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Experimental Models of Absence Epilepsy [PDF]
Introduction: Absence epilepsy is a brief non-convulsive seizure associated with sudden abruptness in consciousness. Because of the unpredictable occurrence of absence seizures and the ethical issues of human investigation on the pathogenesis and drug ...
Maryam Jafarian +2 more
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Circadian Rhythms and Epilepsy: A Suitable Case for Absence Epilepsy [PDF]
Many physiological processes such as sleep, hormonal secretion, or thermoregulation, are expressed as daily rhythms orchestrated by the circadian timing system.
Magdalena K. Smyk, Gilles van Luijtelaar
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Behavioral and Cognitive Comorbidities in Genetic Rat Models of Absence Epilepsy (Focusing on GAERS and WAG/Rij Rats) [PDF]
Absence epilepsy is a non-convulsive type of epilepsy characterized by the sudden loss of awareness. It is associated with thalamo-cortical impairment, which may cause neuropsychiatric and neurocognitive problems.
Evgenia Sitnikova
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Amantadine in Absence Epilepsy
Refractory absence epilepsy in 4 children was treated with amantadine as an add-on drug at the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Israel.
J Gordon Millichap
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Therapeutic Options for Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a common pediatric generalized epileptic syndrome. Although it is traditionally considered as a benign self-limited condition, the apparent benign nature of this syndrome has been revaluated in recent years.
Victoria Elisa Rinaldi +3 more
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Neuronal mechanism of a BK channelopathy in absence epilepsy and dyskinesia
Significance BK channelopathy has been increasingly implicated in diverse neurological disorders, including epilepsy and movement, cognitive, and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, precision medicine to treat BK channelopathy is lacking.
Ping Dong +2 more
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Objective: Absence epilepsy (AE) is related to both cognitive and physical impairments. In this narrative review, we critically discuss the pathophysiology of AE and the impairment of attention in children and adolescents with AE. In particular, we contextualize the attentive dysfunctions of AE with the associated risks, such as accidental injuries ...
Barone, Valentina +2 more
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Effects of Probiotic Consumption on Absence Seizures
Objectives:Probiotics are microorganisms of intestinal microflora that are beneficial for human health. Childhood absence epilepsy has 2 validated rat models: Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) and Wistar Albino Glaxo from Rijswijk ...
Serdar AKKOL +5 more
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Experimental Treatment Options in Absence Epilepsy [PDF]
The benign character of absence epilepsy compared to other genetic generalized epilepsy syndromes has often hampered the search for new treatment options. Absence epilepsy is most often treated with ethosuximide or valproic acid. However, both drugs are not always well tolerated or fail, and seizure freedom for a larger proportion of patients remains ...
van Luijtelaar, E.L.J.M. +4 more
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Concomitant Absence and Rolandic Epilepsy
Of 80 children with absence epilepsy (CAE) and 42 with Rolandic epilepsy (BECCT), five (3 girls and 2 boys) had both syndromes, in a study at the University of Berne, Switzerland.
J Gordon Millichap
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