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Filter by:This study uses single neuron recordings in pre-surgical epilepsy patients to uncover the neural mechanisms underlying memory formation and retrieval. A secondary aim is to improve diagnostic tools to identify epileptogenic tissue.
Adult onset epileptic seizures is rare and often associated with metabolic disorders, drugs and intracranial pathologies such as ischemia, hemorrhage or space-occupying lesions. Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency is one of the reasons that cause epileptic seizures in adults and can be ignored. MTHFR deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder that results in hyperhomocysteinemia and causes a predisposition to venous and arterial thrombosis. The incidence of the polymorphism is around 40% in some countries. The aim of the retrospective study is to investigate the incidence of MTHFR deficiency in patients with adult-onset epileptic seizures.
Clinically validate a biopotential and motion recording wearable device (Byteflies Sensor Dot) for detection of epileptic seizures in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) and at home.
The purpose of the study in Part 1, is to evaluate (under fasted conditions) the plasma pharmacokinetics (PK) of padsevonil (PSL) using 4 PSL product variants against a PSL reference tablet and in Part 2, to evaluate the PK of PSL using a PSL reference tablet under fed and fasted conditions at 200 mg and 400 mg.
The primary objective of this study is to collect accelerometer data from subjects monitored in an EMU with concurrent video EEG.
The initial goal is to ascertain the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of CBD (cannabidiol) after a single dose of CBDE (cannabidiol extract), although the plan is to extend these studies to multiple dose administrations in the future, since it is likely that (cannabidiol) and/or its metabolites will show some accumulation. These studies will provide detailed information that will inform the continuation and expansion of CBDE in other research projects.
The ketogenic diet is a medical therapy for epilepsy that is used nearly predominantly for refractory epilepsy (after 2-3 drugs have been tried and failed). However, there is both published evidence for first-line use (infantile spasms, Glut1 deficiency syndrome) and also anecdotal experience (families choosing to change the child's (or the family' own) diet rather than use anticonvulsant medications). Childhood absence epilepsy (refractory) has been published as being responsive to ketogenic diet therapy by the investigators' group previously. This is a small, prospective, 3 month trial to assess if using a modified Atkins diet is a feasible and effective option for new-onset childhood absence epilepsy. The investigators will compare to a group of children in which the parents have declined and chose to start anticonvulsant medications.
Dogs belonging to MDD will be trained and asked to discriminate between odour sweat samples from epilepsy patients associated with a seizure ("seizure sample") and samples collected when no seizure was close in time ("non-seizure sample"). The same type positive and negative sweat samples will be analysed by Florida International University using solid phase micro extraction (SPME) GC-MS to try to identify volatile organic components (VOC) specific to the samples associated with seizures.
The purpose of the study is to use a new method of high-density electroencephalogram (HD-EEG) recording to map brain areas important for movement, sensation, language, emotion, and cognition.
This study will give important information about long term consequences of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery on cognition (memory, language, concentration etc), psychiatric function and quality of life.