In this study, we investigated the reorganized basolateral amygdala (BLA)-subiculum pathway in a status epilepticus (SE) mouse model with epileptic episodes induced by pilocarpine. We have previously observed a dramatic loss of neurons in the CA1-3 fields of the hippocampus in epileptic mice. Herein, we observed a 43-57% reduction in the number of neurons in the BLA of epileptic mice. However, ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether surgery to reduce or control epileptic seizures is safe and effective in patients known to have additional psychogenic seizures. DESIGN We reviewed our computerized database of 1342 patients examined for epilepsy surgery and identified 13 patients with both epileptic and psychogenic seizures on whom postoperative outcome data were available. Data were gathered from...

Epileptic nystagmus is defined as a quick, repetitive jerky movement of the eyeball associated with seizure activity. In cases of epileptic nystagmus associated with ictal discharge from multiple brain areas, localization of the exact epileptogenic zone could be extremely difficult. In a nine-year-old patient with epileptic nystagmus and vertigo associated with bilateral temporal and frontal lo...

OBJECTIVES Sudden falls have been described in patients with partial epilepsy. However, no study has detailed the clinical, EEG, and evolutive features of partial epilepsies with drop attacks. METHODS In a consecutive series of 222 patients with partial epilepsy admitted for uncontrolled seizures over a 10 year period, 31 patients presented with epileptic drop attacks during evolution of thei...

Electroencephalographic signal is a representative signal that contains information about brain activity, which is used for the detection of epilepsy since epileptic seizures are caused by a disturbance in the electrophysiological activity of the brain. The prediction of epileptic seizure usually requires a detailed and experienced analysis of EEG. In this paper, we have introduced a statistica...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder with prevalence of about 1-2% of the world’s population (Mormann, Andrzejak, Elger & Lehnertz, 2007). It is characterized by sudden recurrent and transient disturbances of perception or behaviour resulting from excessive synchronization of cortical neuronal networks; it is a neurological condition in which an individual experiences chronic abnormal bursts of ...

Objective: In this study we investigated the properties of infraslow oscillations (ISOs) 60.05 Hz and delta frequency band in the patients during the epileptic discharges and in healthy persons who performed a variety of mental and physical tasks. Methods: The EEG signals were recorded on the subjects who were divided into three groups. In the first group were patients with global epileptic sei...

Objectives: to describe preliminary data referred to epileptic seizures and the probability of occurring these epileptic seizures in the infants ́ first months of life with congenital Zika virus (ZIKV) syndrome. Methods: concurrent cohort study including newborns and infants with congenital Zika virus syndrome attended at the specialized outpatient clinic at IMIP, Recife, Pernambuco, from Octobe...

Non-epileptic seizures (NES) is a descriptive term for a diverse group of disorders that refer to paroxysmal events that can be mistaken for epilepsy, but are not due to an epileptic disorder. “Non-epileptic seizure” is the preferred term. As confirmed by Steven Schachter, MD in his 1966 survey of American epileptologists, the majority of respondents considers this to be the preferred term as o...