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 3 (2006), Issue 11 (November)

1. Enhancing GABA(A) receptor alpha 1 subunit levels in hippocampal dentate gyrus inhibits epilepsy development in an animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
   J Neurosci, 26(44): 11342-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Hypocalcemic seizures and secondary bilateral femoral fractures in an adolescent with primary vitamin D deficiency.
   Pediatrics, 118(5): 2226-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Evidence of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 signaling in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
   Exp Neurol, 202(2): 410-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Peculiar labeling of cultured hippocampal neurons by different sera harboring anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies (GAD-Ab).
   Exp Neurol, 202(2): 514-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Prefrontal hypofunction in patients with intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
   Neurology, 67(9): 1674-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. What happens now? Ongoing outcome after post-temporal lobectomy seizure recurrence.
   Neurology, 67(9): 1671-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Cortical excitability predicts seizures in acutely drug-reduced temporal lobe epilepsy patients.
   Neurology, 67(9): 1646-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Practice parameter: diagnostic assessment of the child with status epilepticus (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society.
   Neurology, 67(9): 1542-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Massive and specific dysregulation of direct cortical input to the hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy.
   J Neurosci, 26(46): 11850-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Antiepileptic drugs in development.
    Lancet Neurol, 5(12): 1064-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Effects of seizures on developmental processes in the immature brain.
    Lancet Neurol, 5(12): 1055-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Long-term use of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of epilepsy.
    Dev Med Child Neurol, 48(12): 978-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Determinants of drug brain uptake in a rat model of seizure-associated malformations of cortical development.
    Neurobiol Dis, 24(3): 429-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Calcium-activated afterhyperpolarizations regulate synchronization and timing of epileptiform bursts in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons.
    J Neurophysiol, 96(6): 3028-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Nucleus-specific abnormalities of GABAergic synaptic transmission in a genetic model of absence seizures.
    J Neurophysiol, 96(6): 3074-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Altered calcium/calmodulin kinase II activity changes calcium homeostasis that underlies epileptiform activity in hippocampal neurons in culture.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 319(3): 1021-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Cyclothiazide prolongs low [Mg2+]-induced seizure-like events.
    J Neurophysiol, 96(6): 3538-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Adenosine kinase, epilepsy and stroke: mechanisms and therapies.
    Trends Pharmacol Sci, 27(12): 652-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Angels and demons: neurotrophic factors and epilepsy.
    Trends Pharmacol Sci, 27(12): 631-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Beneficial effects of FK506 for experimental temporal lobe epilepsy.
    Neurosci Res, 56(4): 386-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonists cause status epilepticus-like activity in the hippocampal neuronal culture model of acquired epilepsy.
    Neurosci Lett, 411(1): 11-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Cortical glutamate metabolism is enhanced in a genetic model of absence epilepsy.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 26(12): 1496-506. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. CRE-mediated transcription and COX-2 expression in the pilocarpine model of status epilepticus.
    Neurobiol Dis, 25(1): 80-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. The role of substantia nigra pars reticulata in modulating clonic seizures is determined by testosterone levels during the immediate postnatal period.
    Neurobiol Dis, 25(1): 73-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Comparative efficacy of liposome-entrapped amiloride and free amiloride in animal models of seizures and serum potassium in mice.
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 17(3): 227-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Efficacy of carbamazepine and valproate as monotherapy for early epilepsy and single seizures.
    Neurology, 67(10): 1872-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Relationship between language lateralization and handedness in left-hemispheric partial epilepsy.
    Neurology, 67(10): 1813-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Epilepsy surgery involving the sensory-motor cortex.
    Brain, 129: 3307-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Altered expression of alpha3-containing GABAA receptors in the neocortex of patients with focal epilepsy.
    Brain, 129: 3277-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Carbamazepine-resistance in the epileptic dentate gyrus of human hippocampal slices.
    Brain, 129: 3290-306. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Modular propagation of epileptiform activity: evidence for an inhibitory veto in neocortex.
    J Neurosci, 26(48): 12447-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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