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 2 (2005), Issue 3 (March)

1. Benign myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: neuropsychological and behavioural outcome.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 218-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Coeliac disease, epilepsy and cerebral calcifications.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 189-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Epilepsy with myoclonic absences.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 178-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Benign familial infantile seizures.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 172-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Aicardi syndrome.
   Brain Dev, 27(3): 164-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Valproate corrects the schizophrenia-like epigenetic behavioral modifications induced by methionine in mice.
   Biol Psychiatry, 57(5): 500-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Cellular mechanisms underlying acquired epilepsy: the calcium hypothesis of the induction and maintainance of epilepsy.
   Pharmacol Ther, 105(3): 229-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Decrease in synaptic transmission can reverse the propagation direction of epileptiform activity in hippocampus in vivo.
   J Neurophysiol, 93(3): 1158-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Ictal dipole source analysis based on a realistic scalp-skull-brain head model in localizing the epileptogenic zone.
   Neurosci Res, 51(4): 453-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Effects of sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, on gamma-aminobutyric acid concentration in the brain and on picrotoxin-induced convulsions in combination with phenobarbitone in rats.
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 80(3): 363-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. An analysis of lifetime fractures in women with epilepsy.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(4): 225-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Regional energetic dysfunction in hippocampal epilepsy.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(4): 218-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Autosomal dominant cortical tremor, myoclonus and epilepsy: many syndromes, one phenotype.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(4): 211-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Mood disorders and their treatment in patients with epilepsy.
    J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 17(1): 20-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Caspase 6 expression in the rat hippocampus during epileptogenesis and epilepsy.
    Neuroscience, 131(4): 887-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Genetic background regulates semaphorin gene expression and epileptogenesis in mouse brain after kainic acid status epilepticus.
    Neuroscience, 131(4): 853-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. N-methyl-D-aspartic acid-induced and Ca-dependent neuronal swelling and its retardation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the epileptic hippocampus.
    Neuroscience, 131(4): 801-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Vasopressinergic hypothalamic neurons are recruited during the audiogenic seizure of WARs.
    Brain Res, 1038(1): 32-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Changes in phosphorylation of the NMDA receptor in the rat hippocampus induced by status epilepticus.
    J Neurochem, 92(6): 1377-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. In vitro 1H NMR spectroscopy shows an increase in N-acetylaspartylglutamate and glutamine content in the hippocampus of amygdaloid-kindled rats.
    J Neurochem, 92(6): 1317-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Liver histopathology and liver and serum alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities in epileptic dogs receiving phenobarbital.
    Vet Pathol, 42(2): 147-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Oxidative stress in the hippocampus after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in Wistar rats.
    FEBS J, 272(6): 1307-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Parry-Romberg syndrome with fatal brain stem involvement.
    J Pediatr, 146(3): 429-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Central nervous system hyperexcitability associated with glutamate dehydrogenase gain of function mutations.
    J Pediatr, 146(3): 388-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Expression time course and spatial distribution of activated caspase-3 after experimental status epilepticus: contribution of delayed neuronal cell death to seizure-induced neuronal injury.
    Neurobiol Dis, 18(3): 582-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Heterogeneous GABAA receptor subunit expression in pediatric epilepsy patients.
    Neurobiol Dis, 18(3): 484-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Repetitive febrile seizures in rat pups cause long-lasting deficits in synaptic plasticity and NR2A tyrosine phosphorylation.
    Neurobiol Dis, 18(3): 466-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Seizures induced in immature rats by homocysteic acid and the associated brain damage are prevented by group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist (2R,4R)-4-aminopyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate.
    Exp Neurol, 192(2): 420-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Optical imaging of epileptiform activity in experimentally induced cortical malformations.
    Exp Neurol, 192(2): 288-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Decreased GABA(A) receptor expression in the seizure-prone fragile X mouse.
    Neurosci Lett, 377(3): 141-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The role of the environment on the development of spike-wave discharges in two strains of rats.
    Physiol Behav, 84(3): 379-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Ontogenetic study of metaphit-induced audiogenic seizures in rats.
    Brain Res Dev Brain Res, 155(1): 42-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Electrophysiological properties of cultured hippocampal neurons from Wistar Audiogenic Rats.
    Brain Res Bull, 65(2): 177-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Complex visual hallucinations after occipital cortical resection in a patient with epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia.
    Arch Neurol, 62(3): 481-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Novel mitochondrial DNA ND5 mutation in a patient with clinical features of MELAS and MERRF.
    Arch Neurol, 62(3): 473-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Evolving concepts on the pathophysiology of absence seizures: the cortical focus theory.
    Arch Neurol, 62(3): 371-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Prior hospitalization for epilepsy, diabetes, and stroke and subsequent glioma and meningioma risk.
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 14(3): 643-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Temporal lobe epilepsy and the selective reminding test: the conventional 30-minute delay suffices.
    Psychol Assess, 17(1): 103-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Impaired Cl- extrusion in layer V pyramidal neurons of chronically injured epileptogenic neocortex.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(4): 2117-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Predictors and prognosis of refractory status epilepticus treated in a neurological intensive care unit.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(4): 534-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Mirtazapine increases cortical excitability in healthy controls and epilepsy patients with major depression.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(4): 527-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Up-regulation of neuropeptide Y levels and modulation of glutamate release through neuropeptide Y receptors in the hippocampus of kainate-induced epileptic rats.
    J Neurochem, 93(1): 163-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Postsynaptic 5-HT1B receptors modulate electroshock-induced generalised seizures in rats.
    Br J Pharmacol, 144(5): 628-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. New type of synaptically mediated epileptiform activity independent of known glutamate and GABA receptors.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(4): 1845-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Single-column thalamocortical network model exhibiting gamma oscillations, sleep spindles, and epileptogenic bursts.
    J Neurophysiol, 93(4): 2194-232. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Progressive myoclonic epilepsies: a review of genetic and therapeutic aspects.
    Lancet Neurol, 4(4): 239-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Estimation of population pharmacokinetic parameters of free-phenytoin in adult epileptic patients.
    Arch Med Res, 36(1): 49-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. The relationship between the onset of electrographic seizure activity after birth and the time of cerebral injury in utero.
    BJOG, 112(4): 504-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Corticosteroids in the management of the paediatric epilepsies.
    Arch Dis Child, 90(4): 379-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Protein aggregation as a possible cause for pathology in a subset of familial Unverricht-Lundborg disease.
    Med Hypotheses, 64(5): 955-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Haplotype structures of EPHX1 and their effects on the metabolism of carbamazepine-10,11-epoxide in Japanese epileptic patients.
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 61(1): 25-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. The yield of laboratory investigations in children with infantile autism.
    J Neural Transm, 112(4): 587-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Early management of adults with an uncomplicated first generalised seizure.
    Emerg Med J, 22(4): 237-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Medicine taking decisions: schizophrenia in comparison to asthma and epilepsy.
    J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 12(2): 163-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Sevoflurane and epileptiform EEG changes.
    Paediatr Anaesth, 15(4): 266-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Anterior perirhinal cortex kindling produces long-lasting effects on anxiety and object recognition memory.
    Eur J Neurosci, 21(4): 1081-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Motor cortex excitability in focal epilepsies not including the primary motor area--a TMS study.
    Brain, 128: 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Subdural recordings of the mismatch negativity (MMN) in patients with focal epilepsy.
    Brain, 128: 819-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Cortical triggers in generalized reflex seizures and epilepsies.
    Brain, 128: 700-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Chromosome 18 aberrations and epilepsy: a review.
    Am J Med Genet A, 134(1): 88-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Cri du chat syndrome and complex karyotype in a patient with infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, nonketotic hyperglycinemia, and heterotopia.
    Am J Med Genet A, 134(2): 198-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Detection of EEG background abnormalities in epilepsy by a new spectral index.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(4): 933-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. A case of late postpartum seizures after epidural analgesia.
    Int J Obstet Anesth, 14(2): 163-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Seizure suppression by gain-of-function escargot mutations.
    Genetics, 169(3): 1477-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Generating accurate finite element meshes for the forward model of the human head in EIT.
    Physiol Meas, 26(2): S251-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET and ictal 99mTc-HMPAO SPET in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: quantitative analysis by statistical parametric mapping, statistical probabilistic anatomical map, and subtraction ictal SPET.
    Seizure, 14(3): 213-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Educational problems with underlying neuropsychological impairment are common in children with Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS).
    Seizure, 14(3): 207-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Complaints associated with the use of antiepileptic drugs: results from a community-based study.
    Seizure, 14(3): 198-206. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Behaviour problems in children and adolescents with seizure disorder: associations and risk factors.
    Seizure, 14(3): 190-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Efficacy and safety of topiramate in infants according to epilepsy syndromes.
    Seizure, 14(3): 183-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Incidence of epilepsy and predictive factors of epileptic and non-epileptic seizures.
    Seizure, 14(3): 175-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Intravenous valproate as an innovative therapy in seizure emergency situations including status epilepticus--experience in 102 adult patients.
    Seizure, 14(3): 164-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Factors contributing to the stigma of epilepsy.
    Seizure, 14(3): 157-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Safety of newer generation anti-epileptic drugs in non-accidental overdose: an Irish population study.
    Seizure, 14(3): 151-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Posterior resection for childhood epilepsy.
    Pediatr Neurol, 32(4): 257-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Postneonatal epilepsy following amplitude-integrated EEG-detected neonatal seizures.
    Pediatr Neurol, 32(4): 241-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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