Periventricular heterotopia.

Abnormalities of cortical development and epilepsy

− The pre-natal administration of methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) in rats is able to induce cerebral heterotopia that share striking similarities with those observed in human periventricular nodular heterotopia, a cerebral dysgenesis frequently associated with drug-resistant focal seizures. In the present study, we investigated the mode of neurogenesis in cerebral heterotopia of MAM-treated r...

STEREOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE THALAMUS IN A RAT MODEL OF PERIVENTRICULAR NODULAR HETEROTOPIA By

Reading impairment in the neuronal migration disorder of periventricular nodular heterotopia.

OBJECTIVE To define the behavioral profile of periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH), a malformation of cortical development that is associated with seizures but reportedly normal intelligence, and to correlate the results with anatomic and clinical features of this disorder. METHODS Ten consecutive subjects with PNH, all with epilepsy and at least two periventricular nodules, were studied...

Periventricular heterotopia may result from radial glial fiber disruption.

Periventricular heterotopia (PVH) are collections of neurons and glia heterotopically located adjacent to the ventricles. The pathogenesis of periventricular heterotopia is believed to be a failure of cells to migrate from the ventricular zone. Mutations in filamin-1 (FLN1) have recently been identified as a genetic defect that results in an X-linked dominant form of PVH. In addition to this X-...

Absence epilepsy and periventricular nodular heterotopia

We report a case of a girl who presented with typical absence seizures at age of 4.5 years. EEG showed absence seizures of sudden onset with 3 Hz spike-and-waves that also correlated with the clinical absences. The seizure semiology included subtle deviation of the eyes which prompted MRI investigation of the brain. This showed a periventricular nodular heterotopia in the mid to anterior horn o...

Infantile spasms with periventricular nodular heterotopia, unbalanced chromosomal translocation 3p26.2 ‐10p15.1 and 6q22.31 duplication

Patients presenting with infantile spasms, dysmorphic features, and periventricular nodular heterotopia may benefit from genetic copy number variation microarray, or whole-exome sequencing to identify candidate genes. This will allow personalized diagnosis and prognostication and the eventual understanding of single and combined gene functions in brain health and disease.