Cognitive impairment in people with epilepsy

A Novak, K Vizjak, M Rakusa - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
People with epilepsy frequently have cognitive impairment. The majority of cognitive
problems is influenced by a variety of interlinked factors, including the early onset of …

Neurobehavioural comorbidities of epilepsy: towards a network-based precision taxonomy

BP Hermann, AF Struck, RM Busch, A Reyes… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cognitive and behavioural comorbidities are prevalent in childhood and adult epilepsies
and impose a substantial human and economic burden. Over the past century, the classic …

Age at onset of epilepsy, pharmacoresistance, and cognitive outcomes: a prospective cohort study

AT Berg, FA Zelko, SR Levy, FM Testa - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: Increasing evidence suggests that uncontrolled seizures have deleterious effects
on cognition and behavior, particularly in the developing brain. Methods: In a community …

Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care: Report of the ILAE Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods …

SJ Wilson, S Baxendale, W Barr, S Hamed… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Diagnostic Methods
Commission charged the Neuropsychology Task Force with the job of developing a set of …

Flexible pressure sensors for objective assessment of motor disorders

M Amit, L Chukoskie, AJ Skalsky… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring body motion is relevant to motor control disorders as well as assessment of fine
motor skills in child development. Furthermore, motion tracking is necessary for …

Alzheimer-like amyloid and tau alterations associated with cognitive deficit in temporal lobe epilepsy

S Gourmaud, H Shou, DJ Irwin, K Sansalone… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Temporal lobe epilepsy represents a major cause of drug-resistant epilepsy. Cognitive
impairment is a frequent comorbidity, but the mechanisms are not fully elucidated. We …

Epilepsy, cognition, and behavior: the clinical picture

AT Berg - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Although epilepsy is defined by the occurrence of spontaneous epileptic seizures, a large
body of evidence indicates that epilepsy is linked to a spectrum of behavioral, psychiatric …

Common psychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: How big of a problem is it?

JA Salpekar, M Mula - Epilepsy & behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Psychiatric illness and epilepsy commonly co-occur in adults and in children and
adolescents. Theories of comorbidity are complex, but recurring associations between the …

Neurodegenerative processes in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis: Clinical, pathological and neuroimaging evidence

XY Tai, B Bernhardt, M Thom… - Neuropathology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive decline is increasingly described as a co‐morbidity of temporal lobe epilepsy
(TLE). Mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment are not fully understood despite …

The impact of epilepsy on patients' lives

MP Kerr - Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of epilepsy is multifaceted and extensive on its effects. The occurrence of
seizures is unpredictable and often dangerous, increasing the risk of injury, hospitalization …