Machine learning and artificial intelligence applications to epilepsy: a review for the practicing epileptologist

WT Kerr, KN McFarlane - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are data-
driven techniques to translate raw data into applicable and interpretable insights that can …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical MRI morphological analysis of functional seizures compared to seizure-naïve and psychiatric controls

WT Kerr, H Tatekawa, JK Lee, AH Karimi… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Functional seizures (FS), also known as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
(PNES), are physical manifestations of acute or chronic psychological distress. Functional …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with delay to video-EEG in dissociative seizures

WT Kerr, X Zhang, CE Hill, EA Janio, AM Chau… - Seizure, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose While certain clinical factors suggest a diagnosis of dissociative seizures (DS),
otherwise known as functional or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), ictal video …

[HTML][HTML] Psychiatric comorbidities in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

A Rady, A Elfatatry, T Molokhia, A Radwan - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are major challenges for diagnosis
and management. The heterogeneity of psychogenic seizures is attributed to diverse …

Multidimensional psychopathological profile differences between patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and epileptic seizure disorders

M Lloyd, TT Winton-Brown, A Hew, G Rayner… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Early differential diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and
epileptic seizures (ES) remains difficult. Self-reported psychopathology is often elevated in …

Clinical Functional Seizure Score (CFSS): a simple algorithm for clinicians to suspect functional seizures

M Dashtkoohi, S Ranji-Bourachaloo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose Distinguishing functional seizures (FS) from epileptic seizures (ES) poses a
challenge due to similar clinical manifestations. The creation of a clinical scoring system that …

Validation of a predictive calculator to distinguish between patients presenting with dissociative versus epileptic seizures

S Lenio, WT Kerr, M Watson, S Baker, C Bush… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Dissociative seizures (also known as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures) are a common
functional neurological disorder that can be difficult to distinguish from epileptic seizures …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy, dissociative seizures, and mixed: associations with time to video-EEG

WT Kerr, X Zhang, CE Hill, EA Janio, AM Chau… - Seizure, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Video-electroencephalographic monitoring (VEM) is a core component to the
diagnosis and evaluation of epilepsy and dissociative seizures (DS)—also known as …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotyping of review-of-systems responses to differentiate functional seizures from epilepsy

WT Kerr, CH Allas, SS Sreenivasan… - The Primary Care …, 2022 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: Although the populations of patients with functional seizures (FS) and epileptic
seizures (ES) are extremely heterogeneous with multiple etiologies and phenotypes …

[HTML][HTML] Functional, dissociative, or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

JM Stern - 2023 - medlink.com
The terms functional and dissociative both refer to seizures that are associated with
increased connection between limbic or emotional brain areas and higher-level motor …