Impairments of the dialog between excitation and inhibition (E/I) is commonly associated to
neuropsychiatric disorders like autism, bipolar disorders and epilepsy. Moderate levels of …

Key points In two monogenic models of absence epilepsy, interictal beta/gamma power is
augmented in homozygous stargazer (stg/stg) but not homozygous tottering (tg/tg) mice …

Cognitive impairment is a common and seriously debilitating symptom of various mental and
neurological disorders including autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, multiple …

A strong relationship between the clinical characteristics of epilepsy and the nature of
cognitive impairments associated with the condition has been found, but the nature of this …

The challenges to individuals with epilepsy extend far beyond the seizures. Co‐morbidities
in epilepsy are very common and are often more problematic to individuals than the seizures …

There has been a major emphasis on defining the role of seizures in the causation of
cognitive impairments like memory deficits in epilepsy. Here we focus on an alternative …

Comorbidities, such as cognitive deficits, which often accompany epilepsies, constitute a
basal state, while seizures are rare and transient events. This suggests that neural …

Cognitive impairment is a common and often devastating comorbidity of pharmacoresistent
epilepsy. The cognitive comorbidity can be both chronic, primarily due to the underlying …

Epilepsy is increasingly recognized as a disease that reaches well beyond seizures.
Cognitive and psychiatric impairment affect half of all epilepsy patients, and to date there are …

Key points Absence seizures are accompanied by spike‐and‐wave discharges in cortical
electroencephalograms. These complex paroxysmal activities, affecting the thalamocortical …