To cite: Yokoyama T, Yamada S, Doichi N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-008644 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy 2-year-old boy presented to our hospital with seizure. He had fever, diarrhoea and vomiting for 2 days before admission. His seizure continued for 2 min and was accompanied by loss of consciousness and tonic seizure. His sei...

Hemodialysis-associated seizure is a complication of hemodialysis. This report describes the occurrence of seizures in patients with end stage renal disease on dialysis therapy at the Nephrology Institute of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil. A retrospective medical history of 189 patients was reviewed to investigate the occurrence of convulsive seizures during dialytic program. Seven pa...

OBJECTIVE The study of epileptic electroencephalograph (EEG) dynamics can potentially provide insights into seizure onset, evolution and termination. We propose a new synthetic measure based on time-frequency decomposition to provide detailed characterization of these dynamic changes. METHODS The matching pursuit (MP) method allows for continuous time-frequency decomposition. We have develope...

Interictal spiking is seen in the EEG of epileptic patients between seizures. To date, the roles played by interictal events in seizure occurrence and in epileptogenesis remain elusive. While interictal spikes may herald the onset of electrographic seizures, experimental data indicate that hippocampus-driven interictal events prevent seizure precipitation. Even less clear than the role of inter...

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) have come to consensus definitions for the terms epileptic seizure and epilepsy. An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predispos...

Seizure episode is most common in males than females this study. Among the males, age group of 21-40 years affecting with seizures. Major occurrence seizure when patient awake state. Most around 80% study presented single seizure. Generalized Tonic Clonic form Infection and inflammation were cause Neurocysticercosis under infectious seizure, followed by tuberculomas. Ischemia second Incidence m...

Most common hypotheses of seizure initiation are increased neural excitation, decreased inhibition or both. But, the conditions that lead to these activation states not to be clear yet. Recent studies challenge traditional concepts and indicate new evidence that a key epileptogenic process may actually begin in the blood vessel. Seizures could be initiate by a variety of insults to the brain, s...

AIM Whether an antiepileptic drug (AED) should be prescribed for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients is a matter in dispute, and recent studies have come up with different or even opposite views. A meta-analysis on this issue has not been performed. The goal of this meta-analysis was to study antiepileptic drugs' effects on early seizure occurrence and outcome for ICH patients. Mater Ial an...

Introduction: This study was designed to investigate the possible anticonvulsant effect of acute administration of an aqueous extract of flowers of Alcea aucheri (EFA) in a seizure model. Methods: Seizures were induced in male adult Swiss mice by administration of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) or Maximal Electroshock (MES). Mice were randomly subjected to receive saline, EFA (8.75-175 mg.kg-1), or d...