Pediatric Epilepsy
Selecting children with epileptic spasms for surgery based on the location and extent of lesions detected on brain MRI, nearby eloquent regions and preexisting deficits yields seizure-free results comparable to a strategy that includes intracranial monitoring.
Ketogenic Diet, Pediatric Epilepsy
Ketogenic diet is an effective treatment which has the potential to achieve a significant seizure reduction in drug-resistant epilepsy. The mechanism behind this effect is unclear, but one hypothesis is that the mechanism is anti-inflammatory.
Antiseizure medication (ASM) use interacts with vitamin B status in nonpregnant epilepsy populations. We aimed to examine the association between ASM and vitamin B status in pregnant women with epilepsy.
To investigate psychological comorbidities in patients with epilepsy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Researchers at the University of Bonn have shed light on the function of the enzyme SLK for the development of nerve cells in the brain.
A new study found that cellular reprogramming can help to reduce epileptic seizures in mice.
To further understand challenges living with and managing DRE, a team of medical anthropologists conducted ethnographic field assessments with patients to qualitatively understand their experience with DRE across the United States.
CBD
This targeted review discusses the currently available data on CBD's effects on cognition in epilepsy.
We investigated sex differences in the effect of seizures on social anxiety in persons with epilepsy.
