers (CD3, CD4, CD7, HLA-DR, CD25, CD28, and CD56) which show variability in brain disorders such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, migraine, epilepsy, vascular dementia, mental retardation, cerebrovascular encephalopathy, multiple sclerosis, brain tumors, cranial nerve neuropathies, mental retardation, and posttraumatic brain injury. …”
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Profilaxia intermitente na convulsão febril com diazepam via oral Intermittent prophylaxis in febrile seizures with oral diazepam by Marilisa M. Guerreiro, Maristela Costa, M. Angela Bellomo, Sílvia H. Sabino, Ednéa A. Silva, Anna E. Scotoni

“…Sixteen patients, had at least one prognostic factor for recurrence of febrile seizures: first febrile seizure before 15 months of age, positive family history for epilepsy or febrile seizures, occurrence of a complex febrile seizure or abnormal neurological examination. …”
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Defining neonatal status epilepticus: A scoping review from the ILAE neonatal task force by Magda L. Nunes, Elissa G. Yozawitz, Courtney J. Wusthoff, Renée A. Shellhaas, Efraín Olivas‐Peña, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Ronit M. Pressler, Chahnez C. Triki, Hans Hartmann, Terrie Inder, Geraldine B. Boylan, Kette Valente, Solomon L. Moshe, Eli M. Mizrahi, Nicholas S. Abend

“…Methods The International League Against Epilepsy Neonatal Task Force performed a scoping review of the definitions of neonatal SE. …”
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Neuropharmacological Assessment of the Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract of Calotropis procera (Ait). R. Br. (Apocynaceae) in Mice by Ernest Obese, Elvis Ofori Ameyaw, Robert Peter Biney, Emmanuel Awintiig Adakudugu, Eric Woode

“…It is also reportedly used in ethnomedicine for mental health disorders including epilepsy even in the absence of supporting scientific data. …”
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There is no shortage, but inequality: demographic evolution of neurologists in Brazil (2010–2020) by Bruno Lopes Santos-Lobato, Pedro José Tomaselli, Edienny Augusta Viana Santos-Lobato, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote, Hideraldo Luis Souza Cabeça

“…Background Neurology is a medical specialty that deals with prevalent diseases such as stroke, headache, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases. Many countries, such as Brazil, struggle to provide neurological care for their populations, but the inadequacy and unequal distribution of the neurologist workforce are real challenges. …”
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Sociocultural and perinatal health factors associated with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children by Phone Myat, James Rufus John, Alicia Montgomery, Valsamma Eapen

“…Postnatal factors of interest included the presence of health conditions (e.g., epilepsy), infections in early-life (e.g., respiratory infections), and atypical development in the first six months of life (e.g., hypotonia). …”
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Evaluation of Problematic Media Use in Children with Cerebral Palsy Aged 4–11 Years: A Case–Control Study by Orhan Coşkun, Abdurrahman Zarif Guney, Uğur Topçu, Mustafa Karaduman

“…In children with CP, additional data such as the need for special education, CP subtype, epilepsy status, and mobility status were recorded. …”
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Counterfactual explanations of tree based ensemble models for brain disease analysis with structure function coupling by Shaolong Wei, Zhen Gao, Hongcheng Yao, Xiaoyu Qi, Mingliang Wang, Jiashuang Huang

“…Experimental results on two independent datasets (i.e., epilepsy and schizophrenia) validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. …”
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Contribution of families using the GenIDA database to the description of MED13L syndrome and literature review by Roseline Caumes, Pauline Burger, Jean-Louis Mandel, Hélène Béhal, Jamal Ghoumid, Thomas Smol

“…A comprehensive review of published cases showed that patients with missense variants have more severe impairments, including increased cardiac defects, global developmental delay, and a higher incidence of epilepsy, than patients with premature truncated variants. …”
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Implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: An educational videoCentral MessagePerspective by Dina Al Rameni, MD, Mehmet Akay, MD, Marwan Jumean, MD, Aon Al Rameeni, Biswajit Kar, MD, Igor D. Gregoric, MD

“…Objectives: Implantation and use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) systems is a proven treatment strategy for epilepsy and depression, and extensive research regarding vagal control of the heart has led to the idea of VNS as a potential adjunct treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). …”
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Brain spect in the pre-surgical evaluation of epileptic patients preliminary results by Carlos A. Buchpiguel, Arthur Cukiert, Fausto H. Hironaka, Giovani G. Cerri, Alvaro E. A. Magalhães, Raul Marino Jr.

“…Despite the small number and hete-rogenicity of the present sample, SPECT seems to be an useful tool as part of the clinical workup of epileptic patients who are candidates for epilepsy surgery.…”
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