Epilepsy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Epilepsy, including details on symptoms, causes, treatment, drugs, information.

Volume 1 (2004), Issue 5 (December)

1. Adenosine A1 receptors and the anticonvulsant potential of drugs effective in the model of 3-nitropropionic acid-induced seizures in mice.
   Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 15(1): 85-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy is associated with severely declined dentate neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus.
   Neurobiol Dis, 17(3): 473-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Resistance of neurofilaments to degradation, and lack of neuronal death and mossy fiber sprouting after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus in the developing rat hippocampus.
   Neurobiol Dis, 17(3): 415-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Temporal patterns of the cerebral inflammatory response in the rat lithium-pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
   Neurobiol Dis, 17(3): 385-402. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. High-grade atrioventricular block triggered by spontaneous and stimulation-induced epileptic activity in the left temporal lobe.
   Epilepsia, 45(12): 1640-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Effects of add-on melatonin administration on antioxidant enzymes in children with epilepsy taking carbamazepine monotherapy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
   Epilepsia, 45(12): 1636-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Epilepsy and driving in Japan.
   Epilepsia, 45(12): 1630-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. National and regional prevalence of self-reported epilepsy in Canada.
   Epilepsia, 45(12): 1623-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The epidemiology of the comorbidity of epilepsy in the general population.
   Epilepsia, 45(12): 1613-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Patients' perceptions of memory functioning before and after surgical intervention to treat medically refractory epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1604-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Benign focal seizures of adolescence: a prospective study.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1600-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Semiologic and electrophysiologic correlations in temporal lobe seizure subtypes.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1590-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Identification of the epileptogenic lobe in neocortical epilepsy with proton MR spectroscopic imaging.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1580-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Are "generalized" seizures truly generalized? Evidence of localized mesial frontal and frontopolar discharges in absence.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1568-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Effect of an external responsive neurostimulator on seizures and electrographic discharges during subdural electrode monitoring.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1560-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Heat shock protein-27 is upregulated in the temporal cortex of patients with epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1549-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Seizures in the developing brain cause adverse long-term effects on spatial learning and anxiety.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1539-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Progestins in the hippocampus of female rats have antiseizure effects in a pentylenetetrazole seizure model.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1531-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Expression and cellular distribution of major vault protein: a putative marker for pharmacoresistance in a rat model for temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1506-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Striking differences in individual anticonvulsant response to phenobarbital in rats with spontaneous seizures after status epilepticus.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1488-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. The mechanism of neuroprotection by topiramate in an animal model of epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 45(12): 1478-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Spectrum of clinical manifestations of West Nile virus infection in children.
    Pediatrics, 114(6): 1673-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Benefits of the nonfasting ketogenic diet compared with the initial fasting ketogenic diet.
    Pediatrics, 114(6): 1627-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Magnetoencephalographic analysis of secondary bilateral synchrony.
    J Neuroimaging, 15(1): 89-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Circadian and seasonal variation of first febrile seizures.
    J Pediatr, 145(6): 838-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Recurrence of febrile seizures in the respiratory season is associated with influenza A.
    J Pediatr, 145(6): 800-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Cortical and limbic excitability in rats with absence epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 189-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Propagation of tonic posturing in supplementary motor area (SMA) seizures.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 179-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Cortical laminar disorganization is correlated with severity of the cortical dysplasia and surgical outcome--experience with 150 cases.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 171-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Genetic liability to epilepsy in Kerala State, India.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 163-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Epilepsy induced by extended amygdala-kindling in rats: lack of clear association between development of spontaneous seizures and neuronal damage.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 135-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Electroclinical and magnetoencephalographic studies in epilepsy patients with polymicrogyria.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 125-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Chronic temporal lobe epilepsy: spatial extent and degree of metabolic dysfunction studied with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 119-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Role of neurosteroids in catamenial epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Res, 62(2): 99-118. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Malic enzyme 2 may underlie susceptibility to adolescent-onset idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
    Am J Hum Genet, 76(1): 139-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Mortality in childhood-onset epilepsy.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 158(12): 1147-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Effects of zonisamide on the electroencephalogram of a patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 1024-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. New-onset mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in a 90-year-old: clinical and EEG features.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 1021-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Lesion lateralization in patients with epilepsy and precocious destructive insults.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 1014-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Nonepileptic seizures following general anesthetics: a report of five cases.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 1005-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Attitudes of Brazilian psychiatrists toward people with epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 999-1004. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Therapeutic equivalency of generic antiepileptic drugs: results of a survey.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 995-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Which factors may play a pivotal role on determining the type of psychiatric disorder in children and adolescents with epilepsy?
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 988-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Evidence of memory impairment in asymptomatic individuals with hippocampal atrophy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 981-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Determinants of quality of life in epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 976-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Developing a measure to assess attitudes toward epilepsy in the US population.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 965-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Anxiety and depression in children with epilepsy and their mothers.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 958-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Neuropsychological change following gamma knife surgery in patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy: a review of three cases.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 949-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Do patients with epilepsy believe they need specific dietary restrictions?
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 945-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Learning disability: occurrence and long-term consequences in childhood-onset epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 937-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Relationship between information processing speed in temporal lobe epilepsy and white matter volume.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 919-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Personality testing and epilepsy: comparison of two MMPI-2 correction procedures.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 911-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Development of cognitive functions in children with rolandic epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 903-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Epilepsy and insurance in the UK: an exploratory survey of the experiences of people with epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 884-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Levetiracetam for people with mental retardation and refractory epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 878-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Cognitive impairment following status epilepticus and recurrent seizures during early development: support for the "two-hit hypothesis".
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 873-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Correlation analysis between anticonvulsant ED50 values of antiepileptic drugs in mice and rats and their therapeutic doses and plasma levels.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 866-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Effect of anxiolytic, antidepressant, and antipsychotic drugs on cocaine-induced seizures and mortality.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 852-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Acute effect of an extract of Ambrosia paniculata (Willd.) O. E. Schultz (mugwort) in several models of experimental epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 847-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Assessment of adverse events and quality of life in epilepsy: design of a new community-based trial.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 841-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. The interictal dysphoric disorder: recognition, pathogenesis, and treatment of the major psychiatric disorder of epilepsy.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 826-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorder in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a critical review.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 818-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Neuropsychological outcome following focal cortical removal for intractable epilepsy in children.
    Epilepsy Behav, 5(6): 804-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Counseling children and parents about epilepsy.
    Patient Educ Couns, 55(3): 422-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Absence seizures in succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficient mice: a model of juvenile absence epilepsy.
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 79(3): 547-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Mutations in the X-linked cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5/STK9) gene are associated with severe neurodevelopmental retardation.
    Am J Hum Genet, 75(6): 1149-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Pharmacokinetics of gabapentin in paediatric patients with uncontrolled seizures.
    J Clin Pharm Ther, 29(6): 511-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Aberrant cytosolic acyl-CoA thioester hydrolase in hippocampus of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Amino Acids, 27(3): 269-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Neonatal seizures in preterm infants: clinical outcome and relationship with subsequent epilepsy.
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 16: 51-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Investigation of the effects of tianeptine and fluoxetine on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats.
    J Psychiatr Res, 39(2): 191-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. The effect of electroconvulsive shock seizures on behaviour induced by dopaminergic agonists and on immobility in the Porsolt test.
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 14(6): 509-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. High temporal resolution for in vivo monitoring of neurotransmitters in awake epileptic rats using brain microdialysis and capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection.
    J Neurosci Methods, 140(1): 29-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Intracerebral P3-like waveforms and the length of the stimulus-response interval in a visual oddball paradigm.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(1): 160-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Slow-wave activity arising from the same area as epileptiform activity in the EEG of paediatric patients with focal epilepsy.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(1): 9-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. How reliable are fMRI-EEG studies of epilepsy? A nonparametric approach to analysis validation and optimization.
    Neuroimage, 24(1): 192-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Cerebral perfusion changes in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: SPM analysis of ictal and interictal SPECT.
    Neuroimage, 24(1): 101-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Elevated voltage gated Cl- channel expression enhances fast paired-pulse inhibition in the dentate gyrus of seizure sensitive gerbil.
    Neurosci Res, 51(1): 45-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Illness beliefs and locus of control: a comparison of patients with pseudoseizures and epilepsy.
    J Psychosom Res, 57(6): 541-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Cancer risk in people with epilepsy: the role of antiepileptic drugs.
    Brain, 128: 7-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Utilization of magnetoencephalography results to obtain favourable outcomes in epilepsy surgery.
    Brain, 128: 153-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Progression from frontal-parietal to mesial-temporal epilepsy after fluid percussion injury in the rat.
    Brain, 128: 174-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Microanatomy of the dysplastic neocortex from epileptic patients.
    Brain, 128: 158-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Surviving CA1 pyramidal cells receive intact perisomatic inhibitory input in the human epileptic hippocampus.
    Brain, 128: 138-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Evidence that injury-induced changes in hippocampal neuronal calcium dynamics during epileptogenesis cause acquired epilepsy.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101(50): 17522-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Neural bases of cognitive ERPs: more than phase reset.
    J Cogn Neurosci, 16(9): 1595-604. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Landiolol attenuates acute hemodynamic responses but does not reduce seizure duration during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy.
    Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 58(6): 630-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Parietal lobe epilepsy: surgical treatment and outcome.
    Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 82(4): 175-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Genome-wide linkage scan of epilepsy-related photoparoxysmal electroencephalographic response: evidence for linkage on chromosomes 7q32 and 16p13.
    Hum Mol Genet, 14(1): 171-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Nonhabitual seizures in patients with implanted subdural electrodes.
    Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 82(4): 165-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Role of mossy fiber sprouting and mossy cell loss in hyperexcitability: a network model of the dentate gyrus incorporating cell types and axonal topography.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(1): 437-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Reversal of hippocampal LTP by spontaneous seizure-like activity: role of group I mGluR and cell depolarization.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(1): 316-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Preliminary study on the efficacy and tolerability of newer anticonvulsants in a population of epileptic patients.
    Med Princ Pract, 14(1): 31-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Treatment of electrical status epilepticus during slow-wave sleep with high-dose corticosteroid.
    Pediatr Neurol, 32(1): 64-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Attention deficit disorder and epilepsy.
    Pediatr Neurol, 32(1): 1-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. The epsilon theory: a novel synthesis of the underlying molecular and electrophysiological mechanisms of primary generalized epilepsy and the possible mechanism of action of valproate.
    Med Hypotheses, 64(2): 267-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Angiotensin peptides modulatory system: how is it implicated in the control of seizure susceptibility?
    Life Sci, 76(9): 955-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Vlgr1 knockout mice show audiogenic seizure susceptibility.
    J Neurochem, 92(1): 191-202. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Activation of NADPH oxidase and extracellular superoxide production in seizure-induced hippocampal damage.
    J Neurochem, 92(1): 123-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Electroconvulsive seizure treatment increases cell proliferation in rat frontal cortex.
    Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(1): 27-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Cardiac arrhythmias in focal epilepsy: a prospective long-term study.
     Lancet, 364(9452): 2212-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Meningitis is a common cause of convulsive status epilepticus with fever.
     Arch Dis Child, 90(1): 66-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, methylphenidate, and epilepsy.
     Arch Dis Child, 90(1): 57-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Focal status epilepticus as the first manifestation of paracoccidioidomycosis.
     Eur J Neurol, 12(1): 73-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Is ketamine a safe anesthetic for percutaneous liver biopsy in a liver transplant recipient immunosuppressed with cyclosporine?
     Anesth Analg, 100(1): 85-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Meditation may predispose to epilepsy: an insight into the alteration in brain environment induced by meditation.
     Med Hypotheses, 64(3): 464-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. The effects of the immature rat model of febrile seizures on the occurrence of later generalized tonic-clonic and absence epilepsy.
     Brain Res Dev Brain Res, 154(1): 137-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. The effect of fluoxetine in a model of chemically induced seizures--behavioral and immunocytochemical study.
     Neurosci Lett, 373(3): 226-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Cerebral pyruvate carboxylase flux is unaltered during bicuculline-seizures.
     J Neurosci Res, 79(1): 128-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Effects of chronic administered guanosine on behavioral parameters and brain glutamate uptake in rats.
     J Neurosci Res, 79(1): 248-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. The cognitive impact of epileptiform EEG-discharges; relationship with type of cognitive task.
     Neuropsychol Dev Cogn C Child Neuropsychol, 10(4): 297-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Imaging structure and function in refractory focal epilepsy.
     Lancet Neurol, 4(1): 42-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. Epidemiology and aetiology of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.
     Lancet Neurol, 4(1): 21-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Conditional transgenic suppression of M channels in mouse brain reveals functions in neuronal excitability, resonance and behavior.
     Nat Neurosci, 8(1): 51-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Quality of life in young Italian patients with epilepsy.
     Neurol Sci, 25(5): 264-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome with partial epilepsy. Case report with long-term follow-up.
     Brain Dev, 27(1): 53-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
116. Dipole analysis in panayiotopoulos syndrome.
     Brain Dev, 27(1): 46-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
117. Development of mental health dysfunction in childhood epilepsy.
     Brain Dev, 27(1): 5-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
118. Primary structure, behavioral and electroencephalographic effects of an epileptogenic peptide from the sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum.
     Toxicon, 45(2): 207-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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