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Apr 14th, 2021 - IntroductionClassic onset of CLN1 disease is within the first year of life with developmental arrest, epilepsy and rapid progression. In an atypical variant of CLN1 disease onset is later in the juvenile epoch. Although epilepsy in the juvenile fo...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Neurological complications after heart transplantation are common and include cerebrovascular events (ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks), seizures, encephalopathy, central nervous system (CNS) infections, malign...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Report a novel case of new-onset type 1 diabetes in a pediatric patient presenting with DKA and concurrent Streptococcus intermedius brain abscess. The following case report is that of a previously healthy 12 year-old girl presenting with new-onse...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Oxcarbazepine is commonly used as first-line treatment for partial and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Owing to the high pharmacokinetic variability, several population pharmacokinetic models have been developed for oxcarbazepine to explore pot...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Epilepsy, a common neurological disorder, is featured with recurrent seizures. Its underlying pathological mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we provide evidence for loss of neogenin (NEO1), a coreceptor for multiple ligands, including netrins and b...

May 6th, 2020 - Seizures and epilepsy are a set of conditions that can be challenging to diagnose, treat, and manage. This document summarizes recommendations for imaging in different clinical scenarios for a patient presenting with seizures and epilepsy. MRI of ...

May 6th, 2020 - Stroke is an uncommon but an important and under-recognized cause of morbidity and mortality in children. Strokes may be due to either brain ischemia or intracranial hemorrhage. Common symptoms of pediatric acute stroke include headache, vomiting,...

Jul 21st, 2019 - Herbs, including cilantro, have a long history of use as folk medicine anticonvulsants. Until now, many of the underlying mechanisms of how the herbs worked remained unknown. In a new study, researchers uncovered the molecular action that enables ...

Apr 2nd, 2019 - The FDA has become aware that some people who use e-cigarettes have experienced seizures, with most reports involving youth or young adult users. Seizures or convulsions are known potential side effects of nicotine toxicity and have been reported ...

Feb 7th, 2019 - Absence seizures (AS) are brief epileptic seizures which present in childhood and adolescence. Depending on clinical features and electroencephalogram (EEG) findings they are divided into typical, atypical absences, and absences with special featu...

Apr 14th, 2021 - IntroductionClassic onset of CLN1 disease is within the first year of life with developmental arrest, epilepsy and rapid progression. In an atypical variant of CLN1 disease onset is later in the juvenile epoch. Although epilepsy in the juvenile fo...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Neurological complications after heart transplantation are common and include cerebrovascular events (ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks), seizures, encephalopathy, central nervous system (CNS) infections, malign...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Report a novel case of new-onset type 1 diabetes in a pediatric patient presenting with DKA and concurrent Streptococcus intermedius brain abscess. The following case report is that of a previously healthy 12 year-old girl presenting with new-onse...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Oxcarbazepine is commonly used as first-line treatment for partial and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Owing to the high pharmacokinetic variability, several population pharmacokinetic models have been developed for oxcarbazepine to explore pot...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Epilepsy, a common neurological disorder, is featured with recurrent seizures. Its underlying pathological mechanisms remain elusive. Here, we provide evidence for loss of neogenin (NEO1), a coreceptor for multiple ligands, including netrins and b...

Apr 4th, 2021 - Three-year-old Elizabeth Zakutansky was born with a rare genetic condition that causes multiple seizures. Her neurologist, a top expert on treating her condition, practices at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, less than an hour's drive from th...

Mar 24th, 2021 - Abuse or misuse of the over-the-counter (OTC) nasal decongestant propylhexedrine can cause serious harm that can lead to hospitalization, disability, or death, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns in a safety communication. "Major issue...

Mar 21st, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An analysis of brain samples from epilepsy patients and controls revealed differences in expression of hundreds of proteins in the hippocampus and other brain regions, and identified G-protein Subunit Beta 1 (GNB1) as a...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - When fourth-year medical student Chevelle Winchester was finishing her psychiatry rotation in Chicago under neurologist and psychiatrist Alan R. Hirsch, MD, she encountered a patient in her late 20s who was experiencing almost daily seizures. "The...

Dec 22nd, 2020 - Women with epilepsy do not have an increased seizure rate during pregnancy as long as they have their medication levels carefully monitored, a new study suggests. The study showed very similar fluctuations in seizure rates in women with epilepsy d...