In Sickness and in Health: Perineuronal Nets and Synaptic Plasticity in Psychiatric Disorders by Harry Pantazopoulos, Sabina Berretta

“…Studies on schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, mood disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, and epilepsy point to the involvement of ECM molecules such as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, Reelin, and matrix metalloproteases, as well as their cell surface receptors. …”
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West Syndrome in an Infant with Complete Corpus Callosal Agenesis by S. Sheetal, Nikhil Gladson, Rakesh John, Yamuna P. Kurup

“…West syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy with onset in infancy and early childhood. …”
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A Case of DeSanto-Shinawi Syndrome in Bahrain with a Novel Mutation by Zahra Alsahlawi, Mohamed Jailani, Husain Alaradi, Abdulaziz AlAbbad

“…Here, we report new findings of epilepsy and recurrent skin infections which had not been reported in prior studies.…”
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Pregnant Women, a Potential Reservoir for Onchocerca volvulus? A Cross Sectional Study in Maridi County, South Sudan by Chiara Trevisan, Amber Hadermann, Stephen Raimon Jada, Raphael A. Abong, Yak Yak Bol, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Katja Polman, Robert Colebunders

“…Out of 248 women with children, 9 (3.6%) had children suffering from epilepsy; two of them had two children with epilepsy. …”
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Pharma TARP: A Troubled Asset Relief Program for Novel, Abandoned Projects in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Tamas Bartfai, Graham Vaughan Lees

“…Society has a real need for the drugs that are no longer going to be developed for, among others, drug-resistant epilepsy, neuropathic and cancer pain, type-2 diabetes, obesity, and schizophrenia. …”
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GABAergic Neuron Specification in the Spinal Cord, the Cerebellum, and the Cochlear Nucleus by Kei Hori, Mikio Hoshino

“…The elaborate balance of the activities of the two types is very important to elicit higher brain function, because its imbalance may cause neurological disorders, such as epilepsy and hyperalgesia. In the central nervous system, inhibitory neurons are mainly represented by GABAergic ones with some exceptions such as glycinergic. …”
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Sedation and Analgesia in Children with Developmental Disabilities and Neurologic Disorders by Todd J. Kilbaugh, Stuart H. Friess, Ramesh Raghupathi, Jimmy W. Huh

“…Sedation and analgesia performed by the pediatrician and pediatric subspecialists are becoming increasingly common for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in children with developmental disabilities and neurologic disorders (autism, epilepsy, stroke, obstructive hydrocephalus, traumatic brain injury, intracranial hemorrhage, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy). …”
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Incidence and predictors of seizure-related injuries among epileptic patients undergoing follow-up treatment at public hospitals in Central Ethiopia by Selamawit Wondale Begizew, Bethelhem Birhanu Muluneh, Taye Mezgebu Ashine, Asnakech Zekiwos Heliso, Getachew Ossabo Babore, Elias Ezo Ereta, Sentayehu Admasu Saliya, Awoke Girma Hailu, Elias Nigusu Abdisa

“…Abstract Seizure-related injuries represent a significant concern for both individuals with epilepsy and their caregivers. Compared to the general population, those diagnosed with epilepsy face a heightened risk of sustaining injuries. …”
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Chronic Synthetic Marijuana Use: A Case of First-Onset Seizures as a Withdrawal Symptom by Amber N. Edinoff, Prithvi Doppalapudi, Juliana M. Fort

“…The patient was admitted to the neurology service, where he was worked up with an MRI with epilepsy protocol and an EEG. During admission, the patient was admitted to daily synthetic marijuana use. …”
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Potential Synergies of β-Hydroxybutyrate and Butyrate on the Modulation of Metabolism, Inflammation, Cognition, and General Health by Franco Cavaleri, Emran Bashar

“…The low-carbohydrate high-fat diet (LCHFD), also known as the ketogenic diet, has cycled in and out of popularity for decades as a therapeutic program to treat metabolic syndrome, weight mismanagement, and drug-resistant disorders as complex as epilepsy, cancer, dementia, and depression. Despite the benefits of this diet, health care professionals still question its safety due to the elevated serum ketones it induces and the limited dietary fiber. …”
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Neurological and Neurobehavioral Disorders Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Humans by Maxwell A. Virus, Evie G. Ehrhorn, LeeAnna M. Lui, Paul H. Davis

“…Consequently, several studies have examined the link between T. gondii infection and diseases such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, depression, bipolar disorder, dysphoria, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). …”
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Blockchain-enabled digital twin system for brain stroke prediction by Venkatesh Upadrista, Sajid Nazir, Huaglory Tianfield

“…The application can be extended to monitor other pathologies such as heart attacks, cancers, osteoporosis, and epilepsy with minimal configuration changes.…”
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Severe Atelectasis due to Aspirated Valproic Acid Tablet by Tomomi Tanigaki, Takunori Ogawa, Sakika Nomura, Koki Ito, Yuhei Kurata, Akira Matsukida, Morio Ishihara, Aihide Yoshino, Akihiko Kawana, Yoshifumi Kimizuka

“…A 60-year-old man treated with valproic acid (VPA) for epilepsy developed atelectasis and respiratory failure after an accidentally aspirated VPA tablet-induced mucus hypersecretion. …”
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Topical Ophthalmic Cyclosporine in the Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis by Zafer Onaran, Gülşah Usta, Mukadder Koçak, Kemal Örnek, Ünase Büyükkoçak

“…A 20-year-old woman developed TEN following administration of carbamazepine that was prescribed for epilepsy. Ophthalmic examination revealed bilateral pseudomembranous conjunctivitis. …”
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Marked Gingival Overgrowth Protruding from the Oral Cavity Due to Sodium Valproate by Mami Uegami, Hiroaki Ito, Tadashi Shiohama

“…Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is associated with various systemic diseases, including epilepsy. Among antiepileptic medications, phenytoin is commonly reported to cause this condition. …”
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Peltier Elements-based Human Brain Hypothermia Treatment by Rabab Talib Abdullah, Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Ahmed J. Abid

“… Cooling and hypothermia of the brain is an important and effective way to save the lives of many patients suffering from diseases such as strokes, epilepsy, incurable diseases, and others due to general accidents. …”
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ECG‐based epileptic seizure prediction: Challenges of current data‐driven models by Sotirios Kalousios, Jens Müller, Hongliu Yang, Matthias Eberlein, Ortrud Uckermann, Gabriele Schackert, Witold H. Polanski, Georg Leonhardt

“…Abstract Objective Up to a third of patients with epilepsy fail to achieve satisfactory seizure control. …”
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Enhancement of Neocortical-Medial Temporal EEG Correlations during Non-REM Sleep by Nikolai Axmacher, Christoph Helmstaedter, Christian E. Elger, Juergen Fell

“…Here, we analyzed scalp and intracranial EEG recordings during sleep and waking state in epilepsy patients undergoing presurgical evaluation. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF SALVIA ROSMARINUS ESSENTIAL OIL ON NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS by Malina Mihaela Visternicu, Viorica Rarinca, Vasile Burlui, Alin Ciobica

“…This review explores the therapeutic potential of rosemary in alleviating nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), major depressive disorder (MDD), epilepsy, Parkinson's disease (PD), addiction, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). …”
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Lamotrigine-Related Skin Rash by J. Jokubaitė, L. Martinėlė, G. Joskaudaitė, T. Raudonis

“…Lamotrigine is a new-generation aromatic antiepileptic drug whose effectiveness has been observed not only in the treatment of epilepsy but also in other disorders, such as bipolar disorder. …”
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