Evidence-based guidelines and secondary meta-analysis for the use of transcranial direct current stimulation in neurological and psychiatric disorders

F Fregni, MM El-Hagrassy… - International Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Transcranial direct current stimulation has shown promising clinical results,
leading to increased demand for an evidence-based review on its clinical effects. Objective …

The epidemiology of epilepsy

E Beghi - Neuroepidemiology, 2020 - karger.com
Epilepsy is a chronic disease of the brain characterized by an enduring (ie, persisting)
predisposition to generate seizures, unprovoked by any immediate central nervous system …

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 …

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 …

Incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Sultana, MA Panzini, A Veilleux Carpentier… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To evaluate the incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) as well
as its predictors and correlates, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Treatment outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy treated with established and new antiepileptic drugs: a 30-year longitudinal cohort study

Z Chen, MJ Brodie, D Liew, P Kwan - JAMA neurology, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A study published in 2000 showed that more than one-third of adults with
epilepsy have inadequate control of seizures with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). This study …

Cannabidiol: State of the art and new challenges for therapeutic applications

S Pisanti, AM Malfitano, E Ciaglia, A Lamberti… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past years, several lines of evidence support a therapeutic potential of Cannabis
derivatives and in particular phytocannabinoids. Δ 9-THC and cannabidiol (CBD) are the …

Drug development in the era of precision medicine

SA Dugger, A Platt, DB Goldstein - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
For the past three decades, the use of genomics to inform drug discovery and development
pipelines has generated both excitement and scepticism. Although earlier efforts …

Drug-resistant epilepsy: multiple hypotheses, few answers

F Tang, AMS Hartz, B Bauer - Frontiers in neurology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide.
Despite the recent introduction of new antiseizure drugs (ASDs), about one-third of patients …

Epilepsy: new advances

SL Moshé, E Perucca, P Ryvlin, T Tomson - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy affects 65 million people worldwide and entails a major burden in seizure-related
disability, mortality, comorbidities, stigma, and costs. In the past decade, important advances …