In this study, the wavelet-based fractal analysis is applied to analyze epileptic ECoG data obtained during nonseizure period and epileptic seizure events. The spectral exponents of the epileptic ECoG data obtained using the waveletbased fractal analysis from various intervals of levels are examined. The computational results show that the estimated spectral exponents of the epileptic ECoG epoc...

Background: There is a relationship between diseases and the quality of life. Epilepsy is a disease that is unpredictable and uncontrollable and its actions are limited to scattered and brief education. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of family-centered empowerment program on the quality of life of mothers with epileptic children. Methods:</strong...

Automatism will be incorporated in interactive media art, of which the ultimate aim is audience participation, to provide an extended experience for audience to interact with the work in unconsciousness. This thesis suggests that applying automatism of surrealism to Kinect will expand the access to art for audience and avoid being limited to a simple and short-term amusement. Based on surrealis...

In this pilot study hypnosis was used in an attempt to provide evidence of a psychogenic component of pseudo-epileptic seizures. The criterion for psychogenesis was the reversal of the amnesia, which is often present in epileptic- and pseudo-epileptic seizures. The technique has been validated by a semi-blind referral of cases for analysis after the clinician had been able to make a firm diagno...

There is emerging evidence to support the unfavorable effects of some anti-epileptic drugs on the plasma homocysteine concentrations. Elevated homocysteine levels induced by anti-epileptic drug administration can theoretically increase not only the risk of vascular occlusive diseases, but also the risk of resistance to anti-epileptics and development of refractory epilepsy. To investigate the e...

We read with interest the letter by Parisi et al. as comment to our review. They discuss our proposal of a preferential use of the term ‘‘Epileptic headache’’ instead of ‘‘Ictal epileptic headache (IEH)’’. In our review it was pointed out, even with references to dictionaries, that the term ‘‘ictal’’ is redundant with respect to the term ‘‘epileptic’’. Moreover, an epileptic headache is necessa...

Diffuse low-grade gliomas are highly epileptogenic brain tumours. We aimed to explore the natural course of epileptic seizures, their predictors and the prognostic significance of their occurrence in adult patients harbouring a diffuse low-grade glioma. An observational retrospective multicentre study examined 1509 patients with diffuse low-grade gliomas to identify mutual interactions between ...