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Deep Brain Stimulation

However, at this time, many questions are still unanswered and many options are still debated. What is the appropriate structure to stimulate or to...

Depression in Epilepsy Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches

Epilepsy and Depression – A Bi-directional RelationshipAssessing the prevalence of depression from selected clinical samples of patients with...

Epilepsy Care - The WHO/ILAE/IBE Global Campaign Against Epilepsy

Since the problem is too complex to be solved by individual organizations, and to bring epilepsy ‘out of the shadows’, a Global Campaign...

Epilepsy Management - Key Issues, Challenges, and Developments

Therapy of epilepsy is based on a correct diagnosis of the epilepsy syndrome, appropriate choice of medication(s), early identification of medically...

Modern Approaches to Epilepsy Management

It has long been recognized that seizures will be or will become refractory to pharmacotherapy in more than 30% of patients, and that localized...

Modern Approaches to Epilepsy Management

His research interests include antiepileptic drug neuropharmacology, the management of epilepsy and factors affecting outcome, which has resulted in...

Pharmacological Treatment of Status Epilepticus - An Overview

Although every seizure type can theoretically persist and evolve into SE, a simple 2D SE classification system can be constructed, either generalized...

Recent Advances in the Neurochemistry of Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, affecting 1–2% of the population worldwide, and is characterised by recurrent spontaneous seizures....

Retigabine A Promising New Antiepileptic Drug with a Novel Mechanism of Action

Depending on the pattern of neuronal involvement, the symptomatology (or semiology) of a seizure may consist of a wide range of sudden and transitory...

The Role of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Epilepsy

Following the first encouraging human trials in 1988, 1,2 several controlled studies have demonstrated the antiepileptic efficacy of adjunctive vagus...

The Top Five Advances in the Use of Ketogenic Diets for Epilepsy and Beyond

How has the KD changed from an unproven, ‘alternative’ epilepsy treatment to an established, non-pharmacological medical therapy over the...

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