Epilepsy

Latency to First Event is Shorter in Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures Than in Epileptic Seizures in an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
by Vishwanath Sagi MBBS, MPH; Jaime Shoup MD; Ravikiran Chilukuri; and M. Steven Evans MD Drs. Sagi and Evans are with the Department of Neurology at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. Drs. Shoup and Chilukuri are with the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. FUNDING: No funding was provided for […]

The Effects of G2013 (α-L-guluronic Acid) in a Pentylenetetrazole-induced Kindling Animal Model of Epilepsy
by Saeed Tahmasebi, PhD; Gholamreza Azizi, PhD; Hosein Miladi, MSc; Elham Shafiei, MD; Ali N. Kamali, PhD; Haleh Hamedifar PhD; Farimah Fayyaz, MD; Seyed Erfan Rasouli, BSc; Mostafa Kalvandi, MD; Hamed Mohammadi, PhD; Hadi Hassannia, PhD; Solat Eslami, PhD; Kabir Magaji Hamid, PhD; and Abbas Mirshafiey, PhD Dr. Tahmasebi is with the Research Center for […]

The Pathophysiology of Marijuana-induced Encephalopathy and Possible Epilepsy after Ingestion in Children: A Case Series
by Alister Carvalho, MBBS, and Tracy Evans-Gilbert, DM, MPH, CTropMed® Drs. Carvalho and Evans-Gilbert are with the Department of Pediatrics at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Dr. Evans-Gilbert is also with the University of the West Indies, Western Campus, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Funding: No funding was provided. Disclosures: The authors have […]

The Neuroscience Report—Vol. 43 (June 25, 2016): Medical Marijuana in Neuroscience
The latest in neuroscience—sorted and summarized for you Welcome to The Neuroscience Report where each week we will highlight a specific topic in neuroscience and provide you with links to 5 journal articles, 5 news articles, and 5 wildcard picks. Brought to you by Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience—your source for peer-reviewed, evidence-based information. This week’s […]

Remission of Psychosis in Treatment-resistant Schizophrenia Following a Seizure: A Case Report
by Hena Jawaid, MB, BS, FCPS; Sana Younus, MB, BS; and Hanif Mesiya, MD All are with the Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(5–6):78–80. Funding: No funding was received for the preparation of this article. Financial Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of […]

Medical Marijuana for Epilepsy?
by Murali K. Kolikonda, MD; Kavitha Srinivasan, MD; Manasa Enja, MD; Vishwanath Sagi, MD; and Steven Lippmann, MD Drs. Kolikonda and Sagi are from the Department of Neurology, Dr. Srinivasan is from the Clinical Translational Research Support Unit, and Drs. Enja and Lippmann are from the Department of Psychiatry, University of Louisville School of Medicine, […]

The Effect of Carnitine Supplementation on Hyperammonemia and Carnitine Deficiency Treated with Valproic Acid in a Psychiatric Setting
by Masaru Nakamura, MD, PhD, and Takahiko Nagamine, MD, PhD Dr. Nakamura is with the Department of Psychiatric Internal Medicine, Kosekai-Kusatsu Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan; and Dr. Nagamine is with the Department of Psychiatric Internal Medicine, Shinseikai-Ishii Memorial Hospital, Iwakuni, Japan Innov Clin Neurosci. 2015;12(9–10):18–24. Funding: No funding was received for the preparation of this manuscript. […]

The Neuroscience Report—Vol. 23 (October 5, 2015): Traumatic Brain Injury
The latest in neuroscience—sorted and summarized for you Welcome to The Neuroscience Report where each week we will highlight a specific topic in neuroscience and provide you with links to 5 journal articles, 5 news articles, and 5 wildcard picks. Brought to you by Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience—your source for peer-reviewed, evidence-based information. This Week’s Topic: Traumatic […]

Electroconvulsive Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis
by Katie Steen, MD; Puneet Narang, MD; and Steven Lippmann, MD Dr. Steen is psychiatry resident at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Dr. Narang is Staff Physician and Lead ECT Psychiatrist, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; and Dr. Lippmann is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2015;12(7–8):28–30. […]

The Neuroscience Report—Vol. 12 (July 20, 2015): Epilepsy
The latest in neuroscience—sorted and summarized for you