In this study, the impact of epilepsy on experienced self-determination of people with mild intellectual disabilities outweighs the influence of intellectual disabilities.
Pediatric Epilepsy
If disturbed eating behaviors or eating disorders are identified, further evaluation should be directed at detecting other psychopathologies, including suicidality.
Mechanisms
Findings from a retrospective study of hospitalized patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke showed an association between cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and acute symptomatic seizures (ASS). However, this connection was attenuated after accounting for multiple different covariates.
Rare Epilepsies
There is an opportunity for further research aimed at developing more innovative GABA-targeting therapies.
Ketogenic Diet
This review will cover the history, clinical trials, implementation, current utilization, and future directions of this "alternative" ketogenic diet therapy on its 20-year anniversary.
Genetics
While genetic testing to help determine the cause of epilepsy is possible, comprehensive testing does not always happen routinely and it can take a long time, leaving families waiting for answers.
Mechanisms
“These findings not only deepen our understanding of how seizures originate but are expected to have a wider impact on several neurological diseases."
Adult-onset
As a large population of patients with epilepsy ages, risk of hyponatremia has become an important clinical concern, in which monitoring of serum sodium levels when receiving antiseizure medications or antipsychotics (ASMs) may help identify and minimize the risk of hyponatremia in patients with epilepsy.
Treatment
The current review presenting a list of plants with antiepileptic effects aims to pave the way for finding alternative drugs with fewer side effects for scientists.
