Alcoholic Epilepsy

Lacosamide as add-on treatment of focal symptomatic epilepsy in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis

The occurrence of epileptic seizures in the presence of hepatic disease is not uncommon in clinical practice. Selecting an appropriate AED for patients affected by liver failure who have new-onset epileptic seizures can be challenging. We describe a 64-year-old man affected by liver cirrhosis. The patient developed partial epilepsy with secondary generalization because of an intracerebral hemor...

Alcoholic Hepatitis, Alcoholic Cirrhosis & Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.

Correlation between Epilepsy Self-Management Behaviors and Seizure Frequency among Patients with Epilepsy in Iran Epilepsy Association

Background and Objectives: Epilepsy is a chronic condition results in seizure and leads to debilitating conditions in patients. Epilepsy self-management behaviors include activities to manage the disease. The aim of this study was to assess self-management behaviors and its correlation with seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy. Materials and Methods: In this correlation study, 120 patien...

Epilepsy and dopaminergic system

Epilepsy is accompanied with a strong change in neuronal activity not only in excitatory (glutamatergic) and inhibitory (GABAergic) neurotransmission, but also in neuromodulatory agents. Dopaminergic system, as an important neuromodulatory system of the brain, has significant effect on neuronal excitability. In addition, this system undergoes many changes in epileptic brain. Understanding the e...