Psychobehavioural and cognitive adverse events of anti-seizure medications for the treatment of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

A Strzelczyk, S Schubert-Bast - CNS drugs, 2022 - Springer
The developmental and epileptic encephalopathies encompass a group of rare syndromes
characterised by severe drug-resistant epilepsy with onset in childhood and significant …

Fenfluramine: a plethora of mechanisms?

J Sourbron, L Lagae - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies are rare, treatment-resistant epilepsies with
high seizure burden and non-seizure comorbidities. The antiseizure medication (ASM) …

The broad-spectrum activity of perampanel: state of the art and future perspective of AMPA antagonism beyond epilepsy

F Perversi, C Costa, A Labate, S Lattanzi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Glutamate is the brain's main excitatory neurotransmitter. Glutamatergic neurons primarily
compose basic neuronal networks, especially in the cortex. An imbalance of excitatory and …

Antiseizure medications in Alzheimer's disease from preclinical to clinical evidence

F Bosco, L Guarnieri, V Rania, E Palma… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and epilepsy are common neurological disorders in the elderly. A
bi-directional link between these neurological diseases has been reported, with patients …

[HTML][HTML] Fenfluramine treatment is associated with improvement in everyday executive function in preschool-aged children (< 5 years) with Dravet syndrome: a critical …

KI Bishop, PK Isquith, GA Gioia, KG Knupp… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate whether fenfluramine (FFA) is associated with improvement in
everyday executive function (EF)—self-regulation—in preschool-aged children with Dravet …

Fenfluramine provides clinically meaningful reduction in frequency of drop seizures in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: Interim analysis of an open‐label …

KG Knupp, IE Scheffer, B Ceulemans, J Sullivan… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to evaluate the long‐term safety and effectiveness of
fenfluramine in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Methods Eligible patients …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of topiramate and its clinical value in epilepsy

YF Bai, C Zeng, M Jia, B Xiao - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Topiramate (TPM) is widely used as monotherapy or add-on therapy in adults and children
(aged 2 to 16 years) with primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures or focal-onset seizures …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy surgery in the first six months of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KL Makridis, DA Atalay, UW Thomale, A Tietze… - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Nearly one-third of all infants with epilepsy develop drug-resistant epilepsy.
Although epilepsy surgery is a well-established therapy across all age groups, there might …

A narrative review of the mechanisms and consequences of intermittent hypoxia and the role of advanced analytic techniques in pediatric autonomic disorders

JM Ramirez, MS Carroll, N Burgraff, CM Rand… - Clinical Autonomic …, 2023 - Springer
Disorders of autonomic functions are typically characterized by disturbances in multiple
organ systems. These disturbances are often comorbidities of common and rare diseases …

IQ changes after pediatric epilepsy surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Schmidlechner, M Zaddach, F Heinen, S Cornell… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Objective This systematic review aimed to assess the intellectual outcome of children who
underwent surgery for epilepsy. Methods A systematic review of electronic databases was …