Seizure-related head injuries: a narrative review

S Piwowarczyk, P Obłój, Ł Janicki, K Kowalik… - Brain sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. Epileptic seizures very often
result in head injuries that may lead to many adverse consequences, both acute and …

Associations between head injury and subsequent risk of falls: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

KJ Hunzinger, CA Law, H Elser, AE Walter… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Falls are a leading cause of head injury among older adults, but
the risk of fall occurring after a head injury is less well-characterized. We sought to examine …

Cognitive phenotypes in late-onset epilepsy: results from the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

A Reyes, ALC Schneider… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Cognitive phenotyping is a widely used approach to characterize the
heterogeneity of deficits in patients with a range of neurological disorders but has only …

Posttraumatic Epilepsy and Dementia Risk

ALC Schneider, CA Law, RF Gottesman… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although both head injury and epilepsy are associated with long-term dementia
risk, posttraumatic epilepsy (PTE) has only been evaluated in association with short-term …

Associations of prior head injury with olfaction in older adults: Results from the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

ALC Schneider, RF Gottesman… - … –Head & Neck …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Traumatic brain injury has been associated with short-term olfactory dysfunction,
but the association of number of prior head injuries and head injury severity with both …

Associations Between Prior Head Injury, Physical Functioning, and Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

KJ Hunzinger, AE Walter, KA Rosenthal… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Older adults have the highest rates of head injury and are at the greatest risk for
subsequent dysfunction, yet research on subsequent physical decline is limited. We sought …

Sleep apnea, hypoxia, and late-onset epilepsy: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study

CM Carosella, RF Gottesman, A Kucharska-Newton… - Sleep, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective Sleep apnea is associated with unexplained epilepsy in older
adults in small studies. We sought to determine the relationship between sleep apnea and …