Recent advances in epilepsy

M Manford - Journal of neurology, 2017 - Springer
This paper reviews advances in epilepsy in recent years with an emphasis on therapeutics
and underlying mechanisms, including status epilepticus, drug and surgical treatments …

Getting the best outcomes from epilepsy surgery

VN Vakharia, JS Duncan, JA Witt, CE Elger… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neurosurgery is an underutilized treatment that can potentially cure drug‐refractory
epilepsy. Careful, multidisciplinary presurgical evaluation is vital for selecting patients and to …

MRI‐negative temporal lobe epilepsy—What do we know?

W Muhlhofer, YL Tan, SG Mueller, R Knowlton - Epilepsia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common focal epilepsy in adults. TLE has a high
chance of becoming medically refractory, and as such, is frequently considered for further …

EEG-Based Seizure detection using linear graph convolution network with focal loss

Y Zhao, C Dong, G Zhang, Y Wang, X Chen… - Computer methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objectives: Epilepsy is a clinical phenomenon caused by sudden
abnormal and excessive discharge of brain neurons. It affects around 70 million people all …

The spectrum of structural and functional imaging abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy

BC Bernhardt, A Bernasconi, M Liu, SJ Hong… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Although most temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients show marked hippocampal
sclerosis (HS) upon pathological examination, 40% present with no significant cell loss but …

Large‐scale brain networks are distinctly affected in right and left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

BM de Campos, AC Coan, C Lin Yasuda… - Human brain …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with hippocampus sclerosis (HS) is associated with
functional and structural alterations extending beyond the temporal regions and abnormal …

Epilepsies associated with hippocampal sclerosis

F Cendes, AC Sakamoto, R Spreafico… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is considered the most frequent neuropathological finding in
patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Hippocampal specimens of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in neuroimaging of epilepsy

AM Goodman, JP Szaflarski - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Human neuroimaging has had a major impact on the biological understanding of epilepsy
and the relationship between pathophysiology, seizure management, and outcomes. This …

Progression of gray matter atrophy in seizure‐free patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

MKM Alvim, AC Coan, BM Campos, CL Yasuda… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To investigate the presence and progression of gray matter (GM) reduction in
seizure‐free patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Methods We enrolled 39 …

Automated T2 relaxometry of the hippocampus for temporal lobe epilepsy

GP Winston, SB Vos, JL Burdett, MJ Cardoso… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Hippocampal sclerosis (HS), the most common cause of refractory temporal lobe
epilepsy, is associated with hippocampal volume loss and increased T2 signal. These can …