Oxaliplatin is a common chemotherapy drug used for colon and gastric cancers. Common side effects are peripheral neuropathy, hematological toxicity, and allergic reactions. A rare side effect is seizures which are usually associated with posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES). A 50-year-old male patient presented with severe abdominal pain. CT scan of the abdomen showed acute ...

influence of folic acid on the cns is still unclear. folate has a neuroprotective effect, while on the other hand excess folate can exacerbate seizures in epileptics. the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of subchronic administration of folic acid on behavioural and electroencephalographic (eeg) characteristics of dl homocysteine thiolactone induced seizures in adult rats. t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence, type and site of the injuries due to tramadol-induced seizures in the patients who had referred after its overdose or use of its therapeutic dose. MATERIAL AND METHODS All patients referring to Loghman Hakim Poison Hospital (February 2009 to April 2010) due to tramadol-induced seizures were included. The patients' data including age, gend...

In the present study, the possible role of free radicals in aminophylline-induced seizures was evaluated in albino rats. Aminophylline (theophylline in ethylene diamine; 50 - 300 mg/kg) induced convulsions in rats in a dose-dependent manner, and both incidence of seizure and mortality were maximum at 300 mg/kg. Conventional anti-epileptics, diphenylhydantoin and dizocilpine, as well as adenosin...

Previous research has shown that ethosuximide in high enough doses disrupts operant responding in pigeons. Whether or not these same doses protect against seizure activity in this species has not been determined. In the present study a system for scoring pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in pigeons was developed and the effects of ethosuximide on such seizures were evaluated. Pentylenetetrazol...

Several structurally related metabolites of progesterone (3 alpha-hydroxy pregnane-20-ones) and deoxycorticosterone (3 alpha-hydroxy pregnane-21-diol-20-ones) and their 3 beta-epimers were evaluated for protective activity against pilocarpine-, kainic acid- and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced seizures in mice. Steroids with the 3-hydroxy group in the alpha-position and 5-H in the alpha- or ...

Seizures induced by hypercalcemia are rare. A few case reports of seizures associated with hypercalcemia have been published, but none due to the milk alkali syndrome. This is the first report regarding seizures associated with calcium carbonate overuse. The two patients described in this article, who had no risk factors for developing epilepsy, suffered from status epilepticus probably induced...

BACKGROUND Prolonged febrile seizures (FS) have both acute and long-lasting effects on the developing brain. Because FS are often associated with peripheral infection, we aimed to develop a preclinical model of FS that simulates fever and immune activation in order to facilitate the implementation of targeted therapy after prolonged FS in young children. METHODS The innate immune activator li...

Abstract Picornaviridae are a family of small positive-strand RNA viruses, and transmitted via the respiratory or fecal-oral route. The neurotropic picornaviruses can induce acute late recurrent seizures following central nervous system infection, by infecting peripheral nerve, crossing blood-brain barrier migrating in Trojan-horse method. Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), as mem...