Hypoglycemic Seizures and Cognitive Function

Effects of vigabatrin on partial seizures and cognitive function.

Forty five patients with refractory partial seizures were studied in a prospective, randomised, placebo controlled, add on, parallel group, double blind trial of the new antiepileptic drug vigabatrin (1.5 g twice daily) followed by open treatment. Seizure frequency was monitored throughout an eight week baseline, 20 weeks double blind, and up to 18 months of open vigabatrin treatment. Cognitive...

A Confusing Coincidence: Neonatal Hypoglycemic Seizures and Hyperekplexia

Hyperekplexia is a rare, nonepileptic, genetic, or sporadic neurologic disorder characterized by startle responses to acoustic, optic, or tactile stimuli. Genetic defects in glycine receptors as well as encephalitis, tumors, inflammation, and disgenesis are among the etiologic causes of the disease. The main problem in hyperekplexia is the incomplete development of inhibitory mechanisms or exag...

compactifications and function spaces on weighted semigruops

chapter one is devoted to a moderate discussion on preliminaries, according to our requirements. chapter two which is based on our work in (24) is devoted introducting weighted semigroups (s, w), and studying some famous function spaces on them, especially the relations between go (s, w) and other function speces are invesigated. in fact this chapter is a complement to (32). one of the main fea...

Cognitive effects of seizures

We aimed to review recent prospective and cross-sectional studies regarding the gradual and chronic effects of (cumulative) seizures on cognition. In contrast with the increasing evidence of structural changes in the brain associated with repeated seizures, its functional repercussions remain unclear. Methodological difficulties of cross-sectional and prospective studies are addressed. It appea...

Calorie Restriction, Longevity and Cognitive Function