ALLMedicine™ Absence Seizures Center

Sep 8th, 2021 - Patients with absence epilepsy sensitivity <10% of their absences. The clinical gold standard to assess absence epilepsy is a 24-h electroencephalographic (EEG) recording, which is expensive, obtrusive, and time-consuming to review. We aimed to (1...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Absence seizures are the prototypic primarily generalized seizure but there is incomplete understanding regarding their generation and maintenance. A core network for absence seizures has been defined including focal cortical and thalamic regions ...

Aug 14th, 2021 - Epilepsy is a neurological condition affecting millions of people worldwide. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is a gut hormone, and its neuroprotective effect was investigated in previous studies. In this study, the effects of exendin-4, a GLP-1 re...

Jul 29th, 2021 - Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a severe form of pediatric epilepsy that is classically defined by a triad of drug-resistant seizures, including atonic, tonic, and atypical absence seizures; slow spike-and-wave discharges and paroxysmal fast activity o...

Jul 27th, 2021 - The nucleus reticularis of the thalamus (nRT) is most studied in epilepsy for its role in the genesis of absence seizures; much less is known regarding its role in other seizure types, including those originating in limbic structures and the tempo...

Apr 1st, 2019 - A 60-year-old man is admitted for respiratory failure following a massive myocardial infarction. He develops ventilator-associated pneumonia and is treated with cefepime and vancomycin.

Jan 4th, 2019 - Approximately 50% were referred by an emergency department, 48% by a primary care physician, and 2% by an urgent care clinic. Of the 62 cases that turned out to be nonepileptic events, about 61% were referred by primary care physicians.

Aug 1st, 2018 - Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and network-based analyses can help characterize absence epilepsy in children according to a study that looked at 16 patients between ages 6 and 12 years who had absence epilepsy. Researchers found functional/anatomica.

Jul 21st, 2017 - What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent and unpredictable seizures. Seizures are characterized by groups of neurons being activated simultaneously, leading to both outward symptoms like muscle jerking and convulsions, ...

Apr 28th, 2014 - Neurodevelopmental disorders The incidence of epilepsy in children who have an autism spectrum disorder is 5% to 38%; the disorder is more common in the presence of mental retardation or cere­bral palsy. 55 A significant percentage of youth who are.