Clozapine-Induced Microseizures, Orofacial Dyskinesia, and Speech Dysfluency in an Adolescent with Treatment Resistant Early Onset Schizophrenia on Concurrent Lithium Therapy by Vivekananda Rachamallu, Ayman Haq, Michael M. Song, Manish Aligeti

“…It has a well-known side effect profile, including agranulocytosis, decreased seizure threshold, and tardive dyskinesia. In addition, numerous case reports have described clozapine-induced stuttering in adults. …”
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Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts by Franco Pepe, Gianmarco Marchese, Gabriele Giuseppe Pepe, Elisabetta Zambrotta, Giulio Insalaco, Claudia Garraffo, Valeria La Rosa

“…The patient was accompanied by her mother who reported an episode of intracerebral hemorrhage after birth and also remembered access to the emergency department after generalized tonic-clonic seizure as an infant. She was not able to describe the therapy for seizure preventions and even when and why it was suspended, but she affirmed that no residual neurological consequences were detected in the following years. …”
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Effect of perampanel in reducing depression in patients with focal epilepsy by Min Ming, Long Chen, Jian Huang, Ying Huang, Jiali Yin

“…The mean total QOLIE-31 score significantly increased from 82.9 ± 20.4 to 88.7 ± 21.2 at the 12-month follow-up (P < 0.001). In addition, seizure control was improved significantly at 12 months: 32.1 % of patients were seizure-free, and 73.2 % were responsive. …”
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The potential therapeutic role of berberine in treating epilepsy focusing on temporal lobe epilepsy: State of art and ongoing perspective by Bshra A. Alsfouk, Hayder M. Al-Kuraishy, Ali K. Albuhadily, Ali I. Al-Gareeb, Ahmed M. Abdelaziz, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Mubarak Alruwaili, Gaber El-Saber Batiha

“…Epilepsy is a neurological disease characterized by unprovoked recurrent epileptic seizures. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the commonest type of focal epilepsy in adults that resist to the conventional anti-seizure medications (ASMs). …”
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Peri‐ictal yawning: A potential lateralizing sign in temporal lobe epilepsy by Xiaoping Du, Yi Yao, Jiani Chen, Xiaoping Yang, Lei Zhang, Yingying Tang, Xiaoting Hao, Dong Zhou, Shizhong Lian, Fengpeng Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Meizhen Sun, Junhong Guo

“…However, it can occasionally indicate seizure activity, particularly in TLE. PY happens more often observed in non‐dominant TLE and usually occurs in the later stages of a seizure or just after it. …”
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Psychiatric presentation in Rasmussen’s encephalitis by Prashant Maravi, Suneel Singh Kushwaha, Riya Gangwal, Dheerendra Mishra, Nimisha Mishra

“…Significant improvements were observed in seizure control and psychiatric symptoms following treatment. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Bilateral Independent Epileptic Foci Precipitated By Guillain-Barrè Syndrome by Rosario Rossi, Maria Valeria Saddi, Alessandro Mela, Anna Ticca

“…Despite the variable clinical expression of seizures due to occipital damage in PRES, the development of independent seizure activity in both occipital lobes might represent a distinctive epileptic phenomenon of this encephalopathy.…”
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High-field MRI findings in epileptic dogs with a normal inter-ictal neurological examination by Stephanie Phillipps, Rita Goncalves

“…The aims of this study were to establish high-field (1.0T and 1.5T) MRI findings in dogs presenting with epileptic seizures and a normal inter-ictal examination.MethodsMedical records were retrospectively searched for dogs presenting with at least two epileptic seizure events more than 24 h apart. …”
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Evaluating Executive Functions in Patients with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Using Frontal Assessment Battery by Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Masoud Doost Hoseini, Mohammad Reza Khaleghi, Abbas Tafakhori, Mahsa Dolatshahi, Shayan Pourmirbabaei, Elmira Agah, Shakila Meshkat, Vajiheh Aghamollaii

“…The number of AEDs (polytherapy versus monotherapy) and duration of time since the last seizure had no significant effect on FAB scores in JME patients. …”
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Successful management of refractory epilepsy in creatine transporter deficiency with cannabidiol and clobazam: A case report by Maria Borrell‐Pichot, Carmen Fons, Susana Boronat, Alba Sierra‐Marcos

“…Concerning epilepsy, standard management is recommended and no specific anti‐seizure medication (ASM) has been shown to be effective in refractory cases. …”
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Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Complicating Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis in a Child by Filippo Greco, Maria Donatella Cocuzza, Pierluigi Smilari, Giovanni Sorge, Lorenzo Pavone

“…Children with acute encephalopathy show prolonged electrographic seizure activity consistent with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). …”
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Level of Acceptance of Illness and Its Association with Quality of Life among Patients with Epilepsy in North Shewa, Ethiopia by Yonas Teshome, Yerukneh Solomon, Feredegn Talargia, Negese Worku, Abreham Shitaw, Abebaye Aragaw Leminie

“…The patients’ acceptance of illness was significantly associated with overall quality of life, seizure worry, emotional well-being, and cognitive domain of the patients.…”
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Outcomes and physiologic responses associated with ketamine administration after traumatic brain injury in the United States and Canada: a retrospective analysis by Austin J. Peters, Saad A. Khan, Seiji Koike, Susan Rowell, Martin Schreiber

“…In the very rare outcomes of cardiac events and seizure activity, seizure activity was statistically more likely in ketamine-exposed subjects (3.1% vs. 1.0%, P=0.010). …”
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Glycyrrhizin as a potential disease-modifying therapy for epilepsy: insights into targeting pyroptosis to exert neuroprotective and anticonvulsant effects by Lei Wei, Sijie Ou, Youshi Meng, Lanfeng Sun, Lin Zhang, Yuling Lu, Yuan Wu

“…Previous studies suggest that glycyrrhizin may regulate key processes involved in epilepsy pathogenesis, such as neuroinflammation and cell death, but its effects on pyroptosis have not been reported.MethodsThis study employed bioinformatics techniques to identify potential molecular targets for glycyrrhizin in epilepsy treatment and then validated using a kainic acid-induced status epilepticus mouse model.ResultsGlycyrrhizin treatment significantly prolonged seizure latency, reduced seizure duration, and alleviated neuronal damage in the status epilepticus mouse model. …”
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Immunotherapy Responsive Autoimmune Subacute Encephalitis: A Report of Two Cases by Manoj Mittal, Nancy Hammond, Sharon G. Lynch

“…After 8 months, she had marked improvement in her memory and seizures. Case 2: 61-year-old woman was admitted for video EEG monitoring of unclassified seizure and cognitive function decline. …”
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Laser interstitial thermal therapy in the management of bottom‐of‐sulcus dysplasia‐related epilepsy by Bowen Yang, Chao Zhang, Xiu Wang, Baotian Zhao, Jiajie Mo, Weiyuan Luo, Xiaoqiu Shao, Jianguo Zhang, Kai Zhang, Wenhan Hu

“…Methods Twenty‐two patients underwent MRgLITT, while 39 underwent OS. Postoperative seizure‐free rates were analyzed using Kaplan–Meier curves. …”
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Can serum orexin levels be used as a marker in childhood epilepsy? by Mutluay Arslan, Canan Üstün, Ayşe Nur Coşkun, Hasan Çelik, Hacı Nadir Yalçın, Eda Karaismailoğlu, Erdim Sertoğlu, Bülent Ünay

“…In the ASG, no significant difference was found when orexin levels were compared according to the time of blood sampling after seizure (0–8 h, 8–16 h, 16–24 h). In patients with seizures, the orexin levels of patients with focal seizures were compared with those of patients with generalized seizures. …”
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Diffusion MRI-based analysis of functional alterations of the glymphatic system in children with non-lesional epilepsy by Bixia Wu, Gengbiao Zhang, Yanting Wang, Hongyi Zheng, Hui Tan, Wenbin Zheng

“…Additionally, FW-WM was negatively correlated with age of onset (r = −0.463, p < 0.001) and positively associated with seizure control in children with NLE (r = 0.306, p = 0.012). …”
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Navigating the depths: A comprehensive narrative review on depression in people with epilepsy by Norah A. Alkhaldi

“…Our review highlights that the use of most antidepressant pharmacotherapies does not increase the risk of seizure occurrences. On the contrary, compelling evidence suggests that such treatments may even decrease seizure frequency, offering hope for patients. …”
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Clinical and Electrophysiological Characteristics of Patients with Juvenile Absence Epilepsy in a Turkish Cohort by Bülent Kara, Ömer Karaca, Defne Alikılıç, Adnan Deniz, Merve Öztürk, Mesut Güngör

“…Juvenile absence epilepsy is an epileptic syndrome that usually begins between the ages of 9-13 and is classified in the group of genetic generalized epilepsies, in which absence seizures are seen mainly but may also be accompanied by motor seizures in the follow-up. …”
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