Epilepsy & Behavior

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Muhammad Usama Ashhar, Mohd. Zubair Ahmad, Vikas Jain, Nidhi B. Agarwal, Farhan J. Ahmad, Gaurav K. Jain
This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of intranasal pitavastatin (PVS) on pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced seizures, increasing current electroshock (ICES) seizures, and status epilepticus in mice. Intranasal PVS, 0.5 and 1.0mg/kg, ...

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Phani Kumar Kola, Annapurna Akula, Lakshmi Sudeepthi NissankaraRao, R. CH. Sekhara Reddy Danduga
The present study investigated the effects of Naringin on seizure severity, progress of kindling, memory impairment, oxidative stress, neurochemicals, and neural damage in Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced kindling. Alternate intra-peritoneal injections of PTZ induced kindling at 22 injections of PTZ. In comparison with ...

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Qianyun Cai, Jing Gan, Rong Luo, Yi Qu, Shiping Li, Chaomin Wan, Dezhi Mu

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Sibel K. Velioglu, Oznur Gedikli, Mehmet Yıldırım, Ahmet Ayar

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Ewa Zwierzyńska, Agata Krupa-Burtnik, Bogusława Pietrzak

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Steve Chung, Betsy Williams, Cindy Dobrinsky, Anna Patten, Haichen Yang, Antonio Laurenza
In 4 Phase III registration trials (3 in patients with partial seizures, N=1480; 1 in patients with PGTCS, N=163), perampanel administered to patients already receiving 1–3 concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) demonstrated statistically superior efficacy ...

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Teresa P. Mendes, Carla A. Crespo, Joan K. Austin
Parents play a key role in how children deal with epilepsy. When diagnosed with health conditions, people seek comparison information from fellow patients and families, and this information has consequences for how they evaluate their situation. This study examined the moderating role of parents’ social comparison orientation ...

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Tetsufumi Suda, Yasutaka Tatsuzawa, Taichi Mogi, Aihide Yoshino

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Choong Yi Fong, Wei Kang Lim, Ann Nie Kong, Pei Lin Lua, Lai Choo Ong
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is an important cause of mortality in epilepsy. To date, there is only one published UK study evaluating information provision of SUDEP among parents of children with epilepsy (CWE), and there ...

Publication date: October 2017Source:Epilepsy & Behavior, Volume 75
Author(s): Ebru Apaydın Doğan, Ali Ünal, Aslıhan Ünal, Çağla Erdoğan