Quantifying antiepileptic drug effects using intrinsic excitability measures

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Pathologic increases in excitability levels of cortical tissue commonly underlie the initiation and spread of seizure activity in patients with epilepsy. By reducing the excitability levels in neural tissue, antiepileptic drug (AED) pharmacotherapy aims to reduce seizure severity and frequency. However, AEDs may also bring about adverse effects, which have been reported to increase with higher AED load. Measures that monitor the dose-dependent effects of AEDs on cortical tissue and quantify its excitability level are therefore of ...

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Quantifying antiepileptic drug effects using intrinsic excitability measures

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Pathologic increases in excitability levels of cortical tissue commonly underlie the initiation and spread of seizure activity in patients with epilepsy. By reducing the excitability levels in neural tissue, antiepileptic drug (AED) pharmacotherapy aims to reduce seizure severity and frequency. However, AEDs may also bring about adverse effects, which have been reported to increase with higher AED load. Measures that monitor the dose-dependent effects of AEDs on cortical tissue and quantify its excitability level are therefore of ...

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Depression and genetic causal attribution of epilepsy in multiplex epilepsy families

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Rapid advances in genetic research and increased use of genetic testing have increased the emphasis on genetic causes of epilepsy in patient encounters. Research in other disorders suggests that genetic causal attributions can influence patients’ psychological responses and coping strategies, but little is known about how epilepsy patients and their relatives will respond to genetic attributions of epilepsy. We investigated the possibility that among members of families containing multiple individuals with epilepsy, depression, the most frequent psychiatric ...

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Depression and genetic causal attribution of epilepsy in multiplex epilepsy families

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Objectives

Rapid advances in genetic research and increased use of genetic testing have increased the emphasis on genetic causes of epilepsy in patient encounters. Research in other disorders suggests that genetic causal attributions can influence patients’ psychological responses and coping strategies, but little is known about how epilepsy patients and their relatives will respond to genetic attributions of epilepsy. We investigated the possibility that among members of families containing multiple individuals with epilepsy, depression, the most frequent psychiatric ...

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Depression and genetic causal attribution of epilepsy in multiplex epilepsy families

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Objectives

Rapid advances in genetic research and increased use of genetic testing have increased the emphasis on genetic causes of epilepsy in patient encounters. Research in other disorders suggests that genetic causal attributions can influence patients’ psychological responses and coping strategies, but little is known about how epilepsy patients and their relatives will respond to genetic attributions of epilepsy. We investigated the possibility that among members of families containing multiple individuals with epilepsy, depression, the most frequent psychiatric ...

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Early cardiac electrographic and molecular remodeling in a model of status epilepticus and acquired epilepsy

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A myriad of acute and chronic cardiac alterations are associated with status epilepticus (SE) including increased sympathetic tone, rhythm and ventricular repolarization disturbances. Despite these observations, the molecular processes underlying SE-associated myocardial remodeling remain to be identified. Here we determined early SE-associated myocardial electrical and molecular alterations using a model of SE and acquired epilepsy.

Methods

We performed electrocardiography (ECG) assessments in rats beginning at 2 weeks following kainate-induced SE, and calculated short-term variability (STV) of the corrected ...

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Early cardiac electrographic and molecular remodeling in a model of status epilepticus and acquired epilepsy

Summary

Objectives

A myriad of acute and chronic cardiac alterations are associated with status epilepticus (SE) including increased sympathetic tone, rhythm and ventricular repolarization disturbances. Despite these observations, the molecular processes underlying SE-associated myocardial remodeling remain to be identified. Here we determined early SE-associated myocardial electrical and molecular alterations using a model of SE and acquired epilepsy.

Methods

We performed electrocardiography (ECG) assessments in rats beginning at 2 weeks following kainate-induced SE, and calculated short-term variability (STV) of the corrected ...

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Early cardiac electrographic and molecular remodeling in a model of status epilepticus and acquired epilepsy

Summary

Objectives

A myriad of acute and chronic cardiac alterations are associated with status epilepticus (SE) including increased sympathetic tone, rhythm and ventricular repolarization disturbances. Despite these observations, the molecular processes underlying SE-associated myocardial remodeling remain to be identified. Here we determined early SE-associated myocardial electrical and molecular alterations using a model of SE and acquired epilepsy.

Methods

We performed electrocardiography (ECG) assessments in rats beginning at 2 weeks following kainate-induced SE, and calculated short-term variability (STV) of the corrected ...

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Post–epilepsy surgery psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

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We investigated the prevalence of post–epilepsy surgery psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and the possible influence of risk factors on these seizures.

Methods

In this retrospective study, we examined data from all patients with a clinical diagnosis of drug-resistant epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery at Graduate Hospital and the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center between 1986 and 2016. Postsurgical outcome was identified for up to 15 years after surgery. Diagnosis of PNES was verified in ...

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Post–epilepsy surgery psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

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Objectives

We investigated the prevalence of post–epilepsy surgery psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and the possible influence of risk factors on these seizures.

Methods

In this retrospective study, we examined data from all patients with a clinical diagnosis of drug-resistant epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery at Graduate Hospital and the Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center between 1986 and 2016. Postsurgical outcome was identified for up to 15 years after surgery. Diagnosis of PNES was verified in ...

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