Epilepsy surgery in bifrontal injury from prior craniopharyngioma resections
Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2014 Epilepsy surgery in frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) has less favorable seizure-free outcomes than temporal lobe epilepsies. Possible contributing factors include fast propagation patterns and large clinically silent areas which are characteristics of the ...
Monisha Goyal +4 more
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Orbitofrontal epilepsy: Electroclinical analysis of surgical cases and literature review [PDF]
, 2004 Clinical and electrographic data were reviewed on 2 of our patients with orbitofrontal epilepsy who were seizure free at 5-year follow-up, and on 2 similar patients from the literature.
King, Don W. +4 more
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International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force recommendations for systematic sampling and processing of brains from epileptic dogs and cats [PDF]
, 2015 Traditionally, histological investigations of the epileptic brain are required to identify epileptogenic brain lesions, to evaluate the impact of seizure activity, to search for mechanisms of drug-resistance and to look for comorbidities.
A Jeans +75 more
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Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1999 The clinical and polysomnographic findings in 100 consecutive cases of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE) were analysed in a study at the Neurological Institute, University of Bologna, Italy.
J Gordon Millichap
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Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Brain Sciences, 2023 An encephalocele is a pathological brain herniation caused by osseous dural defects. Encephaloceles are known to be regions of epileptogenic foci. We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman with refractory epilepsy associated with a frontal skull base ...
Ken Yamazaki +11 more
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Structural imaging biomarkers of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. [PDF]
, 2015 Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is a major cause of premature death in people with epilepsy. We aimed to assess whether structural changes potentially attributable to sudden death pathogenesis were present on magnetic resonance imaging in people who ...
Balestrini, Simona +12 more
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Reduced neurosteroid potentiation of GABAA receptors in epilepsy and depolarized hippocampal neurons [PDF]
, 2020 OBJECTIVE: Neurosteroids regulate neuronal excitability by potentiating γ-aminobutyric acid type-A receptors (GABARs). In animal models of temporal lobe epilepsy, the neurosteroid sensitivity of GABARs is diminished and GABAR subunit composition is ...
Jansen, Laura A +3 more
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Behavioural Neurology, 2014 Specific cognitive deficits have been identified in children with epilepsy irrespective of results on intelligence tests. Memory deficits are traditionally attributed to temporal lobe epilepsy, whereas the impact of frontal lobe epilepsy on memory ...
Ana Filipa Lopes +4 more
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Frontal disconnection surgery for drug‐resistant epilepsy: Outcome in a series of 16 patients
Epilepsia Open, 2020 Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of frontal disconnection surgery in seizure control and related consequences in a consecutive patient series. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent frontal disconnection surgery ...
Hamda Kamalboor +4 more
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Frontal Lobe Connectivity and Cognitive Impairment in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2013 Investigators at Maastricht University Medical Center, and Epilepsy Center Kempenhaeghe, The Netherlands, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), studied the relationship between brain activation, functional connectivity, and cognitive ...
J Gordon Millichap
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