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ALLMedicine™ Absence Seizures Center

Research & Reviews  375 results

Paroxysmal slow-wave discharges in a model of absence seizure are coupled to gamma osci...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2023.107103
Epilepsy Research; Ajaz R, Mousavi SR et. al.

Feb 26th, 2023 - Using the gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) model of absence seizures in Long-Evans rats, this study investigated if gamma (30-160 Hz) activity were cross-frequency modulated by the 2-6 Hz slow-wave discharges induced by GBL in the limbic system. We hypot...

Treatment of Sunflower Syndrome With ZX008 (Fenfluramine Hydrochloride) in Children and Young Adults (Ages 4-25).
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03790137

Feb 8th, 2023 - Sunflower Syndrome (also referred to as Self-induced Photosensitive Epilepsy) is a rare epileptic disorder characterized by a distinctive seizure that manifests itself in a highly stereotyped physical behavior. Seizure types associated with Sunflo...

Neurophysiology of Juvenile and Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy.
https://doi.org/10.1097/WNP.0000000000000913
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publicatio... Acharya JN, Acharya VJ

Feb 4th, 2023 - Myoclonus can be epileptic or nonepileptic. Epileptic myoclonus has been defined in clinical, neurophysiological, and neuroanatomical terms. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is typically considered to be an adolescent-onset idiopathic generalized...

Higher-order thalamic nuclei facilitate the generalization and maintenance of spike-and...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106025
Neurobiology of Disease; Atherton Z, Nagy O et. al.

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs), generated by the cortico-thalamo-cortical (CTC) network, are pathological, large amplitude oscillations and the hallmark of absence seizures (ASs). SWDs begin in a cortical initiation network in both humans and an...

Phenytoin Toxicity
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/816447-overview

Jan 26th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Phenytoin is a commonly prescribed anticonvulsant used to treat most types of seizure disorders and status epilepticus. It is not effective for treatment of absence seizures and it is no longer considered appropriate for the ma...

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Drugs  404 results see all →

Clinicaltrials.gov  20 results

Treatment of Sunflower Syndrome With ZX008 (Fenfluramine Hydrochloride) in Children and Young Adults (Ages 4-25).
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03790137

Feb 8th, 2023 - Sunflower Syndrome (also referred to as Self-induced Photosensitive Epilepsy) is a rare epileptic disorder characterized by a distinctive seizure that manifests itself in a highly stereotyped physical behavior. Seizure types associated with Sunflo...

Mutual Interactions Between Absence Epilepsy Seizures and the Integration of Sensory Stimuli
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03676543

Sep 21st, 2022 - Epileptic seizures arise from neuronal defects that often alter the capacity of the brain to process sensory information. During absence seizures, a frequent epileptic syndrome in children, the normal conscious and perceptual processes are tempora...

CX-8998 for Absence Seizures
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03406702

Sep 8th, 2022 - This is a Phase 2a, open-label study consisting of a screening period of up to 4 weeks and a 4-dose-titration treatment period to a dose of up to 10 mg twice daily (BID) of CX-8998, followed by a 1-week safety follow-up period after the last dose ...

Detecting Absence Seizures Using Eye Tracking
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04439656

Jul 5th, 2022 - Seizures can be difficult to detect outside of the hospital even with careful observation by a caregiver. EEG is the best method that we have to detect seizures- but it is uncomfortable for long term use outside of the hospital. The goal of this s...

Epidiolex in Typical Absence Seizures
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04899050

May 24th, 2021 - This is a Pilot study, open-label study consisting of a screening period of up to 4 weeks, a 4-week dose-titration treatment period to dose of up to 20 mg/kg/day BID of CBD (Epidiolex), and a 30 day safety follow-up period following the last dose ...

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News  25 results

Myelin Plasticity Implicated in Absence Seizures
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/985430

Dec 12th, 2022 - NASHVILLE, TENN. – Researchers have reported for the first time a process that may explain the progression of absence seizures that seems to provoke dysregulation of the insulating layer surrounding nerve fibers, perpetuating a cycle of increasing...

Study implicates myelin plasticity in absence seizures
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/260017/epilepsy-seizures/study-implicates-myelin-plasticity-absence-seizures
Richard Mark Kirkner

Dec 9th, 2022 - NASHVILLE, TENN. – Researchers have reported for the first time a process that may explain the progression of absence seizures that seems to provoke dysregulation of the insulating layer surrounding nerve fibers, perpetuating a cycle of increasing.

Skill Checkup: A 20-Year-Old Woman With a History of Tuberous Sclerosis Is Experiencing Increasingly Frequent Seizures
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/965040

Feb 2nd, 2022 - The Skill Checkup series provides a quick, case-style interactive quiz highlighting key guidelines- and evidence-based information to inform clinical practice. A 20-year-old woman has a history of tuberous sclerosis, symptomatic generalized epilep...

Off to College: Safe to Stop His Antiepileptic Drug?
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926980_2

Mar 23rd, 2020 - My Take on Deprescribing Antiepileptic Drugs Records from the patient's workup 5 years earlier and the last clinic note from neurology, dated 2 years earlier, are available. At that time, the neurologist recommended continuing his treatment. Befor...

Unusual effects of common antibiotics
https://www.mdedge.com/ccjm/article/197475/infectious-diseases/unusual-effects-common-antibiotics?channel=133
Maria Elena Ruiz, MD, Glenn W. Wortmann, MD

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.

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Patient Education  9 results see all →