Neuromodulation in epilepsy: state-of-the-art approved therapies

P Ryvlin, S Rheims, LJ Hirsch, A Sokolov… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Three neuromodulation therapies have been appropriately tested and approved in refractory
focal epilepsies: vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), deep brain stimulation of the anterior …

Epilepsy in adults

RD Thijs, R Surges, TJ O'Brien, JW Sander - The lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy is one of the most common serious brain conditions, affecting over 70 million
people worldwide. Its incidence has a bimodal distribution with the highest risk in infants and …

[HTML][HTML] The pharmacoresistant epilepsy: an overview on existant and new emerging therapies

A Fattorusso, S Matricardi, E Mencaroni… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological chronic disorders, with an estimated
prevalence of 0. 5–1%. Currently, treatment options for epilepsy are predominantly based on …

Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy

DR Nair, KD Laxer, PB Weber, AM Murro, YD Park… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To prospectively evaluate safety and efficacy of brain-responsive neurostimulation
in adults with medically intractable focal onset seizures (FOS) over 9 years. Methods Adults …

The SANTÉ study at 10 years of follow‐up: effectiveness, safety, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

V Salanova, MR Sperling, RE Gross, CP Irwin… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We evaluated the efficacy and safety of deep brain anterior thalamus stimulation
after 7 and 10 years, and report the incidence of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy …

2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America's clinical practice guidelines for healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis

AR Tunkel, R Hasbun, A Bhimraj… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Standards and Practice
Guidelines Committee collaborated with partner organizations to convene a panel of 10 …

Mechanisms of deep brain stimulation

TM Herrington, JJ Cheng… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is widely used for the treatment of movement disorders
including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia and, to a lesser extent, certain …

Long-term ecological assessment of intracranial electrophysiology synchronized to behavioral markers in obsessive-compulsive disorder

NR Provenza, SA Sheth, EM Dastin-van Rijn… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Detection of neural signatures related to pathological behavioral states could enable
adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS), a potential strategy for improving efficacy of DBS for …

[HTML][HTML] Seizure diaries and forecasting with wearables: epilepsy monitoring outside the clinic

BH Brinkmann, PJ Karoly, ES Nurse… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It is a major challenge in clinical epilepsy to diagnose and treat a disease characterized by
infrequent seizures based on patient or caregiver reports and limited duration clinical …

Seizure cycles in focal epilepsy

MG Leguia, RG Andrzejak, C Rummel, JM Fan… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Focal epilepsy is characterized by the cyclical recurrence of seizures, but, to our
knowledge, the prevalence and patterns of seizure cycles are unknown. Objective To …