Surgical treatment of deep-seated insular lesions causing refractory epilepsy is thought to
be difficult due to the complicated accessibility and close proximity of eloquent areas. Here …

Abstract Introduction Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNTs) are long-term
epilepsy associated tumors subdivided into simple and complex variants. The purpose of …

Epilepsy comprises several syndromes, amongst the most common being mesial temporal
lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis. Seizures in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with …

BACKGROUND: Spinal cord tumors account for 5% to 10% of all primary central nervous
system tumors. The most common intramedullary neoplasms are ependymomas, composing …

Gene-regulatory network analysis is a powerful approach to elucidate the molecular
processes and pathways underlying complex disease. Here we employ systems genetics …

Purpose: Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) leads to progressive tissue and function loss of one
brain hemisphere and often intractable epilepsy. This is the first randomized prospective …

BACKGROUND. Most gangliogliomas (GGs) are benign tumors, but tumor recurrence and
malignant progression are observed in some patients. METHODS. The authors analyzed …

Purpose: In patients with pharmacoresistant focal‐onset seizures, invasive presurgical
workup can identify epilepsy surgery options when noninvasive workup has failed. Yet, the …

Object Treatment for insular (paralimbic) gliomas is controversial. In this report the authors
summarize their experience with microsurgical resection of insular tumors. Methods The …

Background The revival of epilepsy surgery after the introduction of modern presurgical
evaluation procedures has led to an increase in hemispherectomy or hemispherotomy …