Epilepsy

A roundtable discussion featuring Scott Perry, MD, Orrin Devinsky, MD, and Tracy Salazar, PhD, details how seizure action plans change from pediatrics to adults and the need for adjustments.

Researchers found that 93% of patients with AS exhibited dystonia in their limbs, mouth, neck, or trunk.

Using the largest existing cEEG data set, researchers identified seizure chronotypes at multiple timescales, noting that circadian and multidien seizure cycles are equally strong and highly prevalent.

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Researchers found that infantile epileptic encephalopathy and SEI with migrating focal seizures had the highest mortality rates at 2 years of age.

"Mind Moments," a podcast from NeurologyLive, brings you an exclusive conversation with Scott Perry, MD; Orrin Devinsky, MD; and Tracy Salazar, PhD.

Mini-mental state exam scores declined significantly faster in adults with prevalent and incident epilepsy, while digit symbol substitution test scores declined significantly faster in prevalent epilepsy.

The director of the Dartmouth Epilepsy Program and chairwoman of AES 2020 discussed some of the major topics from the previously completed annual meeting and where epilepsy research is trending.

A roundtable discussion featuring Scott Perry, MD, Orrin Devinsky, MD, and Tracy Salazar, PhD, details the way seizure action plans can differ depending on seizure phenotype and frequency of seizures.

A roundtable discussion featuring Scott Perry, MD, Orrin Devinsky, MD, and Tracy Salazar, PhD, covers the staggeringly low percentage of adults with epilepsy who have seizure action plans.

The duo from Vanderbilt University shared background on their recently published study that found novel associations between functional seizures, cerebrovascular disease, and other psychiatric disorders.

Despite significant improvements in Dravet syndrome, non-statistically significant reductions were observed in children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

A roundtable discussion featuring Scott Perry, MD, Orrin Devinsky, MD, and Tracy Salazar, PhD, covers the logistics behind a seizure action plan and why its necessary to develop one.

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The RAISE trial will examine the proportion of patients with refractory status epilepticus who experience status cessation within 30 minutes of initiation of intravenous ganaxolone.

The director of the Dartmouth Epilepsy Program provided an overview of some of the critical unmet needs within ongoing epilepsy research following the recent AES Annual Meeting.

Data suggest that treatment-emergent adverse events with adjunctive brivaracetam increased in incidence by number of lifetime AEDs.