Identifying Corticothalamic Network Epicenters in Patients with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

Identifying Corticothalamic Network Epicenters in Patients with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Corticothalamic networks are considered core pathologic substrates for idiopathic generalized epilepsy; however, the predominant epileptogenic epicenters within these networks are still largely unknown. The current study aims to identify these epicenters by resting-state functional connectivity. MATERIALS AND METHODS To identify epicenters within the corticothalamic net...

Moral judgment in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

PURPOSE The aim of the current study was to investigate morality while also investigating frontal lobe function with the goal of studying the relationship between frontal lobe and morality in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. METHOD A total of 23 right-handed patients with IGE and 25 right-handed healthy participants agreed to participate. Participants made judgments on a series ...

Antiepileptic drugs withdrawal in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy

OBJECTIVES To estimate the risk of seizure recurrence after antiepileptic drugs (AED) withdrawal and to identify related predictive features in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) commencing at developing age (up to 16 year). METHODS Medical records of consecutive patients with IGE from two refferal hospitals were evaluated between 2001 and 2009. Inclusion criteria were clinic...

Tonic status epilepticus in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

RATIONALE Tonic status epilepticus (TSE) in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) is not well recognized. The objective of this study is to report episodes of TSE in patients with IGE. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the clinical and EEG evaluation of three IGE patients who presented TSE. RESULTS The three patients had mainly clinical features of IGE, but had developed, in...

Investigating Relationship of positive Family Historypattern and the incidence of idiopathic epilepsy in patients with epilepsy