Combination Therapy With Vigabatrin and Prednisolone Versus Vigabatrin Alone for Infantile Spasms by Rachata Boonkrongsak, Kantapon Trongkamolchai, Sirorat Suwannachote, Somjit Sri‐Udomkajorn, Raviwan Wittawassamrankul, Ravindra Arya, Kullasate Sakpichaisakul

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Retinoic Acid-Induced 1 Gene and Neuropsychiatric Diseases: A Systematic Review by Tianmi Yang, Dejiang Pang, Chunyu Li, Huifang Shang

“…Integrating findings from animal studies, particularly those examining the regulatory mechanisms of RAI1 in critical phenotypes, such as body weight, sleep and epilepsy, underscores the precise regulation of RAI1 expression in maintaining various nervous system functions. …”
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Pediatric Liquid Medications and Dental Caries: A Narrative Review by Mohammed Taib Fatih, Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Handren Ameer Kurda, Herve Tassery, Romain Lan, Delphine Tardivo, Mohammed Aso Abdulghafor

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Children with chronic conditions such as heart diseases, asthma, severe respiratory infections, epilepsy, organ failure, tumors, and recurring acute diseases such as sinusitis, otitis media, tonsillitis, or even iron and vitamin supplements are taking pediatric liquid medications (PLMs) for long durations. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Intentional Head Trauma in Infants: A Comprehensive Follow-Up of Medical, Developmental, Psychological, and Legal Perspectives by Göksel Vatansever, Ezgi Özalp Akın, Pınar Bingöl Kızıltunç, Didem Behice Öztop, Kezban Karabağ, Seda Topçu, Betül Ulukol

“…In the long-term follow-up, cerebral palsy was detected in three of the children, epilepsy in one, optic atrophy and deviation due to this in one, and deviation due to brain trauma in one. …”
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A Case Series of Anti-Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2 Antibody-Related Diseases with Distinct Neurological Involvement by Zhang Z, Deng X, Guo D, Zhao J, Li J, He F, Yang L, Peng J

“…A review of five patients (all female, aged 3– 78 years) found four with cerebellar ataxia or cerebellitis and one with immune-related epilepsy. Common symptoms included dysarthria, gait instability, and gaze/nystagmus, while seizures were rare. …”
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Zebrafish mecp2 null-mutation increases anxiety and cortisol levels but no change in adult social preference and larval chemically-induced hyperlocomotion by Soaleha Shams, Pierre Cronell, Jenny Landin, Thomas Pietri, Adrian Ekehorn Gimdal, Petronella Kettunen, Lars Westberg

“…Patients diagnosed with Rett syndrome have increased risk for epilepsy as well as problems with anxiety and social communication. …”
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Biophysical and computational insights from modeling human cortical pyramidal neurons by Sapir Shapira, Ido Aizenbud, Daniela Yoeli, Yoni Leibner, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Michael London, Michael London, Idan Segev, Idan Segev

“…This effort has yielded unprecedented morphological and biophysical data on human neurons obtained during epilepsy or tumor surgeries. To integrate and interpret this diverse data, two complementary modeling approaches have emerged: detailed biophysical models, unraveling how morpho-electrical properties shape signal processing in human neurons, and machine learning models, which leverage the biophysical models to uncover hidden structure–function relationships. …”
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Role of phospholipase Cη1 in lateral habenula astrocytes in depressive-like behavior in mice by Sukwoon Song, Miseon Kang, Jiyoung Lee, Yong Ryoul Yang, Ho Lee, Jae-Ick Kim, Beomsue Kim, Hoon-seong Choi, Eun-bin Hong, Min-ho Nam, Pann-Ghill Suh, Jeongyeon Kim

“…Several brain PLC subtypes have been extensively studied, implicating them in psychiatric disorders such as depression, epilepsy and schizophrenia. However, the role of the recently identified PLCη remains largely unknown. …”
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Investigation of diuretic activity of 4-R-5-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazoles’ derivatives by O. A. Suhak, O. I. Panasenko, Ye. G. Knysh, A. A. Safonov

“…So, for example, diuretics are also prescribed as a means of dehydration emergency therapy for pulmonary edema, brain, in the integrated therapy of patients with arterial hypertension, with glaucoma, epilepsy, as well as for induction of forced diuresis in poisoning. …”
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Regulation of MAP2, GFAP, and calcium in the CA3 Region Following Kainic Acid Exposure to  organotypic hippocampal slice culture [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] by Aulanni'am Aulanni'am, Kusworini Handono, Ettie Rukmigarsari, Hidayat Sujuti, Machlusil Husna

“…Background Neurodegeneration due to neurotoxicity is one of the phenomena in temporal lobe epilepsy. Experimentally, hippocampal excitotoxicity process can occur due to kainic acid exposure, especially in the CA3 area. …”
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Prevalence of Cysticercosis in Pigs and Risk Assessment Among Occupationally Exposed Workers in Benue State, Nigeria by Alex A. Adikwu, Tyonginengen Iorparegh, Felix M. Per, Andrew M. Adamu, Olajide A. Owolodun, Paul F. Horwood, Theophilus I. Emeto, Oyelola A. Adegboye

“…Neurocysticercosis, a sequela associated with the larval stage of Taenia solium, is a recognised cause of late‐onset epilepsy in humans, thereby highlighting the need for robust epidemiological data. …”
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Effect of Pain Neuroscience Education versus Conventional Patient Education on Pain, Quality of Life, Kinesiophobia and Pain Catastrophising in Individuals with Post-Stroke Chronic... by Pooja Motar Sublok, Prashant Mukkannavar

“…Participants will be excluded if they have pre-stroke shoulder/neck pain, have undergone surgery, experienced acute strokes, have severe deficits, uncontrolled conditions, or contraindications to Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) (e.g., epilepsy, pacemaker). Group A will receive PNE, while Group B will undergo CPE. …”
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children with cerebral palsy in Brazil: a multicenter study by Bruno Leonardo Scofano Dias, Fernanda Marinho de Lima, Daniela Fava, Fernanda Jordão Pinto Marques, Frederico José de Carvalho Godinho, Alessandra Lemos de Carvalho, Sara Virgínia Paiva Santos, Fernanda de Lourdes da Cunha Pinto, Danielle Bruno Jardim, Wilerson Marques Bessa

“…Significantly higher frequencies of palatine tonsil hypertrophy, hospitalizations and outpatient antibiotic use for respiratory causes (last 12 months), gastroesophageal reflux disease, drooling and epilepsy were found in GMFCS V. Palatine tonsil hypertrophy was significantly associated with HR-OSAS. …”
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Exploring the diversity of biological processes regulated by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, a pleiotropic molecule with therapeutic potential by Cristina Porcari, Cristina Porcari, Stefano Cattaneo, Lucia Crippa, Michele Simonato, Michele Simonato, Barbara Bettegazzi, Barbara Bettegazzi

“…Clinically, its therapeutic potential is being explored in different diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and epilepsy. In this review, we will explore various aspects of GDNF biology and then focus our attention to the physiological mechanisms of GDNF-regulated processes in the central and peripheral nervous system, concluding with a brief perspective related to its therapeutic potential for central nervous system disorders. …”
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Novel NFIX gene variant in Malan Syndrome by Shagufta Shaikh, Sangeeta Sawant, Susan Cherian, Suresh K. G. Shettigar

“…MS-associated NFIX microdeletions or NFIX intragenic variants, primarily clustered in exon 2, show no significant genotype–phenotype correlations among the individuals except higher frequency of epilepsy and EEG abnormalities in NFIX microdeletions cases. …”
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Dostoevsky and Stendhal´s sydrome Dostoiévski e a síndrome de Stendhal by Edson José Amâncio

“…The Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky suffered from epilepsy and there is evidence that he presented the symptoms of Stendahl’s syndrome while contemplating some works of art, particularly when viewing Hans Holbein’s masterpiece, Dead Christ, during a visit to the museum in Basle.…”
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PPP5C pathogenic variant identified: a potential key to gaining insight into developmental and epileptic encephalopathy? by Raffaele Falsaperla, Annamaria Sapuppo, Xena Giada Pappalardo, Roberta Rizzo, Roberta Rocca, Gaia Fusto, Silvia Marino, Vincenzo Sortino, Lucia Saccuzzo, Martino Ruggieri, Marco Fichera

“…Results We report a 12-year-old girl affected by epilepsy and learning disorders. At the age of five, she presented convulsive status epilepticus with respiratory failure at onset and she started anticonvulsant therapy with Levetiracetam with a significant improvement. …”
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Different Fate of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (Clinical and EEG Cases Report) by Michal Drobný, Dušan Krkoška, Gabriela Sobolová, Martin Babušík, Silvia Učňová, Beata Drobná Sániová, Lenka Tulejová, Daniel Priadka

“…J. life when she overcame varicella with a significant eruption of the skin and high temperature the highly active EEG patterns were attenuated both graphically and clinically with a significant reduction in focal epilepsy. The latter was affected by a total thiopentotal anesthesia and bolus corticotherapy, as well as amantadine sulphate.This patient exhibited central right lower limb mono-paresis in a selfstanding walk and 4–5 short myoclonic abduction cramps in arm joints associated with vocalized «hee-haw», deep inspiring and expiring in full consciousness. …”
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Viral encephalitis and seizures cause rapid depletion of neuronal progenitor cells and alter neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus by Alberto Pauletti, Polina Gurlo, Edna Weiß, Ana Beatriz DePaula-Silva, Karen S. Wilcox, Sonja Bröer

“…Infections impacting the central nervous system (CNS) constitute a substantial predisposing factor for the emergence of epileptic seizures. Given that epilepsy conventionally correlates with hippocampal sclerosis and neuronal degeneration, a potentially innovative avenue for therapeutic intervention involves fostering adult neurogenesis, a process primarily occurring within the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus (DG) through the differentiation of neural stem cells (NSC). …”
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Brain-wide connectivity and novelty response of the dorsal endopiriform nucleus in mice by Steffy B. Manjila, Seoyoung Son, Deniz Parmaksiz, Hannah Kline, Rebecca Betty, Yuan-ting Wu, Hyun-Jae Pi, Donghui Shin, Josephine K. Liwang, Fae N. Kronman, Ingvild E. Bjerke, Kyle McGovern, Justin Silverman, Anirban Paul, Yongsoo Kim

“…Although implicated in epilepsy and olfaction, the EPd’s connectivity and function remain largely unclear due to the lack of specific molecular markers. …”
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