A case of Rasmussen's encephalitis with an atypical presentation
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2020 Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex leading to severe focal seizures, progressive loss of cognition, and neurological deficits in the affected hemisphere.
M A Rahman +2 more
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Reorganization of the Social Brain in Individuals with Only One Intact Cerebral Hemisphere
Brain Sciences, 2021 Social cognition and emotion are ubiquitous human processes that recruit a reliable set of brain networks in healthy individuals. These brain networks typically comprise midline (e.g., medial prefrontal cortex) as well as lateral regions of the brain ...
Dorit Kliemann +4 more
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Comprehensive Analysis of Neonatal versus Adult Unilateral Decortication in a Mouse Model Using Behavioral, Neuroanatomical, and DNA Microarray Approaches [PDF]
, 2014 Previously, studying the development, especially of corticospinal neurons, it was concluded that the main compensatory mechanism after unilateral brain injury in rat at the neonatal stage was due in part to non-lesioned ipsilateral corticospinal neurons ...
Nakamachi Tomoya +4 more
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Effects of vagus nerve stimulation and epilepsy surgery on antiseizure medication usage in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy in the real world: A retrospective nationwide cohort study. [PDF]
Epilepsia OpenAbstract Objective The long‐term effects of epilepsy surgery (ES) or vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) on antiseizure medication (ASM) usage and status epilepticus (SE) diagnosis in real‐world pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) populations remain unclear. This study aimed to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how VNS and ES affect ASM usage
Lee J, Choi A, Kim S, Eom TH.
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Cortically evoked motor responses in patients with Xp22.3-linked Kallmann's syndrome and in female gene carriers [PDF]
, 1992 Patients with Kallmann's syndrome show hypothalamic hypogonadism, hyposmia, and congenital mirror movements. As a correlate, a defect of gonadotropic neuron migration into the brain was recently detected. Considering abnormal outgrowth of neurons also as
Aizawa +33 more
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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Contemporary Literature Overview [PDF]
, 2005 This article reviews the literature from the 3 years since the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health\u27s (ICF\u27s) endorsement, focusing on those articles that discuss (a) what the ICF means and how it can be used; (b) the ...
Bruyere, Susanne M +2 more
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Outcome of Epilepsy Surgery in Early Childhood
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1999 The medical records of 23 children, ages 0-3 years, who were treated surgically for epilepsy between 1991 and 1996 were analysed at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
J Gordon Millichap
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Deafferentation of the superior colliculus abolishes spatial summation of redundant visual signals [PDF]
, 2017 Two visual signals appearing simultaneously are detected more rapidly than either signal appearing alone. Part of this redundant target effect (RTE) can be attributed to neural summation that has been proposed to occur in the superior colliculus (SC). We
Koller, Kristin +2 more
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Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2019 The paper addresses the relatively rare inherited neurodermal disorder – Sturge-Weber syndrome that can manifest in epileptic seizures. We describe updated concepts, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, and surgical treatment of
G. S. Ibatova +6 more
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The charm of structural neuroimaging in insanity evaluations. guidelines to avoid misinterpretation of the findings [PDF]
, 2018 Despite the popularity of structural neuroimaging techniques in twenty-first-century research, its results have had limited translational impact in real-world settings, where inferences need to be made at the individual level.
Ferracuti, S. +3 more
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