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 6 (June)

1. Fractal spectral analysis of pre-epileptic seizures in terms of criticality.
   J Neural Eng, 2(2): 11-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Impaired and repaired inhibitory circuits in the epileptic human hippocampus.
   Trends Neurosci, 28(6): 334-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Sleep, epilepsy and thalamic reticular inhibitory neurons.
   Trends Neurosci, 28(6): 317-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The NMDA receptor NR2B subunit contributes to epileptogenesis in human cortical dysplasia.
   Brain Res, 1046(1): 10-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. An electrographic analysis of the synchronous discharge patterns of GEPR-9s generalized seizures.
   Brain Res, 1046(1): 1-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. ADPEAF mutations reduce levels of secreted LGI1, a putative tumor suppressor protein linked to epilepsy.
   Hum Mol Genet, 14(12): 1613-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Glutamate receptor 1-immunopositive neurons in the gliotic CA1 area of the mouse hippocampus after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus.
   Eur J Neurosci, 21(9): 2361-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Temporal lobe magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging following selective amygdalohippocampectomy for treatment-resistant epilepsy.
   Acta Neurol Scand, 112(1): 6-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Genetic dissection of photosensitivity and its relation to idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
   Ann Neurol, 57(6): 866-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Cortical epileptic afterdischarges in immature rats are differently influenced by NMDA receptor antagonists.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 516(1): 10-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus: monoamine level, muscarinic and dopaminergic receptors alterations in striatum of young rats.
    Neurosci Lett, 383(1): 165-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits seizures in mice via p75 receptors.
    Ann Neurol, 57(6): 804-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Familial cortical myoclonic tremor with epilepsy: a single syndromic classification for a group of pedigrees bearing common features.
    Mov Disord, 20(6): 665-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Clinical assessment of Axis I psychiatric morbidity in chronic epilepsy: a multicenter investigation.
    J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 17(2): 172-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Mental health symptoms in partial epilepsy.
    Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 20(5): 647-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Depression and mania in patients with epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46: 45-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Neurochemical underpinnings in bipolar disorder and epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46: 26-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Surgical treatment of epilepsy in children caused by focal cortical dysplasia.
    Pediatr Neurosurg, 41(2): 70-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. SCN1A mutation analysis in myoclonic astatic epilepsy and severe idiopathic generalized epilepsy of infancy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
    Neuropediatrics, 36(3): 210-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Pipecolic acid as a diagnostic marker of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy.
    Neuropediatrics, 36(3): 200-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Risk factors for fatality and neurological sequelae after status epilepticus in children.
    Neuropediatrics, 36(3): 186-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Regulation of limbic status epilepticus by hippocampal galanin type 1 and type 2 receptors.
    Neuropeptides, 39(3): 277-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Distribution and differential regulation of galanin receptor subtypes in rat brain: effects of seizure activity.
    Neuropeptides, 39(3): 147-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. A common variable immunodeficient patient who developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis followed by the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 16(4): 357-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Epilepsies after Pocket Monster seizures.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 980-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Gaze deviation from contralateral pseudoperiodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDs).
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 977-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Partial seizure provoked by hyperbaric oxygen therapy: possible mechanisms and implications.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 974-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Hyponatremia associated with repeated use of levetiracetam.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 972-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Calcium-channel blocker verapamil administration in prolonged and refractory status epilepticus.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 967-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Speech-induced aphasic seizures in epilepsy caused by LGI1 mutation.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 963-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. First epileptic seizure induced by occupational nickel poisoning.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 961-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Gender differences in epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 956-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Nonfebrile illness seizures: a unique seizure category?
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 952-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Successful initiation of combined therapy with valproate sodium injection and divalproex sodium extended-release tablets in the epilepsy monitoring unit.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 949-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Periventricular white matter flumazenil binding and postoperative outcome in hippocampal sclerosis.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 944-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Hippocampal malformations do not necessarily evolve into hippocampal sclerosis.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 939-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Spontaneous epileptic rats show changes in sleep architecture and hypothalamic pathology.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 934-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. GABA receptor 1 polymorphism (G1465A) and temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 931-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. The neuropsychological and language profile of children with benign rolandic epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 924-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Epilepsy in young adults with autism: a prospective population-based follow-up study of 120 individuals diagnosed in childhood.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 918-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Computerized motion analysis of videotaped neonatal seizures of epileptic origin.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 901-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Early thalamic injury associated with epilepsy and continuous spike-wave during slow sleep.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 889-900. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Target-specific catecholamine elevation induced by anticonvulsant thalamic deep brain stimulation.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 878-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Drug resistance in epilepsy: putative neurobiologic and clinical mechanisms.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 858-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Localization of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in microvessel endothelium of human control and epileptic brain.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 849-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. In vivo modulatory action of extracellular glutamate on the anticonvulsant effects of hippocampal dopamine and serotonin.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 828-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Anticonvulsant activity of androsterone and etiocholanolone.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 819-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Anticonvulsant properties of the novel nootropic agent nefiracetam in seizure models of mice and rats.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 811-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Vigabatrin in low doses selectively suppresses the clonic component of audiogenically kindled seizures in rats.
    Epilepsia, 46(6): 800-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. ADAM9, ADAM10, and ADAM15 mRNA levels in the rat brain after kainic acid-induced status epilepticus.
    Brain Res Mol Brain Res, 137(1): 272-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Immediate versus deferred antiepileptic drug treatment for early epilepsy and single seizures: a randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet, 365(9476): 2007-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Recollection of vivid memories after perirhinal region stimulations: synchronization in the theta range of spatially distributed brain areas.
    Neuropsychologia, 43(9): 1329-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Acute drug prescribing to children on chronic antiepilepsy therapy and the potential for adverse drug interactions in primary care.
    Br J Clin Pharmacol, 59(6): 712-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Ascorbate attenuates trimethyltin-induced oxidative burden and neuronal degeneration in the rat hippocampus by maintaining glutathione homeostasis.
    Neuroscience, 133(3): 715-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. The relationship between ictal activity and sleep stages in the newborn EEG.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(7): 1520-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. An evaluation of automated neonatal seizure detection methods.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(7): 1533-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Seizures and cerebral schistosomiasis.
    Arch Neurol, 62(6): 1008-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Regional reductions in serotonin 1A receptor binding in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
    Arch Neurol, 62(6): 946-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Mutation screen of GABRA1, GABRB2 and GABRG2 genes in Japanese patients with absence seizures.
    Neurosci Lett, 383(3): 220-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. The impact of migraine on epilepsy: a prospective prognosis study.
    Cephalalgia, 25(7): 528-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Insights into Lafora disease: malin is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates and promotes the degradation of laforin.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(24): 8501-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Evidence for the perirhinal cortex as a requisite component in the seizure network following seizure repetition in an inherited form of generalized clonic seizures.
    Brain Res, 1048(1): 193-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. 1H-MRS imaging in intractable frontal lobe epilepsies characterized by depth electrode recording.
    Neuroimage, 26(4): 1174-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Genetically engineered cells with regulatable GABA production can affect afterdischarges and behavioral seizures after transplantation into the dentate gyrus.
    Neuroscience, 133(4): 1029-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Dogma and dreams: experimental lessons for epilepsy mechanism chasers.
    Cell Mol Life Sci, 62(11): 1177-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Sudden, unexpected death associated with meningioangiomatosis: case report.
    Pediatr Dev Pathol, 8(2): 240-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Evaluation of health status in epilepsy using the EQ-5D questionnaire: a prospective, observational, 6-month study of adjunctive therapy with anti-epileptic drugs.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(5): 733-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Safety of the newer antiepileptic drug oxcarbazepine during pregnancy.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(5): 693-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. The value of the mini mental state examination in Nigerian epileptics.
    Trop Doct, 35(2): 108-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Effects of GSM signals on auditory evoked responses.
    Bioelectromagnetics, 26(5): 341-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Cerebral oxygenation during postasphyxial seizures in near-term fetal sheep.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 25(7): 911-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Bilateral bispectral index monitoring during suppression of unilateral hemispheric function.
    Anesth Analg, 101(1): 235-41, table of contents. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Age influences the expression of GAP-43 in the rat hippocampus following seizure.
    Gerontology, 51(4): 215-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Electric cortical stimulation suppresses epileptic and background activities in neocortical epilepsy and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 116(6): 1291-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Development of a population pharmacokinetic model for carbamazepine based on sparse therapeutic monitoring data from pediatric patients with epilepsy.
    Clin Ther, 27(5): 618-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Genetic susceptibility to simple febrile seizures: interleukin-1beta promoter polymorphisms are associated with sporadic cases.
    Neurosci Lett, 384(3): 239-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Electroacupuncture prevents cognitive deficits in pilocarpine-epileptic rats.
    Neurosci Lett, 384(3): 234-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Epilepsy surgery does not harm motor performance of children and adolescents.
    Brain, 128: 1536-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Electrocorticographic high gamma activity versus electrical cortical stimulation mapping of naming.
    Brain, 128: 1556-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Three to four years after diagnosis: cognition and behaviour in children with 'epilepsy only'. A prospective, controlled study.
    Brain, 128: 1546-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Altered mental status due to metabolic or endocrine disorders.
    Emerg Med Clin North Am, 23(3): 901-8, x-xi. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy in three generations, with clinical courses from nearly asymptomatic elderly to severe juvenile, in an Australian family of Macedonian descent.
    Am J Med Genet A, 136(2): 201-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Prolonged NMDA-mediated responses, altered ifenprodil sensitivity, and epileptiform-like events in the malformed hippocampus of methylazoxymethanol exposed rats.
    J Neurophysiol, 94(1): 153-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Seizure disorders: functional MR imaging for diagnostic evaluation and surgical treatment--prospective study.
    Radiology, 236(1): 247-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Proechimys guyannensis: an animal model of resistance to epilepsy.
    Epilepsia, 46: 189-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Central-type benzodiazepine receptors and epileptogenesis: basic mechanisms and clinical validity.
    Epilepsia, 46: 184-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Functional properties of ES cell-derived neurons engrafted into the hippocampus of adult normal and chronically epileptic rats.
    Epilepsia, 46: 174-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Modulation of seizures and synaptic plasticity by adenosinergic receptors in an experimental model of temporal lobe epilepsy induced by pilocarpine in rats.
    Epilepsia, 46: 166-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Long-term effect of convulsive behavior on the density of adenosine A1 and A 2A receptors in the rat cerebral cortex.
    Epilepsia, 46: 159-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Autoantibodies and cell-mediated autoimmunity to NMDA-type GluRepsilon2 in patients with Rasmussen's encephalitis and chronic progressive epilepsia partialis continua.
    Epilepsia, 46: 152-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Behavioral and histopathological analysis of domoic Acid administration in marmosets.
    Epilepsia, 46: 148-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. GABA synapses and the rapid loss of inhibition to dentate gyrus granule cells after brief perforant-path stimulation.
    Epilepsia, 46: 142-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Plasticity, synaptic strength, and epilepsy: what can we learn from ultrastructural data?
    Epilepsia, 46: 134-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Modification of epileptiform discharges in neocortical neurons following glutamate uptake inhibition.
    Epilepsia, 46: 129-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Growth-associated protein 43 expression in hippocampal molecular layer of chronic epileptic rats treated with cycloheximide.
    Epilepsia, 46: 125-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Plastic changes and disease-modifying effects of scopolamine in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy in rats.
    Epilepsia, 46: 118-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Inflammatory response and glia activation in developing rat hippocampus after status epilepticus.
    Epilepsia, 46: 113-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. GABA receptors as broadcasters of sexually differentiating signals in the brain.
    Epilepsia, 46: 107-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Detection of increased local excitatory circuits in the hippocampus during epileptogenesis using focal flash photolysis of caged glutamate.
    Epilepsia, 46: 100-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. The acute and chronic effect of vagus nerve stimulation in genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS).
     Epilepsia, 46: 94-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Changes in cytochrome oxidase in the piriform cortex after status epilepticus in adult rats.
     Epilepsia, 46: 89-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Are cytomegalic neurons and balloon cells generators of epileptic activity in pediatric cortical dysplasia?
     Epilepsia, 46: 82-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Physiological changes in chronic epileptic rats are prominent in superficial layers of the medial entorhinal area.
     Epilepsia, 46: 72-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. The role of extracellular potassium in the epileptogenic transformation of recurrent GABAergic inhibition.
     Epilepsia, 46: 64-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
105. Analysis of seizure onset on the basis of wideband EEG recordings.
     Epilepsia, 46: 59-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
106. Alterations in seizure susceptibility and in seizure-induced plasticity after pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of the fibroblast growth factor-2 system.
     Epilepsia, 46: 52-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
107. Reduced serotonin and 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid levels in serum of cystatin B-deficient mice, a model system for progressive myoclonus epilepsy.
     Epilepsia, 46: 49-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
108. Programmed neuronal necrosis and status epilepticus.
     Epilepsia, 46: 43-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
109. Outcome of status epilepticus in immature rats varies according to the paraldehyde treatment.
     Epilepsia, 46: 38-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
110. Changes of cortical interhemispheric responses after status epilepticus in immature rats.
     Epilepsia, 46: 31-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
111. Disruption of cortical development as a consequence of repetitive pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in rats.
     Epilepsia, 46: 22-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
112. The subiculum: a potential site of ictogenesis in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
     Epilepsia, 46: 17-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
113. Developmental program of epileptogenesis in the brain of EL mice.
     Epilepsia, 46: 10-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
114. Differential GABA(A) subunit expression following status epilepticus in seizure-prone and seizure-resistant rats: a putative mechanism for refractory drug response.
     Epilepsia, 46: 3-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
115. Magnetic resonance imaging in 120 patients with intractable partial seizures: a preoperative assessment.
     Neuroradiology, 47(5): 352-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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