Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A case series [PDF]
Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2021 Manifestation of abnormal excessive synchronous cortical activity, which is what defines epileptic seizures, is typically absent in seizures with psychological etiology, a heterogeneous set of factors that have been identified. Distinguishing psychogenic
Nishtha Gupta +4 more
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Children with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures [PDF]
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2019 Researchers from the Pediatric Health Information System hospital network analyzed a large multicenter retrospective cohort to determine differences in demographics, clinical characteristics, testing, treatment and healthcare use between children ages 8 ...
Aisha Gillan, Safiullah Shareef
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Polymorphism of glucocorticoid receptor gene (rs41423247) in functional seizures (psychogenic nonepileptic seizures/attacks) [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2023 Objective We investigated the association between the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene, also known as the nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 1 (NR3C1), rs41423247 polymorphism, and functional seizures (psychogenic nonepileptic seizures ...
Negar Firouzabadi +4 more
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Latency of epileptic and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2023 Background Due to their semiological similarities, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) can occasionally hardly be differentiated from epileptic seizures (ESs), and long-term video-electroencephalographic monitoring (VEM) is needed for ...
Hulya Ozkan +3 more
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Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES) in the Setting of Trauma and Schizophrenia [PDF]
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2023 Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are nonepileptic events characterized by seizure-like manifestations without abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Sikander Chohan +2 more
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Case report on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A series of unfortunate events [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, also called Functional Seizures, are a highly disabling form of Functional Neurological Disorder. The diagnosis of PNES could be missed in clinical scenarios where patients exhibit concurrent musculoskeletal ...
Aniebiot‐Abasi Udofia, Tamarie Rocke
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by frequent psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A case report [PDF]
Acute Medicine & SurgeryBackground Coexistence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Daichi Yomogida +5 more
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: clinical characteristics and outcome [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2022 Background Clinical characteristics, outpatient situation, and outcome in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) remain to be elucidated.
Bastian Volbers +9 more
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A historical perspective
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2021 Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures have been documented, if not recognized, for over 2000 years. Conventionally, the term hysteria has been used successfully used to describe patients with nonorganic or medically unexplained convulsions.
Andrea E Cavanna
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in pediatric population: A review [PDF]
Brain and Behavior, 2019 Introduction Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are observable abrupt paroxysmal changes in behavior or consciousness that resemble epileptic seizures, but without concurrent electroencephalographic abnormalities.
Francesca Felicia Operto +8 more
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