OBJECTIVE: This study investigated non-adherence to antiepileptic drug treatment amongst
patients with epilepsy in secondary care. The associations between adherence and seizure …

Carbon-11-labeled flumazenil combined with positron emission tomography (PET) was
used to measure the concentration (B max) of the benzodiazepine (Bz) receptor in the brain …

Background The EEG correlate of absence seizures is 3-Hz, generalized spike-wave
activity. Depth electrode recordings in animal models suggest that spike-wave activity …

The main clinical features of CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with
subcortical infarcts and leucoencephalopathy) are stroke, dementia, and migraine. A …

The inter-rater reliability, expressed as kappa score, k, of the Engel and International
League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classifications of epilepsy surgery seizure outcome has not …

Cases of amnesia following unilateral temporal lobe surgery are rare, but they may provide
important insights into human brain functioning. Such cases are reconsidered here in the …

Allgrove's or “4 A” syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive condition with alacrima,
achalasia, autonomic disturbance, and ACTH insensitivity among other features. Recent …

We report an interaction between lamotrigine (LTG), a new antiepileptic drug (AED), and
carbamazepine (CBZ) and its primary metabolite CBZ-10, 11-epoxide (CBZ-E) in 9 …

BACKGROUND: In 1998, we set up nurse-led epilepsy clinics in five rural health centres
around Gondar in northern Ethiopia. Despite good treatment outcomes, two years after …

Over 10 million people in Africa have epilepsy of which most have no access to appropriate
treatment. Epilepsy in Africa is different–the incidence is higher, and the causes and cultural …