Pediatric Epilepsy
Levetiracetam seems to be superior to carbamazepine and valproate sodium in its ability to suppress rolandic discharges in children with rolandic epilepsy.
Mice with epilepsy have altered patterns of neuron activity in the portion of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system.
Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet could be combined with the drug Perampanel, which is used to help reduce epileptic seizures by acting on the same receptors.
SUDEP
Acid movement up the esophagus is a trigger for sudden death in kainic acid-induced seizures. Blocking acid also eliminates sudden death implies causation in animal models.
This study’s aim was to explore the needs and challenges of parents and their children with epilepsy.
Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common at the time of diagnosis in Korean adults with new-onset epilepsy. While these decrease over time, they remained high 12?months after epilepsy diagnosis.
Pediatric Epilepsy
An extremely high incidence of seizures prevails among critically ill children under 14 months, particularly those with HIE, ICH, or CNS infection.
Unplanned pregnancy may double the risk of spontaneous fetal loss in women with epilepsy.
Pediatric Epilepsy
A dysfunction of the GABAergic system together with defective sodium channels can contribute to a general reduction of inhibitory efficacy in Dravet brain, suggesting that GABAA receptors could be a target for new therapies.
