To investigate early head turning, we retrospectively studied videotapes of 262 seizures from 82 patients who were seizure free after temporal lobectomy. Early head movements were arbitrarily classified into non-tonic turning, tonic turning, and absence of turning. Among the 222 seizures which showed early head turning, 168 (75.7%) had non-tonic turning and 54 (24.3%) had tonic turning. The dir...

PURPOSE Epileptic seizures are frequent manifestations after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In this retrospective single-center study we evaluated electroclinical features and analyzed etiologies and outcome of seizures after pediatric HSCT. METHODS Of 261 children transplanted between 2000 and 2010, we identified and analyzed data of 28 patients with seizures within a year f...

Epilepsy is the oldest nervous system disorder known to mankind and one of the most common diseases in human population. Despite extensive studies, multiple aspects of the disease and the nature of the disorder are still unclear. Currently 30-40% of the epileptic patients show resistance to all of the conventional therapeutic agents. In Iranian traditional medicine, various types of plants have...

Introduction: Olive leaf contains anti-inflammatory and COX-2 inhibitor compounds. Considering the role of the COX enzyme in seizures, this research was performed to assess the effects of this extract in treatment of seizures induced by PTZ. Methods: In this research, male Wistar rats (200±20 g) were injected intra-cerebroventricularly with 1 μl saline or olive leaf extract (125 μg, 250 μg ...

Introduction: In the Kindling-induced seizure model, low and repeated electrical or chemical stimulations, can elevate the neural network excitability and induce epileptiform seizures. Opioid receptors are widely distributed in different areas of the brain. On the other hand, morphine has paradoxical effects and induces elevation or alleviation of the pain sensation and excitability, at diff...

As a subset of epilepsy, nocturnal seizures amplify one of the major problems of epilepsy in general: episodes are less likely to be directly witnessed than daytime seizures, and therefore diagnosis and characterization are more difficult. As a sleep problem, nocturnal seizures are not benign, and the resulting sleep disruption can cause daytime somnolence and concentration difficulty. This art...

PURPOSE In prematurely born population, a cascade of events from initial injury in the developing brain to morbidity may be followed. The aim of our study was to assess seizures in prematurely born children from birth up to 16 years and to evaluate the contribution of different seizures, and of neurological dysfunction to the seizure outcome. METHODS Pre- and neonatal data and data from neuro...

OBJECTIVE Childhood seizures have various nonneurological etiologies. The patient's magnesium levels should be measured when evaluating afebrile seizures. The purpose of the current case series is to describe a systematic approach for diagnosing hypomagnesemia using 3 recent patient cases. METHODS This case series describes 3 patients with unprovoked hypomagnesemia-associated seizures. The au...

A cross sectional hospital based study was undertaken to find out the various clinical aspects and management of Hot Water Epilepsy (HWE) in children. Of the 71 cases analysed, 67.6% had onset of seizures in the first decade of life. Seizures occurred frequently towards the end of head bath (71.8%). In 14.1% cases, seizures were precipitated with cold-water head bath also. Complex partial seizu...

introduction: febrile seizure is the most common type of seizure that occurs in 3– 4% of children below the age of 5 years. the purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of recurrence of febrile and afebrile seizures after the first febrile seizure. methods: in a descriptive prospective study, 139 children (6months to 6years old) admitted between march 2004and august 2005 at yazd sha...