Epilepsy & Seizures
From the Journals
‘Error neuron’ EEG findings could open up future clinical applications
The findings may be applied to conditions in which the important executive function task of error self-monitoring is unbalanced, such as obsessive...
Literature Review
Higher Rate of Loss in Unplanned Pregnancies for Women With Epilepsy
Unplanned pregnancy among women with epilepsy is associated with twice the risk of spontaneous fetal loss (SFL) when...
Conference Coverage
Study elicits patients’ most disturbing epilepsy symptoms
NEW ORLEANS – The most prominent symptoms and functional impacts of epilepsy may differ in the early, middle, and late stages of the disease.
Conference Coverage
Nicotine patch may be an effective precision therapy for select epilepsies
NEW ORLEANS – In select epilepsy patients with gene variants in subunits of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, nicotine may be an...
Conference Coverage
Common AEDs confer modestly increased risk of major congenital malformations
NEW ORLEANS – The 5% overall rate is higher than the background rate, but is still considerably less than the 9% rate seen among valproate-exposed...
Conference Coverage
What constitutes a clinically meaningful reduction in seizure frequency?
NEW ORLEANS – An analysis of clinical trial data suggests that a 44% reduction in seizure frequency is clinically...
Conference Coverage
Resection, neurostimulation combo found successful in eloquent cortical regions
NEW ORLEANS – Flanking the resection with electrodes can suppress seizures while allowing surgeons to leave as much brain tissue as possible.
Conference Coverage
Infertility appears to be increased among women with epilepsy
NEW ORLEANS – An analysis finds an infertility rate of 9.2% among women with epilepsy, compared with 6.0% in the...
Conference Coverage
Patients with PNES have increased mortality
NEW ORLEANS – Mortality is similar between patients with PNES and those with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Conference Coverage
New and established AEDs have similar tolerability
NEW ORLEANS – The development of antiepileptic drugs with new mechanisms of action has not improved the tolerability...
Conference Coverage
Transdermal CBD gel decreases recalcitrant focal seizures
NEW ORLEANS – Long-term extension trial data give evidence of benefit.