Epilepsy
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Recent papers in Epilepsy
Cannabinoids, especially Cannabidiol from Industrial Hemp is becoming known as a medicine for symptoms including Cancer, Epilepsy, PTSD, Alzeheimers, Pain and Crohn's disease. Why?
In this paper multivariate spontaneous EEG signals from three broad groups of human subjects--control, seizure, and mania--were studied with the aim of investigating the possible effect of these pathologies on the degree of phase... more
Epilepsy as one of the most common neurological disorders affects more than 50 million people worldwide with a higher prevalence rate in low-income countries. Excessive electrical discharges in neurons following neural cell damage or loss... more
O presente caso clinico pretende demonstrar a intervenção psicoterapêutica sobre um quadro infantil diagnosticado neuropediatricamente com a Síndrome de West dos 4 aos 8 anos. Complementarmente ao diagnostico neurológico, o garoto em... more
Alternating hemiplegia of children is a rare neurological disorder that in its characteristic form has few differential diagnosis. The diagnosis of intractable seizures is difficult to avoid for physicians not aware of the disease. To... more
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs) encompass a spectrum of neuropsychiatric manifestations. Chromosomal regions 1q21.1, 3q29, 15q11.2, 15q13.3, 16p11.2, 16p13.1 and 22q11 harbour rare but recurrent CNVs that have been uncovered as being... more
Autism is associated with epilepsy in early childhood, with evidence suggesting that individuals with both autism and more severe cognitive impairment are at higher risk. However, the incidence of an abnormal electroencephalogram and/or... more
Modality specificity of human primary somatosensory cortex was studied by recording somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) from subdural electrodes in a patient with intractable focal motor seizure. A newly developed device was used for... more
Epilepsy is one of the most widespread pathologies of human brain, affecting approximately 1% of world population. Despite the development of new methods of seizure control, chronic administration of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) remains the... more
Chapter in the edited publication "If you are not there, where are you? Mapping the Experience of Absence Seizures Through Art.", co-edited by Henny Dörr and myself.